photo of Hanson employees enjoying the opening party of the Toledo Museum of Art video game exhibit

Celebrating the Art of Video Games at TMA

It’s game time, Toledo! Many of us here at Hanson are big fans of video games – playing them and developing them. And of course we’re also big fans of The Toledo Museum of Art. So when our museum partners announced their new The Art of Video Games exhibit, we couldn’t wait to help sponsor the opening party on June 21. We asked some of the Hansonites who went to comment on the experience.
Mindy Withrow
Mindy Withrow, Managing Director of Strategic Planning
Dave Rodriguez presents at the April 9, 2014 meetup of the Toledo Web Professionals

Exploring the New Frontier of Front-End Development

Last week it was our pleasure to host another meeting of the Toledo Web Professionals. Over 25 members of the local web development community joined us April 9 in the Hanson Treehouse for pizza and a presentation by our Director of Front-End Development, Dave Rodriguez, on “Front-End Development: IN SPAAAAAACE!”
Mindy Withrow
Mindy Withrow, Managing Director of Strategic Planning
YuleTithe, Hanson's holiday web app

YuleTithe App Users Pledged $3K to Charity

When the Hanson team set out to create our 2013 holiday card, we wanted to do something that reflects what we do best and what matters to us most. The result was YuleTithe, a responsively designed web app that anyone could use to spread holiday cheer to the people, and causes, they care about. Here’s how it worked.
YuleTithe App Users Pledged $3K to Charity
YuleTithe App Users Pledged $3K to Charity,
Mike Osswald, VP for Experience Innovation at Hanson Inc

Another Great Reason to Attend TEDxToledo

Got a ticket to next week’s TEDxToledo at the SeaGate Centre? If so, one of the many remarkable presentations you’ll get to see is “Making Sense of Marketing in the Digital Age” by our own Mike Osswald, VP for Experience Innovation.
Another Great Reason to Attend TEDxToledo
Another Great Reason to Attend TEDxToledo,
Welcome to Hanson Inc in Maumee Ohio (near Toledo)

User Experience Toledo Region Event on Sept 12

Back in May, a group of us from Hanson joined other digital user experience experts, organized by our friend Keith Instone and the User Experience Toledo Region, for a great virtual conference led by Rosenfeld Media. Now a new UX event is coming in September, and we have the privilege of hosting the virtual event right here in our offices.
Mike Osswald
Mike Osswald, Vice President, Experience Innovation
Hansonite Zak Jaskinski on the campus of his alma mater, the University of Toledo

What I Learned Interning at a Digital Agency

Move from Alabama to Ohio for an internship? Yes, it was an opportunity of a lifetime that I was determined to build on. In 2011, I transferred to the University of Toledo and became a Hansonite to learn the digital landscape. Following my internship, Hanson offered me an opportunity to become a part-time strategy coordinator while finishing school, and I jumped at the chance. And now, post graduation, I’ve joined the Hanson team full-time as an account manager. I’ve learned so much since I first arrived.
Zak Jasinski
Zak Jasinski, Market Development Manager
Lt. Matthew Hertzfeld is public information office for the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department

Social Media in the Public Sector: An Interview with Lt. Matt Hertzfeld of the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department

Last year, Hanson partnered with the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department to develop a beautiful, responsively-designed website, along with a presence on Facebook. They’ve been tremendously successful, thanks in no small part to Lt. Matt Hertzfeld, Public Information Officer. He recently took the time to chat with us about his experience developing the department’s digital properties and some of the lessons he’s learned.
Social Media in the Public Sector: An Interview with Lt. Matt Hertzfeld of the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department
Social Media in the Public Sector: An Interview with Lt. Matt Hertzfeld of the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department,
Hanson welcomed the Toledo Web Professionals to the June 12 meetup

Toledo Web Professionals on AWS

Pizza and PowerPoint were on the menu at our offices last Wednesday night for the June meetup of the Toledo Web Professionals. This month, it was our privilege to both host the event and provide one of our own as the speaker. Steve Bumbaugh, a director of engineering here at Hanson, gave a presentation about Amazon Web Services (AWS), including an overview of AWS and how we use these services for our clients.
Mindy Withrow
Mindy Withrow, Managing Director of Strategic Planning
Jason Follas talks about HTML5 Canvas Element

Toledo Web Professionals Explore the HTML5 Canvas Element

On March 13, Hanson was proud to host this month’s meeting of the Toledo Web Professionals. Forty-plus designers, developers and other creative professionals from the Toledo area crowded into our purple conference room to hear Jason Follas of Perficient, Inc. speak about designing interactive applications and games with the HTML5 canvas element.
Toledo Web Professionals Explore the HTML5 Canvas Element
Toledo Web Professionals Explore the HTML5 Canvas Element,
You Are Here Toledo mobile app

You Are Here Project Featured in HOW Magazine

This week, we’re giving a well-deserved shout-out to our local AIGA chapter and Hanson's mobile app development team. Last summer, Hanson designed a mobile app and website to support the AIGA Toledo and The Arts Commission public arts project known as “You Are Here Toledo.” Inspired by the familiar “you are here” dot on directories, the project was an installation throughout the city of 100 large, outdoor dots by area artists highlighting Toledo’s landmarks.
Mindy Withrow
Mindy Withrow, Managing Director of Strategic Planning