<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/01c8599a-d4df-4e2d-9576-188472071aee/F3CFF8F3-05F1-44F0-A64C-DC5166C702F8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mind_map&oldid=112535852" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mind_map&oldid=112535852" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mind_map&oldid=112535852"><P>A <B>mind map</B> is a <A title="Diagram" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagram">diagram</A> used to represent <A title="Words" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words">words</A>, <A title="Ideas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideas">ideas</A>, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to <A title="Generation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation">generate</A>, <A title="Visualization (graphic)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visualization_%28graphic%29">visualize</A>, <A title="Structure" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure">structure</A> and <A title="Taxonomic classification" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomic_classification">classify</A> ideas, and as an aid in <A title="Study" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study">study</A>, <A title="Organization" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization">organization</A>, <A title="Problem solving" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_solving">problem solving</A>, and <A title="Decision making" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_making">decision making</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mind_map&oldid=112535852"><P>It is an image-centered diagram that represents <A title="Semantic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic">semantic</A> or other connections between portions of information. By presenting these connections in a radial, non-linear graphical manner, it encourages a <A title="Brainstorming" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming">brainstorming</A> approach to any given organizational task, eliminating the hurdle of initially establishing an intrinsically appropriate or relevant conceptual framework to work within.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mind_map&oldid=112535852"><P>A mind map is similar to a <A title="Semantic network" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_network">semantic network</A> or <A title="Cognitive map" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_map">cognitive map</A> but there are no formal restrictions on the kinds of links used.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F3CFF8F3-05F1-44F0-A64C-DC5166C702F8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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