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Why You Should Not Convert Mindmaps Into PowerPoint Slides For Presentations

Many people don't like to give a presentation (I wonder why).

When they do deliver a presentation, they use tools which divert the focus from them and their message to a huge amount of (PowerPoint) slides.

In this article, I want to share with you why I feel presentations should be done using mindmaps. Also, you will learn why one of the most overrated and most useless features of a mindmap tool is the export-to-PowerPoint option.

The main reason people use visual aids

When you present your information, you are the person who has (most of) the knowledge on that topic. After all... you were asked to share your knowledge and insights.

Many people use visual aids to support or even tell their story.

People are listening to you, because they want to hear what you have to say. When you deliver good content, you may not even need to use additional presentation aids.

Still... it might be good to use images, visual maps, etc. to increase clarity. The visual supports you. This is where most people will use PowerPoint. And this is where it goes wrong.

I've seen people create slides with many (many) words. The slide is filled with words which they start to read out loud to the audience. You become the support tool of the slides. You only tell people what is written on the slide.

A slide must increase overview and/or clarity.

This is what you and I do on a daily basis when we create, use and then unleash our mindmaps. Why don't you do this for your audience as well?

When you use words, it's good. When you use images, that's even better. After all, images stick in your mind about 30 times easier than words.

If you really want your audience to remember what you said, you make sure they SEE, HEAR and FEEL clearly what you said.

Here's what happens when you use PowerPoint in presentations

There are basically three things which happen when people use PowerPoint to deliver a presentation.

 

1. You as a speaker lose overview
2. Your audience loses overview
3. The PowerPoint slides take over control

 

The two reasons for this are:

 

• people tend to create too many slides.
• slides are presented in a linear format

 

Because of the (huge) number of slides your audience loses track. I've seen people deliver a presentation and they themselves lost track of the slides they used!

Since all slides are presented in a linear order, you can quickly lose overview regarding where you are in your presentation. If you experience that feeling... what will your audience think?

Here's what I do

When I prepare for a presentation, I create one, maybe two mindmaps. This mindmap shows the entire overview and key concepts I will share.

The moment I finished my map, I never, ever transform it into PowerPoint slides. The reason for this is simple: When exporting the map I lose the visual overview and create a bunch of linear slides.

What I do is I use my mindmap software tool to deliver the presentation. I simply show them the mindmap.

Here are the advantages:

 

• The audience sees exactly where I am in my presentation
• The audience sees what will be and has been discussed
• The audience understands the relationship between the concepts/thoughts
• The audience sees the BIG PICTURE

 

That's all I want. I want to give clarity to my audience on a certain topic. This enables me to inspire or inform them, or makes them take action.

My Personal Advice Regarding Mindmaps And PowerPoint

Don't use the Export To PowerPoint function in your mindmap tool. You don't need it.

Should you still like to use PowerPoint, make sure you don't export. Simply copy the (image of the) mindmap into the PowerPoint slide. This way you keep your visual overview.

It is all about creating clarity in your information, for others and yourself.

Creating clarity and overview in your information will give you a clear mind. This is vital when you want to create success in your life. When you like to learn more on how you can manage yourself, your environment and how information influences you, have a look at http://MindmapsUnleashed.com

 

About the Author

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Easy linear momentum, 2 stones sliding (please help!)?

Stone A (m= 2kg) is sliding due east at 6.0 m/s across frictionless ice when it collides with stone B (m= 3kg) which is sliding due north at 3.0 m/s. The stones do not stick together, and immediately after the collision stone A has a speed of 0. The speed of stone B is then what (and in what direction is stone B moving)?
I know how to add the 2 initial momentum values as vectors to get P final = 15 kg*m/s. So you know B has all the momentum, and thus will have a final speed of 15/3 = 5 m/s.
I am confused about what exactly gets conserved and how you would lay these equations out to solve.
Thank you.

You have obviously used a vector approach so heres how you set that up;
Let Pa and Pb be vectors representing the initial momentum of A & B before the collision.
The total momentum before the collision is the vector sum;
Pi = Pa + Pb

And you know to find this sum you add the arrows tip to tail. The sum "Pi" is then the arrow you draw from the tail of Pa to the tip of Pb.

Since Pa is East & Pb is North, when you draw them tip to tail they form a right angle. Pi is then the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of magnitude Pa & Pb so the magnitude of Pi is just
Pi = SqRt[Pa^2 + Pb^2] = 15 kg-m/s , as you know.

Now what's conserved in a collision is the total vector momentum, provided there are no "external" forces on the system.
In your problem the collision involves "internal" forces so Momentum is conserved and your vector eq is;
Pi = Pf

So the final momentum vector, which in your problem only involves B, has the magnitude and direction of Pi

The magnitude of Pf is, mbvb and it must equal 15, found above.

The direction of Pf must also equal the direction of Pi . You find that by going back to the right triangle formed by vector addition.
The angle that Pi makes with the East-direction ,Pa, can be found by noting the ratio of the magnitudes Pb/Pa is the tangent of the angle;
Tan() = Pb/Pa = (2)(6)/(3)(3) = 1.333
angle = 53.1 deg

This then must also be the direction of motion of B.

So to answer your question succintly, the total vector momentum is conserved.

The other approach, which doesen't involve tip to tail sketching is the component method.
If two vectors are equal then their components are equal

So instead of writting the vector eq Pi = Pf you can equate their components.
Call x, East and y, North
Pax + Pbx = Pbfx
Pay + Pby = Pbfy

In your problem, Pax = Pa = mava = 12 kg-m/s
Pbx =0
Pay=0
Pby = Pb = mbvb = 9 kg-m/s

So you now have the components of B's final momentum;
12 = Pbfx
9 = Pbfy

The magnitude is
Pbf = SqRt(12^2 + 9^2) = 15

and
Tan() = Pbfy/Pbfx = 1.333

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