First do_action day in Europe

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24 February 2018

On 23 Feb 2018, Bristol hosted the first do_action day to take place in Europe, following successful do_action days in Cape Town, Austin, Johannesburg, Beirut and Montreal.

Tess Coughlan-Allen from Mind Map Pro co-organised do_action Bristol, a one day hackathon with the aim of building 5 websites for 5 worthy causes in a single day, and invited Mind Map Pro’s CEO Rich Hill and team member Daniel Reading to join her in taking part at the hackathon, alongside around 40 other volunteers.

The event took place at DeskLodge, an award-winning co-working and meeting space in the centre of Bristol with quirky decor to stimulate innovation and action. As a WordPress Community event, all sites were built using WordPress, the popular CMS that powers 29% of websites.

Volunteers included developers, designers, graphic artists, content creators, SEO and social media specialists, quality assurance testers and project managers, who formed five groups to combine skill sets. By working together in newly formed teams, the volunteers were able to learn from each another, share knowledge and exchange skills for a selection of worthy causes.

The local charities and non-profits that benefited from new websites were:

Third Sector Solutions

Third Sector Solutions is a not-for-profit company providing employment and training support for unemployed people and people with support needs. The organisation offers advice and placement work, training delivery, counselling services and facilitates work projects. Their mission is to create learning environments and a support framework which allows the individuals involved to take their own steps towards self-awareness and to fulfil their potential.

The organisation wanted a complete re-think about how to present the information on their services and how to promote their profile.

doaction WordPress hackathon website Third Sector Solutions

Hands In The Air

Hands In The Air is a grass-roots charity offering a men’s mental health telephone line in Bristol, launching in Spring 2018. 75% of suicides in 2016 were male and the south west has the higher suicide rate than any other region in the UK. The vision of Hands In The Air is that no man or person who identifies as a man should die by suicide and that they should feel that there is always someone to talk to. Their mission is to empower, support and signpost men experiencing mental health problems, whilst campaigning to raise awareness around men’s mental health issues and promoting understanding around the social pressures men have today.

The organisation wanted a clear, functional and approachable website, with the main focus on designing a landing page for their beneficiaries to access when they need to talk to someone, plus a chat service and email reply service to partner the phone lines.

doaction WordPress hackathon website Hands in the Air

GympanzeesCIC

GympanzeesCIC is an organisation that wants to change the world by creating the UK’s first fully inclusive activity and leisure centre catering for the play and exercise needs of the 58,000 disabled children in the South West. This first centre will be fully accessible for children from the most severely physically disabled through to children with ADHD and Autism with several play areas and will also host classes such as disabled yoga or martial arts, and therapies such as Physio, Occupational Therapy and counselling. Their vision is to open centres around the UK to provide access to play and activity for every disabled child.

The organisation wanted their website to describe who they are, what they do and why they do it, whilst being a place to drive supporters, funders and volunteers. They also wanted the scope for further functionality in the future.

doaction WordPress hackathon website Gympanzees

Horfield and District Allotment Association

Horfield and District Allotment Association is a busy and productive association that recently celebrated its 100th Anniversary with a series of small events to collect personal memories and anecdotes from past and present allotment plot-holders, members of the local community and school children who use the site. With information and photograph being collected, the organisation began to create a web-based resource to bring together the history of the site and personal memories.

The organisation needed a good, workable website that could be edited by the members of the committee. With 70 pages of content, they have a lot of stories ands helpful information to share.

doaction WordPress hackathon website HDAA

Bristol Disability Equality Forum

The Bristol Disability Equality Forum was set up as a community group in 1995 to consult Disabled people about how to improve disability equality in Bristol. Since then, it has became a proactive campaigning group and is now a very active, vibrant and independently constituted voluntary sector organisation, run by Deaf and Disabled people for Deaf and Disabled people. Membership is open to all Deaf and Disabled adults who live, work or study in Bristol and the areas immediately surrounding it. The Forum offers a range of services including training, undertaking Equalities Impact Assessments, policy advice and event organising.

The organisation wanted a website with an appealing and engaging design, improved structure and accessibility both for web visitors and site administrators, as well as better integration with social media to increase membership.

doaction WordPress hackathon website BDEF

The new WordPress sites are responsive, accessible and expertly crafted, at no cost to the charities and non-profits, meaning they can spend 100% of their funds on the important work they do.

To see more from the do_action day, find out what happened on Twitter by following the hashtag #doactionBRS.

Mind Mapping Frequently
Asked
Questions

What are the benefits of mind maps?

Although mind maps can be used for many purposes, the most common use case is for presentations. Mind maps are easy to create, which means it doesn't take much time to create one. Mind mapping is also a great tool for brainstorming because it makes complex ideas easier to understand. It also improves your presenting because it helps you think about how you want to present your ideas on the screen and in text form simultaneously. It also boosts your creativity because it helps you think outside of the box when creating or presenting content and helps you see new ways of thinking that can be implemented into future projects or presentations

Mind Mapping Frequently Asked Questions

This is a question commonly asked by students and teachers. To help you out, here are some tips on how to create a good mind map.

1. Choose the right topic: It is important to find the right topic before creating your mind map because it will be difficult if you start with an incorrect topic. You should also make sure that your idea is not too broad because it may not fit into your mind map properly.
2. Do not try to cover too much ground in one go: You should create sub-headings in order to divide your ideas into smaller chunks and make it easier for the reader to digest what they are reading about.
3. Make sure that you have a good structure: A well-structured mind map will help readers understand what you want them to know

Are Mind Maps Are Better Than Text Notes?

Mind maps are seeing a surge in popularity with students and professionals alike. This is because traditional note taking can be difficult to interpret by others, whereas a mind map provides a visual representation of the interconnected ideas making it easy to understand.

There are many benefits of mind maps over text notes, including:

- Mind maps help you remember more because they're more visual
- Mind maps make it easier to find related ideas because they're organized by theme or color
- They're better for collaborative brainstorming sessions because you can see all the different points of view in one place

How do I turn my mind map into an academic essay?

Writing an essay is a daunting task for many students, especially those who are not used to writing. It can be difficult to know what topics are appropriate for your paper and how they should be structured.
The best way to approach this is by brainstorming ideas and then turning them into an outline. The following steps will help you turn your mind map into a fully structured essay:
- Brainstorm the main topic of your paper and subtopics that you want to cover. All sub-topics will stem from the main idea in the center of the mind map.
- Brainstorm various possible thesis statements that could support the main topic of your paper, as well as examples of supporting evidence from the brainstormed topics.
- Create an outline with all the main points covered in each section of your paper.

How to Use Mind Maps in Your Business and Marketing Strategy?

Mind maps are a great way for businesses to see the big picture and understand how all the different parts of the strategy fit together. Let's use the example of a business selling window treatments to see how we might present this information in a mind map. The window treatment business has three different strategies: advertising, selling materials, and selling services. The company might want to present these strategies as separate ways of making money in the mind map so that it can see what each strategy is doing for the business. The company might also want to place a chart with revenue for each strategy on the left of the mind map and then show how these revenue streams connect on the right.The idea is that by looking at the whole picture, you can see how all of your different strategies are connected and what they're doing for your business. There are many more mind map examples for business, including; Brainstorm Marketing Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Target Market Analysis, Market Research, Competitor Analysis, SWOT etc.

How Do You Integrate Mind Map Pro into Your Content Creation Process?

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Mind maps are often used in the world of academia and business to help think through a subject. However, they can also be used as a general guide for how you want your content to flow and look like. They're an easy way to get started on an article or blog post, as well as a great way to map out what you want your audience to know about an issue or topic.

Who Invented The Mind Mapping Technique?

Tony Buzan is a British author and psychologist who is best known for his mind mapping technique. He used it to help people organize thoughts, ideas, and memories. Tony Buzan was born in London on the 8th of October in 1925 and studied at Oxford University. He later became a lecturer at the University of Surrey before returning to Oxford as an assistant lecturer in psychology.

In 1967, he published his book "The Mind Mapping Book", which helped popularize the mind mapping technique. He also wrote many other books on various topics such as "The New Mind Map Book", "The Active Mind", "How To Think Better" and "Think Better".