Finalists selected for inaugural Mega-Innovation Award

Calkins Digital, Forsyth County News (Cumming, Ga.), Oklahoma Media Company, and Proven Performance Media LLC (Belo) have been selected as finalists for the inaugural Mega-Innovation Award.   Their work and others will be showcased and the winner will be announced on the final day of the Mega-Conference, to be held at Austin's JW Marriott, Feb. 22-24.

The Mega-Innovation Award was created to identify and reward those companies that are successfully transitioning their businesses to take advantage of the emerging trends in media and marketing.

"It was rewarding to see the number of companies who have changed their approach and are willing to talk about their results so far. The judges had a nice selection to choose from," said Carol Hudler, who handles the programming for the Mega-Conference on behalf of Inland Press Association, Local Media Association and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.

Michael Maness, Harvard Business School Innovator-in-Residence and the judge for the 2016 award, was presented with a number of different types of innovation entries to select from.  Maness will share insights on the types of innovation and the role each plays in a company's success at the awards celebration Wednesday morning, Feb. 24.

Watch for news about the award at www.mega-conference.com, following the presentation.