Reflection – Mind Mapping

1) Challenge

I am a member of a non-profit healthcare organization that takes care of people with rare  bleeding disorders, particularly hemophilia. One of the challenges that we have is to improve  our manner of decision making in order to do things (e.g., spreading awareness) more  efficiently and effectively. Our organization consists of members who are not particularly skilled  or have little experience in organizing an organization. Our members also seem to be unwilling  to aid us with our organizational tasks, and so we will have to make do with our limited skillsets  and experiences.

2) Selection

I selected Mind Mapping, because I believe it is the one that I think would fit best based on the  challenge I selected as well as other circumstances. Mind mapping can be used utilized to  capture and represent the minds of the officers in our non-profit organization. And because  mind mapping is “an engaging alternative to that giant report we might otherwise have written  to sum up and communicate in prose and charts and spreadsheets,” I think my fellow officers  will find this tool quite convenient, considering how they’re either working professionals or  students who don’t have a lot of free time to spend on a brainstorming activity that would take  a longer time.

3) Application

First off is to schedule a meeting with the officers, then have each of them present what they  know about the organization from their role’s perspective, and then I will ask them to post  what they think are the 3 most impactful information that they have and have them stick them  to a whiteboard. We will then try to separate the information into different sections, forming  different clusters from which we can derive plans the we can implement from.

4) Insight

I believe that by applying this tool we’ll be able to tackle the challenges that we will be facing in  the future more creatively, efficiently, and effectively, without needing a lot of resources to  execute them. We will also be able to become better as an organization.

5) Approach

I don’t think there is anything that we will have to do differently the next time around.  However, we will work as a team and actually critique our own work and hopefully we’ll be able  to find some holes in the way we’re doing things, so we can improve them.


Reflection – Mind Mapping 1 ) Challenge I am a member of a non - profit healthcare organization that takes care of people with rare bleeding disorders , particularly hemophilia . One of the challenges that we have is to improve our manner of decision making in order to do things ( e.g. , spreading awareness ) more efficiently and effectively . Our organization consists of members who are not particularly skilled or have little experience in organizing an organization . Our members also seem to be unwilling to aid us with our organizational tasks , and so we will have to make do with our limited skillsets and experiences . 2 ) Selection I selected Mind Mapping , because I believe it is the one that I think would fit best based on the challenge I selected as well as other circumstances . Mind mapping can be used utilized to capture and represent the minds of the officers in our non - profit organization . And because mind mapping is “ an engaging alternative to that giant report we might otherwise have written to sum up and communicate in prose and charts and spreadsheets , ” I think my fellow officers will find this tool quite convenient , considering how they ’re either working professionals or students who do n’t have a lot of free time to spend on a brainstorming activity that would take a longer time . 3 ) Application First off is to schedule a meeting with the officers , then have each of them present what they know about the organization from their role ’s perspective , and then I will ask them to post what they think are the 3 most impactful information that they have and have them stick them to a whiteboard . We will then try to separate the information into different sections , forming different clusters from which we can derive plans the we can implement from . 4 ) Insight I believe that by applying this tool we ’ll be able to tackle the challenges that we will be facing in the future more creatively , efficiently , and effectively , without needing a lot of resources to execute them . We will also be able to become better as an organization . 5 ) Approach I do n’t think there is anything that we will have to do differently the next time around . However , we will work as a team and actually critique our own work and hopefully we ’ll be able to find some holes in the way we ’re doing things , so we can improve them .