Newspaper Summit 3 in Kansas City on Friday

The deadline for early registration for the third in a series of educational events aimed at developing new ways to ensure the successful future of the newspaper industry has passed, but you can still participate.

State press associations in Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska, South Dakota and Missouri are teaming up to conduct the Midwest Newspaper Summit 3, “Newspaper Evolution: Make Change Happen.”

It is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 10 at the Marriott Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. Using Midwest Newspaper Summits held in September 2009 and February 2010 as its spring board.

The day-long event will kick off with an address by Sarah Miller Caldicott, a great grandniece of Thomas Edison. Inspired by a family lineage of inventors dating back five generations, Caldicott began her 25-year career as a marketing executive with major brand-driven firms, including Quaker Oats and Unilever. She co-authored the first book ever written on the subject of Edison’s world-changing innovation methods, titled “Innovate Like Edison.” Caldicott travels the world inspiring audiences on how they can employ Edison’s timeless innovation methods today. She has presented at companies such as Google and Motorola and appeared as an innovation expert on PBS television, CNBC, the Fox Business Network and NPR.

Rates for the summit are $95 per registrant after Sept. 1 and $35 for students.

For questions about the Midwest Newspaper Summit 3, please contact Jennifer Asa at (515) 422-9070 or jasa@inanews.com.