Whiteboard Animation for Education: How It’s Used and Why It’s Effective

Whiteboard Animation for Education: How It’s Used and Why It’s Effective

Whether you found remote learning to be a dream or a disaster, some aspects of it could be here to stay. One of these aspects is whiteboard animations in education. It’s something that has been explaining ideas since the early 2000s and could be the extra teaching assistant you’ve been looking for.

Why Is Your Explainer Video Not Working?

Why Is Your Explainer Video Not Working?

Explainer videos have continued to increase in popularity for marketers and viewers alike. 93% of marketers said video is an important part of their strategy, but sometimes our videos just don't thrive like we hoped.

What Are The Qualities Of A Good Explainer Video?

What Are The Qualities Of A Good Explainer Video?

A good explainer video will engage a viewer, inform them and connect with them while a bad one will leave people unmoved and indifferent. And then there are the great explainer videos!

2020: A year to remember, or maybe, to forget

2020: A year to remember, or maybe, to forget

It’s probably fair to say that not many people could have predicted the way 2020 has turned out if you’d asked them this time last year. It’s been a challenging year (to say the least), and we are truly honoured that in this climate of uncertainty, so many organizations have come to us with such great stories to supercharge!

Why should you use visuals in your comms? Here are 5 reasons

Why should you use visuals in your comms? Here are 5 reasons

We have found five stats, and importantly, wrangled that all important citation that highlight the value of visuals when connecting with key audiences.

Neil Patel - The Future of SEO: 7 top tips for 2020

Neil Patel - The Future of SEO: 7 top tips for 2020

We attended Neil’ virtual summit on the 22nd October, it was a fascinating and in-depth look at SEO! We took lots of notes and have captured 7 key points here! Sadly there is no Holy Grail.

Introducing Pure Scribe: Brilliantly simple Whiteboard Animations

Introducing Pure Scribe: Brilliantly simple Whiteboard Animations

Our new Pure Scribe product has a punchy and direct style. From its short 60-90 second length to the simple but high-impact motion graphics options, this product is beautifully simple.

Digital Scribing: The Virtual Meetings and Events Engagement Tool

Digital Scribing: The Virtual Meetings and Events Engagement Tool

Is digital scribing right for you? It is very effective when applied in situations such as client meetings, virtual conferences and webinars, managing remote workers and coordinating collaboration in a remote world.

7 reasons to use Digital Scribing in your next meeting or event

7 reasons to use Digital Scribing in your next meeting or event

Digital scribing is fantastic addition to your event. In the moment it adds depth, engagement and understanding while allowing your event or meeting to have a life after the live event.

Ideas, Animation and Society

Ideas, Animation and Society

This year the RSA have won in the Webby Awards’ animation category for their RSA Shorts series. To celebrate this achievement, we asked the RSA’s Mairi Ryan and Abi Stephenson about the series and sharing ideas more broadly.

Ideas, Animation and the Creative Process

Ideas, Animation and the Creative Process

The RSA has won a Webby Award for their RSA Shorts series, which has been running since 2012. We asked Animator and co-founder of Superdoodle Katy Ross about the experience of creating RSA Shorts.

The RSA Shorts Series wins at the Webbys!

The RSA Shorts Series wins at the Webbys!

Recently we heard the excellent news that RSA have won a Webby Award, described by the New York Times as as ‘the Internet’s highest honor’.

Homeschooling Help: explainer animations to educate and entertain

Homeschooling Help: explainer animations to educate and entertain

At Cognitive we’ve gone through the back-catalogue and found some animations that we hope help you to educate and entertain your new students.

Explaining coronavirus through infographics and visual thinking

Explaining coronavirus through infographics and visual thinking

Coronavirus has had an impact on every aspect of our lives, in a way unprecedented in modern memory. It’s a complex topic, subjected to frequent change and misinformation.

Whiteboard Animations by Cognitive, Staff Favourites Part 1

Whiteboard Animations by Cognitive, Staff Favourites Part 1

It’s hard to work on so many whiteboard animations and not develop a few personal favourites. We put some of our team on the spot to get theirs.

260 Years of History in 11 Metres

260 Years of History in 11 Metres

Condensing more than 260 years of history into one mural is no mean feat. In this post Cognitive founder and mural artist Andrew Park talks about the experience of creating it and the events he and RSA Historian Anton Howes have held.