50 AI Whiteboard Video Prompts You Can Copy: Training, Sales, Education, Marketing, and YouTube

The single biggest lever on AI whiteboard video quality is the prompt — but only if you put the right things in it. Duration, visual style, language, voice, music, orientation, and pacing are all UI dropdowns in Golpo. Tone, accent, and personality go in the optional Voice Instructions field. The main prompt is for content: topic, audience, outcome, structure, must-include points, CTA.

This is a copy-paste library of 50 content-only prompts. Each card gives you the recommended UI settings (duration · style · voice), an optional Voice Instructions line, and a sharp main prompt you can swap your specifics into. Drop the prompt in, set the dropdowns, and generate.

Looking for the deeper field guide? The canonical Golpo Prompt Cheatsheet covers the mental model and 10 category cards with worked demos. This library is the long-form companion.

Try one in 10 minutes: Pick the prompt closest to your job, set the dropdowns, and watch the result. → Try a Prompt Now · Book a 15-Minute Demo

How to Use This Library

Three input surfaces in Golpo, three different jobs:

• UI dropdowns — duration, visual style, voice, language, music, orientation, pacing. Set these before clicking Generate. Available durations: 15 sec, 30 sec, 1 min, 2 min, 4 min, 8 min, 10 min, 15 min.
• Voice Instructions field (optional, Creator and above) — tone, accent, personality. Example: "warm and curious, like a favorite teacher".
• Main prompt (the big textarea) — content and structure: topic, audience, outcome, outline, must-include points, CTA.

Each prompt below follows this rule: the prompt text contains content only. Anything that belongs in a dropdown (duration, style, voice, language, music) is in the Suggested UI line above the prompt instead.

Visual Style Picker: Canvas for Technical, Sketch for Casual

The single biggest style-selection rule for Golpo:

• Use Golpo Canvas for any video that is remotely technical. Math, science, K-12 lessons, engineering, finance, compliance, security, research, API documentation, technical product walkthroughs — all of these consistently land better in Canvas styles. The specific Canvas sub-styles to reach for first: Whiteboard, Chalkboard Color, Editorial, Sharpie, Modern Minimal, Technical.
• Use Golpo Sketch for warmer, more casual content. Employee onboarding, day-one welcomes, sales pitches, brand stories, lifestyle marketing, kids/playful — Sketch styles (Classic, Improved, Dry Erase, Crayon, Formal) feel hand-drawn and personable.
• When in doubt on a technical topic, default to Canvas Whiteboard or Canvas Editorial. Both render clean, are easy on the eye, and read as authoritative.

Each prompt card below puts the recommended style on the Suggested UI line. Technical prompts lead with Canvas; non-technical prompts lead with Sketch.

The Prompt Formula That Works

Every strong content-only prompt has five elements:

• Audience. Name the actual viewer — "new hires in their first week," "a customer who just searched our help center," "a 9th-grade biology class." Generic audiences produce generic videos.
• Outcome verb. Teach. Summarize. Walk through. Solve. Convince. Pitch. Each verb produces different scripting.
• Structure hint. "Open with the hook, build in three sections, end with…" — even a one-sentence skeleton helps the model preserve order.
• Must-include points. A stat, a quote, exact CTA wording — list anything non-negotiable.
• Ending. CTA or takeaway. The closing 10 seconds carry disproportionate weight.

If a prompt is producing weak videos, almost always it is missing one of these five — not the duration field.

Business Explainer Prompts

1. SaaS Pricing-Page Explainer

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Canvas Modern Minimal or Whiteboard · Female warm voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Friendly, benefit-led, no hype. Like a senior PM proud of the product."

Main prompt:

Pricing-page explainer for [product], for first-time visitors landing on our pricing page. Open with the problem they're trying to solve. Show how the product solves it in three steps. Close with: "try the free plan, no card required."

2. Mid-Market Sales Explainer

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Improved · Male confident voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Confident, no buzzwords. Senior-to-senior."

Main prompt:

For VPs of [function] evaluating [product category] tools. Cover what changes when their team uses [product], one quantified outcome, and the typical 90-day rollout. End with a call to book a 15-minute call.

3. Service-Business Explainer

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Sketch Classic · Female warm voice

Main prompt:

Explainer for [service business — e.g., a CPA firm, an HR consultancy] aimed at small-business owners. Open with the pain. Show the three things we do better than DIY. End with a call to book a free consultation.

4. Annual Report Recap

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Canvas Editorial or Sketch Formal · Female direct voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Direct, factual, transparent. Like an exec who respects the team enough to be honest."

Main prompt:

Summary of this annual report for board members and major investors. Cover the year's three highlights, one challenge and how we addressed it, and next year's priorities. Tone: confident and analytical.

5. Brand "About Us" Video

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Canvas Editorial or Sketch Improved · Female warm voice

Main prompt:

"About us" video for [company]. Cover the origin moment, the mission, and what we believe makes us different. Tone: human, not corporate.

Product Explainer Prompts

6. Feature Launch Explainer

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Canvas Modern Minimal or Technical · Female benefit-led voice

Main prompt:

Announcement of [new feature]. Open with the pain customers had before it. Show how it works in two steps. End with where to find it in the product.

7. Getting-Started Tutorial

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Canvas Whiteboard or Modern Minimal · Female clear voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Stepwise, calm, procedural. No excitement."

Main prompt:

Getting-started tutorial for new users of [product]. State the goal up front. Walk through the first three actions a new user should take in order to reach their first "aha" moment. End with the URL of the next tutorial.

8. Integration Spotlight

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Canvas Technical or Modern Minimal · Female benefit-led voice

Main prompt:

Spotlight on the [product] + [partner] integration. Show what changes for the user when they connect the two tools. End with the link to enable the integration.

9. Mobile App Walkthrough

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Canvas Modern Minimal or Whiteboard · Female warm voice · Vertical orientation (Creator+)

Main prompt:

Walkthrough for downloading and setting up our mobile app. Cover sign-in, notification setup, and the first action to take. End with a 5-star review CTA for happy users.

10. Roadmap Update

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Canvas Editorial or Modern Minimal · Female direct voice

Main prompt:

Summary of this quarter's product roadmap for existing customers. Cover the three features shipping this quarter and one bigger initiative landing next quarter. Tone: candid.

Training Video Prompts

11. First-Day Onboarding Welcome

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Classic · Female warm voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Warm, not corporate. Like a manager welcoming you on day one."

Main prompt:

Onboarding welcome for new hires on day one at [company]. Cover what their first week will look like, the three people they'll meet, and how to ask for help.

12. Role-Specific Onboarding

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Classic · Female warm voice

Main prompt:

Role-specific onboarding for new [role — e.g., Customer Success Managers] in their first week. Cover their first 30 days in three checkpoints. End with their day-30 success criteria.

13. Manager Training — Giving Feedback

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Improved · Female warm voice

Main prompt:

Training for new managers on giving feedback. Cover the rule of one issue per conversation, the SBI framework, and the most common mistake first-time managers make. End with one practice prompt.

14. Manager Training — Performance Reviews

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Classic · Female direct voice

Main prompt:

Training for new managers on running performance reviews at [company]. Cover the timeline, the four sections of the review form, and the rules for compensation conversations. End with where to find the review template.

15. Hybrid-Work Etiquette

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Classic · Female warm voice

Main prompt:

Hybrid-work etiquette video for [company]. Cover async-first defaults, meeting hygiene, and the rule for in-office days. Tone: practical.

SOP Prompts

16. Customer Refund SOP

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Classic · Female clear voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Calm, procedural, instructional."

Main prompt:

SOP video for new CS reps on the refund process. Walk through the decision tree step by step. End with the two situations where the rep must escalate.

17. Incident Response SOP

Suggested UI: Duration: 4 min · Canvas Technical or Editorial · Male technical voice

Main prompt:

Incident response SOP for engineers. Cover severity classification, the first three things to do at SEV-1, and the postmortem requirement. End with where to find the runbook.

18. Sales Handoff SOP

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Classic · Female clear voice

Main prompt:

Sales-to-CS handoff process at [company]. Cover the deal-stage trigger, the three artifacts that must move with the deal, and the kickoff meeting timeline. End with the SLA.

19. Floor Safety SOP

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Canvas Sharpie or Whiteboard · Male confident voice

Main prompt:

Safety briefing for new floor workers at [facility]. Cover PPE, lockout/tagout, and the three most common incidents. End with where to find the emergency contact list.

20. Restaurant Opening SOP

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Classic · Female warm voice

Main prompt:

Opening shift checklist training for new shift managers at [restaurant]. Walk through every step in order. Tone: practical, not corporate.

Compliance Prompts

21. Anti-Bribery Refresher

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Canvas Editorial · Female direct voice

Main prompt:

Anti-bribery refresher summarizing the three things every employee must do under this policy and the two things they must never do. End with how to report a concern anonymously.

22. Code of Conduct

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Canvas Editorial · Female direct voice

Main prompt:

Code of conduct video for new hires. Cover respect at work, conflicts of interest, and confidentiality. End with the contact for the ethics line.

23. GDPR Quick Refresher

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Canvas Editorial or Sharpie · Male technical voice

Main prompt:

GDPR refresher for [company] employees who handle customer data. Cover lawful basis, data minimization, and breach reporting. End with where to find the data-handling policy.

24. Anti-Harassment Refresher

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Canvas Editorial · Female direct voice

Main prompt:

Refresher on our anti-harassment policy. Cover what counts, how to report, and what we do with reports. Tone: clear, not legalistic.

25. Information Security Awareness

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Canvas Whiteboard or Sharpie · Female warm voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Friendly, not blame-y."

Main prompt:

Video on identifying phishing emails. Cover the three red flags, what to do if you click, and how to report.

HR Onboarding Prompts

26. Benefits Walkthrough

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Classic · Female warm voice

Main prompt:

Benefits package walkthrough for new employees. Cover health, dental, retirement, PTO, and parental leave. End with how to enroll and the deadline.

27. Time-Off Policy

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Sketch Classic · Female warm voice

Main prompt:

Video on the [company] time-off policy. Cover PTO accrual, sick days, and how to request time off. End with where to find the tool.

28. Expense Policy

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Sketch Classic · Female clear voice

Main prompt:

Video on our expense policy. Cover what's reimbursable, what isn't, and how to submit a report. End with the per-meal caps.

Sales Prompts

29. Discovery-Call Prep

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Sketch Improved · Male confident voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Peer-to-peer, candid, no sales-speak."

Main prompt:

Prep video for SDRs before their first discovery call with [persona]. Cover the three questions to ask in the first five minutes and the two red flags to watch for.

30. Battlecard — Why We Beat Competitor X

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Sketch Improved · Male confident voice

Main prompt:

Internal battlecard for inside sales reps on the three reasons our product wins against [Competitor X], with the most common objection and how to handle it.

31. Objection-Handling — Price

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Sketch Improved · Female confident voice

Main prompt:

Objection-handling video for sales reps on handling price objections. Cover the three real reasons price comes up, the question to ask before discounting, and the framing that often closes the deal.

32. Renewal Save Playbook

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Improved · Female confident voice

Main prompt:

Playbook for CSMs on renewal saves. Cover the 60-day-out triggers, the questions to ask, and the three escalation paths. End with the deal-desk contact.

33. Partner Enablement

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Improved · Male peer voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Peer-to-peer, slightly understated."

Main prompt:

Partner enablement video for [partner program] resellers on how to position [product]. Cover the buyer persona, the elevator pitch, and the three most common questions. End with the deal-reg link.

Education Prompts

34. K-12 Math Lesson

Suggested UI: Duration: 4 min · Canvas Whiteboard or Chalkboard Color · Female warm voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Warm, patient, encouraging. Like a favorite teacher."

Main prompt:

Lesson on [topic] for 9th-grade Algebra 1. Build concepts step by step, include one worked example, and end with two practice questions.

35. K-12 Science Lesson

Suggested UI: Duration: 4 min · Canvas Whiteboard or Chalkboard Color · Female warm voice

Main prompt:

Lesson on [topic] for 8th-grade biology. Build the concept around a real-world example. End with the textbook section to read next.

36. SAT/ACT Worked Solution

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Canvas Whiteboard or Chalkboard Color · Male tutor voice

Main prompt:

Solve this [SAT / ACT] question step by step. Show every algebraic step, identify the correct answer choice, and explain the trap answer.

Real example: Upload an entire SAT question paper and Golpo solves each question on the whiteboard.

37. JEE / NEET Worked Solution

Suggested UI: Duration: 4 min · Canvas Whiteboard or Chalkboard Color · Male tutor voice

Main prompt:

Solve this [JEE Advanced / NEET] problem step by step. Draw the free-body diagram or the relevant figure, derive the equations, and arrive at the final answer with the correct option.

Real example: Single screenshot of a JEE Advanced math problem, solved step by step on the whiteboard.

38. College-Level Concept Explainer

Suggested UI: Duration: 4 min · Canvas Whiteboard or Editorial · Female teacher voice

Main prompt:

Explainer of [concept] for undergraduate [subject] students. Build intuition first, then formalism. End with the textbook chapter to read next.

39. Language-Learning Lesson

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Sketch Classic · Native speaker voice (set Language dropdown)

Main prompt:

Lesson on [grammar topic] for intermediate [language] learners. Build the rule, show three examples, and give one practice exercise.

YouTube Prompts

40. Curiosity-Hook Long-Form

Suggested UI: Duration: 4 min · Canvas Editorial or Whiteboard · Male narrative voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Narrative, retention-aware. No hype."

Main prompt:

YouTube explainer on [topic] for curious adults with no background knowledge. Strong hook in the first 10 seconds. Build in three clear sections. End with a takeaway and a subscribe CTA.

Real example: "FIFA World Cup 2026, all you need to know in 4 minutes" — generated from a one-line topic prompt.

41. Money / Finance Explainer

Suggested UI: Duration: 4 min · Canvas Editorial or Modern Minimal · Male neutral voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Calm, neutral, analogy-driven. No hype, no doom."

Main prompt:

Finance explainer on [topic] for working adults trying to understand it for the first time. Use one concrete example throughout. End with a clear next action.

Real example: "NVIDIA Stock Price Prediction 2026 After Earnings" — vertical orientation, Canvas Editorial with Pen-in-Hand animation.

42. History Explainer

Suggested UI: Duration: 8 min · Canvas Editorial · Male narrative voice

Main prompt:

History explainer on [event/era]. Open with the question that makes the event interesting. Build three threads. End with the modern parallel.

43. Science Explainer

Suggested UI: Duration: 4 min · Canvas Whiteboard or Editorial · Female narrative voice

Main prompt:

Science explainer on [topic]. Start from intuition, build to mechanism. End with one outstanding open question.

Customer Support Prompts

44. Reset Password Help Video

Suggested UI: Duration: 30 sec · Canvas Modern Minimal or Whiteboard · Female clear voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Stepwise, calm, no excitement."

Main prompt:

Help video for a customer who just searched "reset password" in our help center. Get to the resolution as fast as possible. End with the ticket link if it fails.

Real example: Trailmark's company policy update on sign-in issues and password reset — generated from a single PDF.

45. Billing Question Help Video

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Sketch Classic · Female clear voice

Main prompt:

Help video for a customer who just searched a billing question in our help center. Cover the three most common causes. End with the link to contact billing support.

46. Generic Help-Article Conversion

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Sketch Classic · Female clear voice

Main prompt:

Convert this help article into a support video. Assume the customer searched for the topic and wants the resolution as fast as possible. Skip the background.

Research, Real Estate, Internal Comms, Multilingual, and API Prompts

47. Research Paper Summary

Suggested UI: Duration: 4 min · Canvas Editorial or Whiteboard · Male academic voice

Main prompt:

Summary of this paper for a general technical audience. Cover the question, the method, the key finding, and the implication. Avoid jargon where possible.

48. Real Estate Listing Walkthrough

Suggested UI: Duration: 1 min · Canvas Modern Minimal · Female warm voice · Vertical orientation (Creator+)

Main prompt:

Walkthrough of this listing. Cover layout, neighborhood, schools, and one standout feature. End with the open-house date and the agent's contact.

49. Internal Comms Quarterly Update

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Canvas Editorial · Female direct voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Direct, factual. Like an exec who respects the team enough to be honest."

Main prompt:

Quarterly update for employees on this quarter's three priorities, why each one matters, and one example of how the team can contribute. Tone: confident, no buzzwords.

50. Multilingual Localization (Same Video)

Suggested UI: Set Language dropdown to your target language and regenerate the video; visuals stay; only narration changes. Repeat for each language (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Hindi, etc.).

Main prompt:

Use the same content prompt from any of the videos above; switch the Language dropdown and regenerate. Same visuals, same structure, localized narration.

Bonus: API Documentation Explainer

Suggested UI: Duration: 2 min · Canvas Technical or Modern Minimal · Male technical voice

Optional Voice Instructions: "Technical but friendly. Like a senior engineer."

Main prompt:

Explainer for a developer integrating our API for the first time. Cover authentication, the first call, and the most common error and how to debug it.

Real example: Trailmark API Quick Guide generated in one shot from the company's published API docs.

How to Use This Library

• Find the prompt closest to your job. Do not over-customize; the prompts above are calibrated to what the engine produces well.
• Set the dropdowns first. Duration, style, voice, language, orientation, music — all UI controls. Paste the main prompt into the textarea last.
• Replace the bracketed text. Be specific — name the persona, product, topic, and CTA.
• Add tone to Voice Instructions, not the main prompt. Voice Instructions is a separate Creator+ field for accent, register, and personality.
• Generate, then edit visuals. The frame editor lets you replace illustrations, swap or add images, and edit text within any frame. (Audio is locked once generated; regenerate to change the script.)

FAQ

Why no duration inside the prompt?

Because duration is a UI dropdown in Golpo (15 sec, 30 sec, 1 min, 2 min, 4 min, 8 min, 10 min, 15 min). Putting "make a 2-minute video" in the main prompt is wasted text — and worse, it competes with the dropdown if you've set a different value. Set duration in the dropdown; put content in the prompt.

What if I want a duration that isn't in the dropdown?

Pick the nearest valid value. A "90-second" video maps to 1 min or 2 min depending on how much you want to say. A "3-minute" video maps to 2 min (tighter) or 4 min (more room). The dropdown values were chosen because the engine produces well-paced output at each.

What goes in Voice Instructions vs the main prompt?

Voice Instructions is for tone, accent, and personality — "warm and curious," "calm, procedural," "Australian accent," "like a senior PM." The main prompt is for content — topic, audience, structure, must-include points, CTA. Don't restate either in the other.

Can I use the same content prompt across multiple languages?

Yes. Once you have a video built from a prompt in one language, switch the Language dropdown and regenerate. The visuals stay; only the narration changes. The visuals are language-agnostic.

Should I write longer or shorter prompts?

Long enough to include the five elements (audience, outcome verb, structure, must-include, ending). Beyond that, more words usually hurts. The prompts above are deliberately tight.

What if my video does not land?

Almost always the fix is one of three: tighten the audience, tighten the structure hint, or tighten the ending. Try one at a time.

Further Reading

• Golpo Prompt Cheatsheet — the canonical mental model with 10 worked demos.
• Text to Whiteboard Video — the script-input workflow.
• Convert a PDF to an AI Explainer Video.
• PowerPoint to AI Explainer Video.
• 25 Whiteboard Explainer Video Examples.
• Golpo AI Complete Tutorial.

Pick One and Generate

Reading prompts will not produce videos. Pick the prompt closest to your job, set the UI dropdowns (duration, style, voice), paste the main prompt, and click Generate. Your first finished video will be ready before this article's footer scrolls off the screen.