Presentations

Communicate clearly and effectively with any audience

Use NovaMind during presentations as a prompt so that all points detailed on your Mind Map are covered - you can print a whole Mind Map on one page! This is a great help so information is not forgotten and discussions stay focused on the topic at hand.

Use NovaMind for online presentations - the use of color, links and graphics combined with your information will make your presentation innovative and remembered, and you can modify the mind map as you go. Export from NovaMind to Keynote, PowerPoint or as a JAVA Presentation (which runs in your web browser) for an instant presentation.

Improving Communication

We know people learn using different methods - interaction, repetition, verbal and visual stimuli. NovaMind improves communication by using several of these stimuli at once when implemented in your lectures and handouts. With its use of grouped information, color and images, NovaMind documents and presentations make an impact on your audience and the information remembered far better than a large paragraph of text or a purely verbal lecture.

Preparation of Notes & Handouts

A Mind Map works well as a handout during a seminar or lecture. It communicates your information in an easily followed format.

You can summarize books and research information into compact Mind Maps with the subject as the title and information categorized in the branches underneath. The further down the branch extends, the more detailed the information.

Information presented in a Mind Map creates a vivid picture which people understand and find easier to remember.

To involve your audience more in the presentation, you can print out the Mind Map without the text on the branches, and they can fill the missing words in as they go, as well as extending the branches to new ideas. This means that they are engaged in listening to the talk, writing, drawing, seeing the presentation, all in a format that engages both left brain and right brain interest. This means that your lectures are memorable and interesting.

Delivery of your Presentation

Using NovaMind for your speaker notes or handout means you have all your information on the one page, and you will never get lost again. You never stray from the topic because it is always right in front of you, and you can manage your time well because you can see at a glance how far through the presentation you are.

The four-step method of presenting from a Mind Map:

1. Use the title of the Mind Map as your subject - it is always in front of you keeping you focused on the topic;
2. Read around the main branches as your introduction;
3. Present the detailed information from the sub-branches as the body of your presentation;
4. Reinforce your message by reading the main branches again as a summary.