I’m a huge fan of whiteboards and an even bigger fan of using whiteboards to make concepts accessible and clear. I saw today on both Robert Scoble’s and Brad Feld’s blogs a video explaining incentives using whiteboard animations. RSA Animate is a series of videos that you can find on YouTube that take various subjects and show a video of someone drawing out the concepts on a whiteboard while the author narrates. In the video below, you’ll hear Dan Pink, author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, talk about why money isn’t a great motivator for cognitive tasks. While you hear him explain the science and studies behind the argument for 11.5 minutes, an artist is whiteboarding everything he says in a clear manner. He even mentions how valuable Hackathons are. I encourage you to check out the video: