Can’t-Miss Speakers on the ONA22 Agenda
This post first appeared on the ONA22 conference website. The ONA community is truly a beautiful thing. In this organization’s 23-year history, one fact has always rung true – the people are what make all the…
A career in product without the label
The enduring story of this pandemic will be that it had really been a life-changing event for so many of us. For my family, the difficulties we faced triggered a move to the Chicago area—where…
First 5 things to do when creating a spreadsheet
So you’re putting together a spreadsheet? You’ve already taken the first step toward organizing your information is a much more useful way that simple text documents. But spreadsheets are much more useful than giving you…
Transitioning annual awards announcement to virtual
With the annual ONA conference going virtual, it was an additional heartbreak that the annual Online Journalism Awards would be virtual as well. A three-hour participatory program doesn’t necessary translate well online, so our program manager Hollie Schultz…
Giving nonprofit sponsors a seat at the table with an industry directory
The concept of a business directory is not novel in the association world. It’s an easy way of listing organizational members or sponsors. Any association software suite offers it as an option, but at the…
Embracing a pivot to virtual with a custom online event platform
Organizations across the world scrambled as the COVID-19 pandemic threatened their very existence and our way of life. We couldn’t meet in person anymore, so we had to meet virtually. So many teams knew this,…
Embracing Atlanta’s unique character for the ONA20 branding
For the 2020 Online News Association Conference, we look to celebrate what Atlanta is today: a city that has re-emerged as the “new cultural capital of America,” according to The Daily Beast. For the third consecutive year,…
Welcoming the ONA conference to the French Quarter
The ONA team is incredibly excited to bring our annual conference to New Orleans for the first time. It’ll be a fitting location to celebrate our 20th anniversary with some fanfare. Yet, despite the city…
Designing a Texas feel for ONA18 in Austin while revamping our design process
The ONA annual conference is our biggest event and since its inception, it has been given unique branding each year. Sometimes that reflects the subject matter, other times the host city. This year, I set…
A disciplined approach to tags, categories and keywords for better user experience
When search engines first made their mark on the Internet, there was a large barrier to entry for website producers. The knowledge for building a web site and the cost associated were substantial, creating a…