For mindmapping you could try software... some people find that makes it more interesting. For techniques for drawing mindmaps I suggest searching the web. There are lots of sites that have adapted it you might find a style that suits you. In particular check out education/uni sites they often have an outline how to use mind maps for educational purposes.
I memorised codes for 54 offices and the bank codes and charts of account codes for various departments in about 2 hours using a memory system that replaced all the numbers with meaningful words.
In a case where I had to know a sequence of procedure ie step 1 to 20 I associated a memory peg with each step of the procedure. I aced that test 100% and that was before learning to photoread.
I don't know if I personally find mind maps fun (nope I don't yet) but I have to admit when I do draw them the stuff comes back to me a lot faster and a lot more meaningful. So if its something I want to know I don't argue with myself I just do it. Get it over and done with faster.
Alex
