Finalists:

Elements

1a: Brochures (up to 2 colors)

• Graffiti Brochure
  City of Minneapolis Communications Department

1b: Brochures (3 or more colors)

• "Chill Seekers" with Annual Catalog
  Riedell Skates with Strother Communications Group
• Community United for the Better
  Cub Foods with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• Taking a Peak Behind the Bathroom Door
  American Standard with Carmichael Lynch Spong

2. Special Purpose Publications

• Follow Your Heart - Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
  Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation with Risdall McKinney Public Relations
• Steps and Steps and Steps to Healthy Dogs
  Novartis Animal Health with Exponent Public Relations
• Forward: Living Life After Transplant
  National Marrow Donor Program with Weber Shandwick

3a. Video (Programs)

• Voices
  Families United with ASI Communications
• Governor Pawlenty Sings Praises of MacPhail Center of Music
  MacPhail Center of Music with Fast Horse, Inc.
• Forward: Living Life After Transplant
  National Marrow Donor Program with Weber Shandwick

3b. Video (Public Service Announcements - PSA)

• There's No Place Like Home: Giving Hope to Homeowners
  Homeownership Preservation Foundation with Exponent Public Relations

3c. Video (Video News Releases - VNR)

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

4a. Audio (Programs)

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

4b. Audio (Public Service Announcements - PSA)

• Raising the Foreclosure Flag for Homeowners
  Homeownership Preservation Foundation with Exponent Public Relations

4c. Audio news releases

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

5a. Annual Reports (Business/Industry)

• You Are Here - CHS 2006 Annual Report
  CHS Inc. with Exponent Public Relations
• 2005 Annual Report
  St. Jude Medica, Inc.

5b. Annual Reports (Government/NonProfit)

• The Butterfly Effect: 2006 CCRF Annual Report
  Children's Cancer Research Fund with Greer and Associates

6a. Media Kits (Products)

• Through the Power of Scratch
  Minnesota State Lottery with Exponent Public Relations
• Selling the Invisible: Bringing the TRANE CleanEffects Story into Focus for Media
  TRANE with Carmichael Lynch Spong
• Taking a Peak Behind the Bathroom Door
  American Standard Bath and Kitchen with Carmichael Lynch Spong

6b. Media Kits (Services)

• Fast-Due: Sharing the Foreclosure Message with Media
  Homeownership Preservation Foundation with Exponent Public Relations

6c. Media Kits (Events)

• Sunflower Market: Sowing the Seeds of OLSON with Sunflower Market Awareness
  Sunflower Market Awareness with OLSON + Co.

6d. Media Kits (other)

• Museum Adventure Presented by Macy's
  Macy's and MELSA with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• Imation Digital Experience
  Imation Corp. with Fleishman Hillard, Inc.
• Imation Inkjet Printable Media with AquaGuard Surface
  Imation Corp. with Fleishman Hillard, Inc.

7a. Newsletters (up to 2 colors)

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

7b. Newsletters (3 or more colors)

• Bumper to Bumper RV Service
  Onan RV with Karwoski & Courage
• Opus Building Beyond Newsletter
  The Opus Group with Weber Shandwick

8a. Magazines (Internal)

• Cooperative Profiles: Business Consulting At Your Doorstep
  CHS-Land O Lakes with Exponent Public Relations
• Inside Thomson
  The Thomson Corporation

8b. Magazines (External)

• Timberlines
  BASF Professional Vegetation Management with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• Latitude
  BASF Professional Vegetation Management with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• Cooperative Partners: Bringing Agribusiness Profitability to Life
  CHS- Land O'Lakes with Exponent Public Relations

9a. Media Relations (Business/Industry) Budget < $25,000

• Have a Happy Turkey-Trauma Free Thanksgiving
  Kowalski's Markets with New School Communications
• Museum Adventure Pass
  Macy's and MELSA with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• Velocity - Introducing the Future of Firefighting
  Pierce Manufacturing with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.

9b. Media Relations (Business/Industry) Budget > $25,000

• Taking "Anywhere" to the Media
  The Clorox Company with Carmichael Lynch Spong
• A Star is Born
  Macy's with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• Sleeping with the Media
  Select Comfort with Carmichael Lynch Spong

9c. Media Relations (Government/Nonprofit)

• Protector USV Makes a Splash in U.S. Harbors
  BAE Systems with Weber Shandwick
• Creating "The" Health News Story of the Day
  United Health Foundation with Exponent Public Relations
• Pour on the Olive Oil, and On and On and On
  North American Olive Oil Association with Exponent Public Relations

10. Feature Writing

• ASV Makes Big Impact by Treading Lightly
  ASV with Carmichael Lynch Spong
• We All Scream for RFID on Ice Cream!
  Rockwell Automotion with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• Iraqi War Veteran Inspired to Help Other Amputees
  Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

11. Technical Writing

• Reaping the Rewards of Strategic Maintenance
  Rockwell Automotion with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• ASV Makes Big Impact by Treading Lightly
  ASV with Carmichael Lynch Spong
• A Clean Message Grabs Readers' Attention
  Donaldson Torit with Strother Communications Group

12. Speech Writing

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

13a. New Media/Technology (Web sites - Internet or Intranet)

• Building an Engineer-Optimized Web site
  Intek Plastics with Strother Communications Group
• Chevy AVEO Livin' Large Campus Challenge
  Chevy AVEO with Weber Shandwick
• Delivering the Know-How in Agronomics
  Agriliance with Exponent Public Relations

13b. New Media/Technology (CD-ROM)

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

13c. New Media/Technology (Other)

• 2006 AirVenture: Planes, Planes and More Planes
  Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• My Face on MySpace
  Aveda with Exponent Public Relations

14. Creative Tactics

• Coca-Cola NCAA Human Bracket
  The Coca-Cola Company with Weber Shandwick
• 2006 Minneapolis MOSAIC: Poets on Buses
  Minneapolis MOSAIC with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• Takin' Names and Raisin' Help
  Gold'n Plump Poultry with Gabriel deGrood Bendt

15. Research

• Altering the Flow of the Faucet Category
  Danze, Inc. with Gabriel deGrood Bendt
• Research Gives Donaldsons the Air of Authority
  Donaldson Torit with Strother Communications Group
• Catching Zzzs with Zia
  Zia with Risdall McKinney Public Relations

16. Evaluation

• Adjusting the Mix
  TOLD Development with Fast Horse, Inc.

Programs

17a. Community Relations (Business/Industry)

• Building a Ballpark in Minneapolis
  Minnesota Twins Baseball Club with Tunheim Partners
• Museum Adventure Pass Presented by Macy's
  Macy's and MELSA with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.

17b. Community Relations (Government)

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

18a. Institutional Programs (Business/Industry)

• Driving Designer Loyalty
  MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc. with Carmichael Lynch Spong
• A Star is Born: America's First National Department Store
  Macy's with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• From (Hibernating) Bear to Bull
  Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

18b. Institutional Programs (Government)

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

19a. Special Events/Observances (less than 7 days ) (Business/Industry)

• Unveiling Reality: Introducing the Next Generation of Firepower
  BAE Systems with Weber Shandwick
• Fabcon's 35th Anniversary Celebration
  Fabcon with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• VAULT Motobowling: A Strike Against the Competition
  The Coca-Cola Company with Fast Horse, Inc.

19b. Special Events/Observances (less than 7 days) (Government/NonProfit)

• 2006 Minneapolis MOSAIC: Many Worlds. One Weekend.
  Minneapolis MOSAIC with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• Keep the Drive U.S.A.
  The Allstate Foundation with Weber Shandwick
• Making Sweet Music with MacPhail
  MacPhail Center for Music with Fast Horse, Inc.

20a: Special Events/Observances (More Than Seven Days) (Business/Industry)

• Stirring Up Dust & Results with American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning
  American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning with Carmichael Lynch Spong
• Nordic Ware's 60th Anniversary Campaign
  Nordic Ware with Kohnstamm Communications
• "Because We Care" Employee Giving Campaign
  Thomson West

20b: Special Events/Observances (More Than Seven Days) (Government/Nonprofit)

• K-12 Classrooms Go to the Dogs
  Go North!  with Strother Communications Group
• 2005 TCF Holidazzle Parade
  Minneapolis Downtown Council with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• Play to Win - 75,000 Times a Day
  Minnesota State Lottery with Exponent Public Relations

21a: Public Service (Business/Industry)

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

21b: Public Service (Government/Nonprofit)

• Bring Homeowners Back from the Brink
  Homeownership Preservation Foundation with Exponent Public Relations
• Close the Gap Campaign
  Itasca Project with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.

22a: Public Affairs (Business/Industry)

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

22b: Public Affairs (Government/NonProfit)

• Confirmation of Samuel Alito
  Progress for America with ASI Communications
• Tides of Change: Rochester Coalition Influences Election Results in Minnesota's First Congressional District
  Rochester Coalition with Weber Shandwick

23a: Marketing Services (New) Budget < $25,000

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

23b: Marketing Services (New) Budget > $25,000

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

23c: Marketing Services (Established) Budget < $25,000

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

23d: Marketing Services (Established) Budget > $25,000G2G

• Live the Moment
  TOLD Development with Fast Horse, Inc.
• Turning Up the Heat on Yale Mechanical's Marketing Efforts
  Yale Mechanical with Strother Communications Group

24a: Marketing Products (New) Budget < $25,000

• West Monitor Suite
  Thomson West
• Protector USV Makes a "Splash" in U.S. Harbors
  BAE Systems with Weber Shandwick

24b: Marketing Products (New) Budget > $25,000

• Taking "Anywhere" Everywhere
  The Clorox Company with Carmichael Lynch Spong
• America Busts into Song for Yogurt Burst Cheerios
  General Mills with Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc.
• A Strike Against the Competition
  The Coca-Cola Company with Fast Horse, Inc.

24c: Marketing Products (Established) Budget < $25,000

• Taking a Bite Out of HoneyCrisp Season
  Pepin Heights Orchard with Fast Horse, Inc.

24d: Marketing Products (Established) Budget > $25,000

• 10,000 Steps and a Million Tails-a-Waggin'
  Novartis Animal Health U.S., Inc. with Exponent Public Relations
• 72,000 Reasons to Scratch
  Minnesota State Lottery with Exponent Public Relations
• The Rover: There is No Off Season
  Snickers/Masterfoods with Weber Shandwick

25: International Public Relations

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

26a: Crisis Communications (Business/Industry)

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

26b: Crisis Communications (Government/NonProfit)

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

27: Internal Communications

• Movin' On Up - to Downtown
  Colle+McVoy with Exponent Public Relations
• A Flock of Culture Vultures Nest at CLS
  Carmichael Lynch Spong
• Selling the Invisible: The TRANE Clean Effects Story
  TRANE with Carmichael Lynch Spong

28: Investor Relations

Either no entries were submitted or based on judging criteria, there were no finalists or winners in this category.

29a: Integrated Communications (Products)

• The Power of Pet-ometers on the Path to Play More
  Novartis Animal Health U.S., Inc. with Exponent Public Relations
• Staying Ahead of the Flock
  Gold'n Plump Poultry with Gabriel deGrood Bendt
• Stirring Up Dust & Results with American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning's Dust Bunny Challenge
  American Standard with Carmichael Lynch Spong

29b: Integrated Communications (Services)

• Multimax Acquisition, Rebranding and Key Communications Program
  Multimax with ASI Communications
• There's No Place Like Home: Giving Hope to Homeowners
  Homeownership Preservation Foundation with Exponent Public Relations
• Live the Moment
  TOLD Development with Fast Horse, Inc.