The Awards Competition

The We Media Awards recognize Game Changers: people, projects, ideas and organizations leading change and inspiring a better world through media.

Game Changers lead society to knowledge. They inspire involvement and action through media, and we’ll celebrate their achievement at We Media Miami, where their stories become the content of the conference. They provide example, insight and inspiration for participants from all fields by demonstrating how to navigate and lead the connected society.

The deadline is September 15, the online nomination process is painless, and our key speakers at We Media Miami 09 will be selected from the nominees.

Nominate yourself, your company, your products of whatever ranks as your flat-out favorite innovation for the We Media world. Who inspires you? Which design, project or product makes you say, “Yes, that’s it. That’s the future.”

We’re looking for entries from all fields. Big companies, little startups, social entrepreneurs, independent thinkers, brands, causes, tools, ideas, commercial, nonprofit - all are welcome.

Case studies created around each Game Changer will be distributed at We Media Miami and published in multiple formats.

Anyone can nominate a Game Changer. A panel of judges from a cross-section of disciplines selects the winners. The public selects The Community Award through an online voting system.

Submit your nominations (Deadline: September 15, 2008)

Criteria

Whether through exceptional story-telling, novel business models, significant social impact, brilliant design or powerful vision, we’re seeking to honor achievers and examples that can serve as beacons of inspiration for the next generation of game changers.

Story: Create and apply a unique storytelling experience through journalism, discovery, narrative, exposition, or new methods and metaphors.

Design: Creatively engage multiple levels of intelligence and understanding of complex info with clarity, style, and meaning.

Social Impact: Impact the social condition, stimulate citizenship, raise awareness, influence public policy, marshall support.

Pattern Change: Pioneer original approaches and paradigms.

Purpose: Express a purposeful vision through values reflecting ethics, credibility, responsibility and authenticity.

Community: Organize community, virtual or geographic, in new way.

Sustainability: Innovative business practices, entrepreneurial quality or sustainable model.

So who’s a Game Changer? Who’s changing the world through media? You tell us. Nominations are now OPEN.