Monday, November 2, 2015

Incremental Illustrations

Have you ever noticed how an explanation with a whiteboard is often more clarifying than even the most meticulously designed chart or illustration? Even when there is no audience participation, a whiteboard explanation can be immensely more valuable than any professional presentation with the same information. It's certainly not because the chicken-scratch of the presenter on the whiteboard is more understandable. And it's not because the hand-drawn diagrams are more accurate or recognizable. So what is it about a whiteboard that makes the complex so understandable?