- CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE FULL
- CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE SOFTWARE
- CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE FREE
In all my training sessions I encourage my delegates to run their maps clockwise for all levels of the branches to make reading and sharing easier. If we suddenly did something different from the convention it would create reading and communication issues. I liken it to the way in which we produce text in linear form which is top left to bottom right in a snake like, line by line pattern. While I have no particular issue with this or left handers it does not make sharing maps easier. I have also found that most left handers like to run their maps counter clockwise.
CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE SOFTWARE
Unfortunately most software cannot cope with the effective change in direction and starts to run counter clockwise. I have looked quite carefully at why people suddenly start using a counterclockwise technique and it because if we were making a list we would start at the top and work downwards. The reason for stating this is that when you come to read a map, particularly when using it to presenting from, the brain gets confused when you go past six o'clock and suddenly start using second order branches in a counter clockwise direction. The second and third level branches should, in my opinion, go clockwise as was well. It is not good practice to have more than 7-8 first order branches so it is unlikely that you would run out of space. However I have always worked clockwise starting at 1 and going round the face. Before clocks (and well after the invention of clocks), Europeans referred to the direction as 'sunwise. That motion is not unlike the direction that the hands of a clock take from 9 to 3. When facing south, the sun rose at the left (the east) and set on the right (the west). I think therefore it is personal preference rather than a hard & fast rule.įirst of all I have to say that there is no rule which states which direction you should write a map and therefore it is not true to say that everyone knows this. The farther north one goes, the more that is evidence. "From the central image, radiate out key words & the most important ideas you have about the topic, each on a separate, thick line" In "Head First" by Tony Buzan (inventor of Mind Maps) he says:
CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE FULL
"Starting at the center opens your mind to a full 360 degrees of association" In "How to think like Leonardo da Vinci" by Michael Gelb he says: If you're left handed you may prefer to start at the 10 o'clock position and work anticlockwise" If your order is anything other than this convention, indicate this by numbering your branches in sequence. "Order your branches so that when reading the Mind Map the first branch is at the angle of the number two on a clock face and the Mind Map is read clockwise. In "101 Top Tips for Better Mind Maps" by Phil Chambers (World Mind Mapping Champion) he advises the following: I had a look at various suggestions by others here is what I found:
CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE FREE
I prefer to use 360 degree free association & flow rather than following a strict rule of clockwise or anti-clockwise. I use cross referencing & arrows to highlight associated content or connected themes. Very often (not always) I tend to start top left 11.00 o'clock & work clockwise sometimes I number branches to indicate an order if appropriate.
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