My Mama taught me how to mind map 20+ years ago. And now I do it all the time. For almost everything! Yesterday, I helped 19 young documentary makers generate ideas to shoot for Youthworx‘s Our Voices film project. The mind-mapping definitely sparked their creative juices and I can’t wait to see their docos later in the year!

Ideas I asked the young filmmakers to mind map * What makes you angry? What do you want to change? * What are you good at? What do people say you’re good at? * Who else does the problem in Q1 affect? * How can you use what you’re good at to solve problem in Q1? * What do you want to learn along the way? * Who really needs to see your film? * What’s the best way to spread your idea beyond your film? * What can you do so that your film’s not boring or predictable? * Who/what are you if you remove all the usual cultural/ethnic/diverse references and descriptors?

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