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TAGIE NOMINATIONS! 

Nominate Innovators for a  2018 TAGIE Award
Before Midnight August 17th

 

NEW THIS YEAR!

All final nominees will have their 2018 products in a TAGIE Holiday Gift Guide! 

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DATES AND DEADLINES:

SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY NOW! 
July 1st - Nominations Open!

August 17th -  Nominations Close 
September 15th - Top five nominees in each category announced, public voting begins.

October 30th - Voting closes

November 16th at the TAGIEs - Winners Announced! Don't Miss this Night!

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NOMINATE INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS IN THESE CATEGORIES:

-Toy Inventor of the Year 
-Game Inventor of the Year 
-Rising Star Inventor of the Year 
-Young Inventor of the Year (under 18 years of age)
-Innovative Marketing Team of the Year 
-Art and Design Visuals of the Year 

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THE FOLLOWING AWARDS ARE SELECTED BY COMMITTEE. 

- Start-Up Award - YULU Toys in 2018
-Inventor Advocate - Mike Meyers in 2018

-In Memoriam Presentation - TBA 

-Hassenfeld Humanitarian Award - TBA
-Lifetime Achievement - Shoot the Moon 

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SIMPLE RULES:

  • Nominees must have product in retail channels this fall.

  • Product launched in the past 12 months to early September (includes 2017 soft launches).

  • You can nominate an inventor (or a team) for one or more categories.

  • You may submit multiple nominations for different inventors.

  • Don't be shy to nominate yourself! 

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Thank you for joining us in celebrating the people bringing playthings to life! 

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New Inventor? Professional Inventor? Product Acquisition Executive?

Attend the world's largest Inventor and Innovator Conferences - 4 separate tracks!

https://www.chitag.com/conferences

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The CHITAG Advisory Board:

Karri Bean - Senior Manager, Licensing at Disney Consumer Products,

Experiences and Consumer Products,

Peggy Brown - Inventor, Playwright, Designer, Author, Filmmaker, Funmaker

Mary Couzin - President, Founder, Chicago Toy & Game Group

Ben Dermer - VP, New Ideas and Inventions, Spin Master

Richard Gill - CEO and co-Founder, McGill Associates

Alan Hassenfeld - Chairman, Exec. Committee, Hasbro;

Chairman, Hassenfeld Family Initiatives

Dave Harris - Director, Inventor Relations and Strategic Partnerships, Mattel

Dan Klitsner - Founder, KID Group

Rich Mazel - Senior Director Global, Product Acquisition, Hasbro

Phil Sage - Senior Director - Design & Development, iPlay, Hasbro

Gary Swisher – Toy and Game Innovative Executive, formerly Mattel and Jakks,

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Tanya Thompson - Director Global Product Acquisition and Inventor Relations 

for Gaming, Hasbro

Tim Walsh - Co-Founder, Getta1Games; Filmmaker, Author, Designer, 

Creative Consultant, The Playmakers

David Yakos - Creativity Director, Co-Owner, Salient Technologies

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