Reflection- mind mapping

Challenge

Mind mapping is a great design tool that I use many times. I worked in a club and therefore, I had to work  with different types of people who are with different mind sets. Since it is a club, it is the normal practice  to work together and share ideas between ourselves before beginning any work of the club. To share  ideas of each person which work within their brains, mind mapping design technique was very helpful for  our society. Our club decided to held a fund raising programme for a charity work and therefore, we had  to collect ideas from club members, to carry out this fund raising event in a well-organized manner. Only  via talking with each other, it is very difficult to get the exact idea behind some one’s thoughts. Therefore,  it was a problem in improper communication between ourselves.

Selection

So, as a proper technique, for idea generation for the fund raising programme, I suggested to use mind  mapping technique to find a better solution for our fund raising programme of our club. Mind mapping is  a very important tool for visual representation of minds. Mind mapping technique captures the ideas  within our brain in an efficient way.   Therefore, we chose to use the mind mapping technique and it was  very easier than before, to gather and share everyone’s ideas in a better manner. Among the leaders of  the club and other members, the mind mapping session was held as the beginning.

Application

As the application of mind mapping, we chose an empty class room with sufficient space within it and  then all the collected data regarding previous fund raising programmes (methodologies involved in,  targeted people of the fund raising programme, found revenues, ways to improve the quality of the fund  raising programme, ways to convey the relevant message to other people etc.) were displayed in an  attractive manner with the aid of several visualization techniques such as posters, etc. Then, all the  members of the club were invited to visit this room and an opportunity was provided to clearly read and  get ideas about those collected data while providing them the sufficient freedom to think about those  fund raising programmes that we displayed. Then they were asked to see all the ideas.

Then, in order to pick out good stuff from them, all the attendees were asked to browse those data  individually and to note down any new learnings about fund raising programmes to inform as a new idea.  After that, attendees were asked to share their new learnings between each other and to cluster those  founded ideas about fund raising programmes. Next step was to properly identify insights related to each  cluster and find out interconnections between those clusters. Translating insights in to a design criteria  was a critical task as well. After all, we selected to held a small exhibition together with a small fair as our  fund raising programme.

Insight

Therefore, this mind mapping tool was very helpful to choose the best ideas to carry out our fund raising  programme in a successive manner, for further usage of earned profits for charity work. During the mind  mapping session, some of our members have expressed their ideas about the ways to attract people to  the place that our fund raising programme going to be held. Some of other members of the club have  expressed their ideas about earning a good profit via conducting the fund raising programme with new  ideas. Not only that, but also, mind mapping was helpful to identify the better way to commence our fund  raising programme. It was helpful to hold our fund raising in a well-organized manner.

As a result of using the mind mapping technique as a more practicable design thinking tool, we were able  to successfully finish our fund raising programme after earning a profit, more than we expected. So, the  mind mapping was a very helpful technique to convey the exact idea among members and to finally end  up with better solutions. Therefore, via applying this mind mapping technique, it was very easy to reach  to our target of fund raising. Then we involved with our charity work spending our earned profits.

Approach

In future projects and in several problematic situations, I will use this design thinking techniques such as  mind mapping, visualization etc. for the success of my all work, since these design techniques shows us a  clear way of solving problems and to handle those problems. If we think of a single project, we can apply  this design techniques in several phases of that project.


Reflection- mind mapping Challenge Mind mapping is a great design tool that I use many times . I worked in a club and therefore , I had to work with different types of people who are with different mind sets . Since it is a club , it is the normal practice to work together and share ideas between ourselves before beginning any work of the club . To share ideas of each person which work within their brains , mind mapping design technique was very helpful for our society . Our club decided to held a fund raising programme for a charity work and therefore , we had to collect ideas from club members , to carry out this fund raising event in a well - organized manner . Only via talking with each other , it is very difficult to get the exact idea behind some one ’s thoughts . Therefore , it was a problem in improper communication between ourselves . Selection So , as a proper technique , for idea generation for the fund raising programme , I suggested to use mind mapping technique to find a better solution for our fund raising programme of our club . Mind mapping is a very important tool for visual representation of minds . Mind mapping technique captures the ideas within our brain in an efficient way . Therefore , we chose to use the mind mapping technique and it was very easier than before , to gather and share everyone ’s ideas in a better manner . Among the leaders of the club and other members , the mind mapping session was held as the beginning . Application As the application of mind mapping , we chose an empty class room with sufficient space within it and then all the collected data regarding previous fund raising programmes ( methodologies involved in , targeted people of the fund raising programme , found revenues , ways to improve the quality of the fund raising programme , ways to convey the relevant message to other people etc . ) were displayed in an attractive manner with the aid of several visualization techniques such as posters , etc . Then , all the members of the club were invited to visit this room and an opportunity was provided to clearly read and get ideas about those collected data while providing them the sufficient freedom to think about those fund raising programmes that we displayed . Then they were asked to see all the ideas . Then , in order to pick out good stuff from them , all the attendees were asked to browse those data individually and to note down any new learnings about fund raising programmes to inform as a new idea . After that , attendees were asked to share their new learnings between each other and to cluster those founded ideas about fund raising programmes . Next step was to properly identify insights related to each cluster and find out interconnections between those clusters . Translating insights in to a design criteria was a critical task as well . After all , we selected to held a small exhibition together with a small fair as our fund raising programme . Insight Therefore , this mind mapping tool was very helpful to choose the best ideas to carry out our fund raising programme in a successive manner , for further usage of earned profits for charity work . During the mind mapping session , some of our members have expressed their ideas about the ways to attract people to the place that our fund raising programme going to be held . Some of other members of the club have expressed their ideas about earning a good profit via conducting the fund raising programme with new ideas . Not only that , but also , mind mapping was helpful to identify the better way to commence our fund raising programme . It was helpful to hold our fund raising in a well - organized manner . As a result of using the mind mapping technique as a more practicable design thinking tool , we were able to successfully finish our fund raising programme after earning a profit , more than we expected . So , the mind mapping was a very helpful technique to convey the exact idea among members and to finally end up with better solutions . Therefore , via applying this mind mapping technique , it was very easy to reach to our target of fund raising . Then we involved with our charity work spending our earned profits . Approach In future projects and in several problematic situations , I will use this design thinking techniques such as mind mapping , visualization etc . for the success of my all work , since these design techniques shows us a clear way of solving problems and to handle those problems . If we think of a single project , we can apply this design techniques in several phases of that project .