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Feature Spotlight

How Not Providing Feedback to your Applicants is Hurting your Program

  Most of the professionals that we work with here at OpenWater on a daily basis are program administrators and coordinators who work tirelessly to ensure that the day-to-day running […]

Client Spotlight: How AsMA Turned Their Fellowship Program Around using OpenWater

AsMA came to us with a problem. Our job was to fix it.     Every once in a while we work with a client on a request that appears […]

OpenWater’s Data Transfer Solution for Video-Heavy Clients

Data Demands Video related awards, in particular motion picture and television awards, use an extraordinary amount of data. Transferring 15-20 terabytes of data is time consuming and costly. For reference, […]

7 Features You Want in Your Competition Management Software

Are you getting the most out of your Competition Management Tool?   1. Look for a User-Friendly Interface Ensuring a smooth competition experience from the get-go is crucial in managing […]

Introducing the OpenWater Growth Stack

  We have a new website! Our clients use our application and review software platform for “more than awards”. Our new website showcases these capabilities. OpenWater Growth Stack supports grants, […]

Feature Spotlight: Program Notes

There’s a lot of information to keep track of throughout your awards program. Before, you would have to do so in Google docs or, even in Word docs. However, this […]

Feature Spotlight: Move Fields Around the Form

We’ve all been there: You finish a form and, after looking through the pages, realize that you wish you had put the information on one page instead of on another. […]

Feature Spotlight: View Invoices in the Platform

Invoicing is a part of paying for awards software. However, it can be tedious to keep track of past invoices, upcoming invoices, or perhaps even past-due invoices. Now, OpenWater allows […]

Feature Spotlight: Validations

All entries must be validated prior to submission. But, who’s to say how you should do this for your program and what makes the most sense for your entrants? In […]

Feature Spotlight: Creating Question Banks

Last week, we published an article about form field templates and how you can use the same templates for multiple forms to streamline processes and save money. While we often […]