The OpenWater Blog

Software Update: Redefine Winners

Like many other terms or phrases in our software, we’ve found that there has not been a one-size-fits all approach to naming. In this recent update, we’ve added “Winner” and […]

Product Update: Category Labels

Often times, the category name that is used by the submitter is something like 25 G – Design Awards. This may be useful for the entrant, but when it comes […]

Product Update: Open Website Page in New Tab

When adding items to the website menu, you can now specify if that page should open up in a new tab. This is a simple addition to make our software […]

New Feature: Goal Tracking

you can now set the target number of entries, entrants, and revenue per program and OpenWater will help you see a snapshot of how close you are getting towards those […]

New Feature: Judge Teams

Judge teams help group together judges that work together on similar entries. By making use of judge teams, you can assign judges to a team, and then use our bulk […]

New Feature: Lead Judge / Judge Manager

We have added a new premium feature to the OpenWater platform. You can now delegate judging responsibilities to committee chairs who can oversee a group of judges. You can use […]

Feature Enhancement: Judge Signup Forms

Prior to this update, we only had one global signup form for judges. This made it difficult and confusing for judges to sign up if your organization ran multiple awards […]

Product Update: Split out Submission Statuses

Prior to the update, submitters would see their entire submission history on one screen. With just one or two entries this might have been OK. However with larger programs, this […]

Resources for Motivated Awards Professionals: October 9th

Check out the upcoming events and resources below to refine your skills and grow as a marketer/event planner/project manager/IT expert in one. Upcoming Events/Courses Email Marketing: How to Build Inbound […]

Awards Tips and Tricks: HelloBar

We’ve done our fair share of experimenting with different tools, here at OpenWater, to help us provide you with great products and service. We realized that these are tools that […]