If you have a good idea, we want to hear it
Innovation is not a matter of size. It's an expression of creativity, confidence and perseverance -- and creativity abounds in the Midwest.
That's been the driving force behind the Chicago Innovation Awards for five years, and it's what drives the 2007 program as it opens its call for entries for the sixth annual presentation.
If your business or organization has introduced a new product or service during the last two years and has rung up revenues -- but not necessarily profits -- it's probably a candidate for one of 10 Chicago Innovation Awards.
"In the past five years, we've learned that innovation comes in all shapes and sizes," said Dan Miller, business editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, co-founder of the Chicago Innovation Awards, along with Kuczmarski & Associates, the new-product consultancy. "Past winners have included the region's very largest firms and some of its very smallest. High-tech companies have received Innovation Awards, low-tech companies, and companies with no technology at all have been honored. We've recognized non-profit organizations, for-profit and public-sector innovations."
To read profiles of previous honorees and related articles, go to www.suntimes.com/business and click on "Chicago Innovation Award." You'll also find a link to the nomination form for the 2007 award.
Honorees of the 2007 award will be feted at a reception Oct. 22 on the main stage of the Goodman Theatre, profiled in a special section of the Chicago Sun-Times, and featured on WBBM-AM News Radio 780.
Nominations for the 2007 Chicago Innovation Award will close July 31.
The Chicago Innovation Award program is sponsored by the Chicago Board of Trade, InterOcean Financial Group, Microsoft Corp. and Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.