How to Mind Map an article or lots of text
How to summarise a lot of information into a Mind Map?
Many students (primary, middle, secondary, undergraduates and MBA students), teachers, and business people have a lot of material to review and summarise.
It is easy with Mind Maps – both Hand Drawn and computer generated Mind Maps using software such as iMindMap.
Once you have read the material and underlined key words/ key points you can then summarise and remember the information using a Mind Map.
You can also summarise vast amounts of information into your essay, or in this case a presentation.
Here is a Mind Map I created to give a 15 minute presentation on BioEthanol Fuel to show a group of senior managers how Mind Maps can make you more effective and efficient.
I chose BioEthanol Fuels as it was something I knew nothing about.
Step 1 – read through the material I downloaded from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel (30 minutes)
29 Pages of interesting statistics and data on Bio Ethanol Fuels, underlining key words as I went.
Step 2 – Quickly reviewed the article while drawing a rough Mind Map on scrap A4 paper
(I was on a plane and no battery power) 30 minutes
Step 3 – Created a Mind Map I could print, share and present to my audience using iMindMap. (30 Minutes)
(Click on image to enlarge)
(There are many Mind Mapping software applications such as Mindjet, MindGenius, Mind Miester, ithoughts for ipad and ipod).
The most powerful, flexible and official software program I have found is iMindMap.
Total Time = 90 Minutes.
Total Time with Standard Powerpoint – 4 hours
Feel free to download the Mind Map to customize to your needs – just Download the software then open this iMindMap version 5 file
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Here are the key elements of the Mind Map in linear format – this is how you would read out the Mind Map.
Bio Ethanol Fuel
1. What is Bio Ethanol
1.1. Ethyl alcohol
1.2. Henry Ford first identified it in 1896 for the Quadricycle
In 1908 the Model T Ford could run on Gasoline, Ethanol or a combination of Gasoline and Ethanol
1.3. Particle Free – no carbon emissions
1.4. Motor fuel Additive – different percentage of Ethanol in Gasoline - 5%, 10%, 85%
2. Who/Which countries use BioEthanol
2.1. In 2010 World production was 22,947 million gallons
2.2. 88% of Bio Ethanol production is between the USA and Brazil
2.2.1. USA 13,230 million gallons, produced with Corn. Biofuel corridor – Indiana to . Alabama
2.2.2. Brazil - 6,922 million gallons – produced with Sugar cane for over 30 years
2.3. Australia only 66 million gallons of biofuel – due to government 10% cap. Mostly available in Queensland (Qld) and New South Wales (NSW) where most of the sugar cane is grown in Australia (Tropical and Sub Tropical climates)
3. Where
3.1. Automobiles – Flexible fuel
3.2. Motorcycles – 2009
3.3. Buses – Sweden, Melbourne -Diesel principle
3.4. Other – .4.1. Tractors, Rocket fuel, Boats, Airplanes
4. Sources of BioEthanol
4.1. Photosynthesis – Starch and Sugars
4.2. Feedstock such as Sugar Cane, Corn, Potato Manioc
4.2.1. Sugar cane is the most efficient and reduces Greenhouse emissions by 87-96%. Mostly used in Australia and Brazil
4.2.4. Corn - Only 50% of the corn is actually used in manufacture of BioFuels – mostly used in United States. Corn is 6 times less efficient and costs 30% more to make. Greenhouse Emissions are only reduced by 10-20%
4.3. Celluiosic – Well to wheel
4.4. Algae
4.5. Synthetic Biofuels made from Ethene/ Ethylene
5. Production/ How are Bio Fuels make
5.1. Fermentation – Microbial
5.2. Water reduction through Distillation and Dehydration
5.3. Denaturing
5.4. Saccharification
6. what are the major issues for effective use/adoption of Bio-Fuels
6.1. Awareness of cars that are flex fuel capable
6.2. Weather – Cold – Extreme cold weather reduces performance of Bio Fuels
6.2.2. Tropical / Sub Tropical
6.3. Food vs fuel – alternative uses of land crops, food sources
6.4. Power output
6.5. Fuel economy
6.6. Distribution
7. Other Products created from Bio Ethanol
7.1. Antifreeze – Alcool
7.2. Electricity - which is then used to fuel motor vehicles
7.3. Kerosene alternative – lighting, cooking
7.4. Fertiliser - Biodunder
