Nominate Now!
We invite you to submit your new product or service innovation for recognition with a 2013 Edison Award.
The Call for Nominations for the 2013 Edison Awards will be open only until December 7th.
Visit our website to learn about the benefits of winning an Edison Award, and find out howyou can nominate your new product or service. |
Now Hear This!
1878 Recording
This is cool! Take a look at this short video, in which one of Edison's very first phonograph recordings in 1878, can be heard. It was recently digitized and yes, it's scratchy, but how often can you hear something that was recorded almost 150 years ago? |
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Save the Dates!
April 24-25, 2013
Make sure you reserve the dates on your schedule to attend the 2013 Edison Awards, which will be held in Chicago, IL.
Watch your inbox for details about our fabulous new venues and the expanded and enhanced Meet the Innovators and Innovators Showcase sessions. We're adding even more networking opportunities, roundtable discussions, case studies and much more. And of course, the Edison Awards black tie Gala will feature the presentation of the 2013 Edison Awards and Edison Achievement Award. |
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Win an $850 OnStar Gift Package! 
OnStar and the Edison Awards are working together to give away a terrific gift package worth $850. Nominate your new product or service and enter to win. Click here and share on Facebook or Twitter - no nomination necessary to enter. |
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"KEEP IT SIMPLE"
...Stephen Key, Serial Innovator
The best ideas are simple ideas, according to Stephen Key, who's been dubbed a "serial inventor" for his many contributions to the world of innovation.
In 2011, Key won an Edison Award for Accudial, a unique spinning label that enables accurate dosing of children's medications.
In a post last month on FastCompany.com, Key talks about how reinventing the wheel isn't always necessary and how his new company, HotPicks, grew out of an incredibly simple idea: changing the shape of a guitar pick. Read more |
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A New First
Open Innovation
Social Media Outlet
We're pleased to announce that NineSigma and Edison Awards have formed a new partnership. NineSigma helps innovation-driven organizations and companies from small cap to the Global 1000 engage with the global innovation community. The organization is dedicated to enabling their organizations to more effectively adopt external knowledge and resources.
NineSigma's online innovation community, NineSights is the world's first open innovation social media destination, connecting innovators of all sizes with resources and relationships to drive growth. Read more |
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Guess Who?
Fastest Growing Group of Entrepreneurs in U.S.
As part of a special CNBC report called "The New Entrepreneurs", Alana Muller, president of Kauffman FastTrac, shares her insights into the increasing rate of new businesses being started by people born before 1965, otherwise known as "baby boomers."
Muller examines the phenomenon and offers advice for these daring new entrants into the world's marketplace.In fact, her company offers a variety of resources tailored for this rapidly growing segment. Read more |
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Welcome Joyce Gioia
The Edison Awards is pleased to welcome Joyce Gioia to our 2012-2013 Steering Committee. Joyce joins several other new Committee members this year, each of whom will be featured in an upcoming newsletter.
Joyce Gioia is a Strategic Business Futurist concentrating on workforce and workplace trends. She is President and CEO of The Herman Group, a firm serving a wide range of corporate, trade association and governmental clients on an international basis. Through consulting, speaking and training, Joyce helps clients position themselves for future success. Joyce is also CEO of Employer of Choice International, Inc., the organization that certifies employers as Employers of Choice®.
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4A's Members to Judge
The Edison Awards is proud to announce the addition of yet another professional organization to our panel of judges -- the 4A's (American Association of Advertising Agencies) -- whose members join the thousands of others who will be serving on the Panel of Judges in the 2013 Edison Awards competition.
As the national trade organization of the advertising industry, the 4A's provides leadership, advocacy and guidance to its members and speaks on behalf of the industry. For a full list of other Edison Awards Judging Partners, click here |
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