NNAHRA: Three days together. A story to keep sharing.

NNAHRA brought people together for its 30th Annual Conference at Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikīkī. Our job was to capture the people, the conversations, and the moments that mattered—and give the organization something useful to share after everyone went home.

3 days — Event coverage · 1,000+ — Photos delivered · Photo + video — Coverage commissioned

Start with what matters to the people in the room.

Before the conference, we met with the NNAHRA team several times. We talked through the key event moments we couldn’t miss and what they wanted to improve from previous events. Those conversations gave us a clearer picture of what mattered before we picked up a camera.

Moments involving tribal communities and their cultures were especially important. The coverage needed to reflect that priority alongside the speakers, sessions, and connections happening across the three days.

Give the photos a job beyond the recap.

NNAHRA uses event content to promote the organization, highlight speakers, share value with sponsors, and show donors what it has accomplished. The photos also support promotion and ticket sales for the following year’s conference.

That gives the coverage a purpose beyond showing that an event happened. It gives NNAHRA ways to recognize the people who contributed, keep the conference story in circulation, and invite people into the next one.

Over 1,000 photos. More ways to tell the story.

We delivered more than 1,000 photographs from the three-day event at Hilton Hawaiian Village. The full project gallery offers a look at the conference, from speakers and sessions to attendees connecting at the outdoor reception.

Videography was part of the coverage, too. The conference film is in progress; we’ll add it to the project gallery when it’s ready.

Explore the full NNAHRA conference gallery →

The useful takeaway for your next conference.

Start the brief with two questions: which moments matter most to your community, and what does the content need to do afterward? Talk through both before the event. A list of sessions helps with the schedule; a conversation about priorities helps explain why those sessions matter.

Think about your speakers, sponsors, donors, and next year’s attendees. Each has a different reason to care. Give your photo and video team that context so the coverage can serve the people behind the event as well as the organization hosting it.

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Tell us about the event, the people, and the moments you want to keep. We’ll work through a photo and video coverage plan with you.

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