Buzan's guidelines simply stated
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Here is a consolidated list of the guidelines that Buzan has published from time to time for making a Buzan-style mind map:
- Start in the center of a landscape sheet of blank paper.
- Use a picture for your central idea.
- Use colors throughout.
- Connect your main branches to the central image and connect your second-level branches to the first and so on.
- Make your branches curved rather than straight-lined, the central lines being thicker, organic and flowing, becoming thinner as they radiate from the center.
- Use one keyword per line.
- Use images throughout.
- Develop your own personal style of mind maps.
- Use emphasis and show associations in your mindmap.
- Keep the mind map clear by using radiant hierarchy, numerical order or outlines to embrace your branches.
There are many examples of mind maps that strictly interpret Buzan’s model of a central topic, colors, curved and ‘organic’ lines, and single words per node on the Web. You may click on in this link to see a selection of Buzan-style mind maps.
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