Whenever one brings up the subject of who might know the most about mind mapping, then the person whose name comes up more often than anyone else has to be Tony Buzan. Tony is considered an expert in the field of mind mapping and he should be, as he is the true developer of this powerful learning technique. Tony Buzan was born in the year 1942. He is a well known author and educational consultant.
Tony is a longtime advocate of important strategies that involve mind mapping. Since his creation, Tony has pushed the techniques to the limit and honed them into the skills of a fine knife. Tony is a native of London England and graduated from Kitsilano High School. In 1964, he received double honors in various subjects such as Psychology, Mathematics, English, and General Science from the renowned University of British Columbia. He is universally known for his self-published book titled “Use Your Head”.
The book “Use Your Head” is Tony’s endorsement of the mnemonic system as well as the mind mapping strategies he successfully developed. He decided to introduce his copyrighted software program in an effort to show off his mind mapping technology. This promotion of his software was done through his website known as iMindMap. This site has considerable amounts of information about his program and represents the only support location for the mind mapping software package. The software program was released in December 2006. Tony’s website, Buzan World, owns the trade name rights in the “Mind Maps” catchphrase and is legally registered in several different countries.
After Buzan established a television documentary series in 1970 for the BBC in England, many of his concepts and ideas were established on the pages of five major books. These books were Master Your Memory, Use Your Memory, Use Your Head, The Mind Mapping Book, and The Speed Reading Book. Since the late 1970s, Tony has authored or co-authored over a hundred additional books.
