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Paul Meshanko Joins Faculty of The Institute for Management Studies

Cleveland, Ohio- July 8, 2008- Edge Learning of Ohio, an international corporate education provider specializing in employee engagement and diversity initiatives, today announced that its Managing Partner, Paul Meshanko has accepted an invitation to join the faculty of The Institute for Management Studies (IMS). “We examine our potential faculty members to ensure that our members receive the highest quality and latest information on a variety of management topics ", said Don Gorning, IMS Cleveland Chair. "Paul is a great addition to our educational team and will help us meet that goal. "

“I am delighted to be part of this prestigious organization,” said Meshanko. "It’s an honor to be a part of a group that includes faculty members such as Marshall Goldsmith, Dr. Terry Paulson and other well-known leadership development experts.”

Paul Meshanko’s curriculum for IMS focuses on helping leaders develop powerful strategies for increasing their personal effectiveness, promoting greater employee engagement, and enhancing the long-term resilience of their organizations.

About The Institute For Management Studies:
Since 1974, The Institute for Management Studies has provided its members with the most innovative and cost-effective management development series available. The membership approach allows IMS to bring in top faculty and programs at a cost much lower than individual organizations can typically provide. Today over 450 major organizations worldwide, many of them Fortune 500 companies include IMS as a key component of their overall development strategy. For more information about the Institute for Management Studies, please visit www.ims-online.com

About Edge Learning of Ohio:
Edge Learning of Ohio is an affiliate of Edge Learning Institute, a global provider of leadership and staff development services that assists companies and non-profits in improving management competencies, improving employee engagement, and building respectful work cultures. Over its 35-year history, the firm has worked with clients such as BASF, Parker, The Cleveland Clinic Hospitals, Starbucks Coffee, Microsoft, the U.S. Postal Service, Boeing, Emerson Electric Company, AT&T, Curtiss-Wright, Symantec and McGraw-Hill Education.

Edge Learning of Ohio Announces New Hires
Cleveland, Ohio- June 26, 2008- Edge Learning of Ohio, an international corporate education provider specializing in employee engagement and diversity initiatives, today announced several new additions to its staff.

Melanie Sklarz comes to Edge Learning as Marketing Assistant after spending almost 10 years developing, facilitating and promoting education and training programs for non-profits, primarily in Washington, DC. She has an interest in new media marketing strategies, especially blogs, and has authored her own blog since 2006.

“Melanie Sklarz’s writing skills and being technology savvy will move Edge into the new and interesting world of blogging. Edge is leveraging the background and experiences that Melanie can bring to our communication offerings” stated Paul Meshanko, Managing Partner, Edge Learning of Ohio.

Melody Costello joins the firm and will assist clients with order processing, seminar registration, speaking engagements, and will manage the Edge Cleveland office. Prior to joining Edge Learning of Ohio, she worked for an outplacement services firm.

Meshanko noted, “We are very delighted to have Melody Costello on our team. She brings both a broad background of office management skills and a fantastic attitude to Edge.”

About Edge Learning of Ohio:
Edge Learning of Ohio is an affiliate of Edge Learning Institute, a global provider of leadership and staff development services that assists companies and non-profits in improving management competencies, improving employee engagement, and building respectful work cultures. Over its 35-year history, the firm has worked with clients such as BASF, Parker, The Cleveland Clinic Hospitals, Starbucks Coffee, Microsoft, the U.S. Postal Service, Boeing, Emerson Electric Company, AT&T, Curtiss-Wright, Symantec and McGraw-Hill Education. For more information about Edge Learning’s offerings, please visit www.EdgeOhio.com or call 1-888-892-0300.

CONTACT:
Paul Meshanko or Melanie Sklarz

Edge Learning of Ohio
(A division of Matrix Training & Development, Inc.)
4807 Rockside Road, Suite 240
Cleveland, OH 44131

Voice: 888-892-0300 or 216-674-1085
Fax: 216-674-8204
Email Address:pmeshanko@edgeohio.com
Website URL: www.edgeohio.com or www.respectfulworkplace.com

Edge Learning of Ohio Announces its New Blog For Increasing Respect in the Workplace

Cleveland, Ohio- June 9, 2008- Edge Learning of Ohio, an international corporate education provider specializing in employee engagement and diversity initiatives, today announced the launch of a unique blog through its popular RespectfulWorkplace.com website. The goal of the new blog is to facilitate a community exploration of the most misunderstood and controversial topics within the American workplace – diversity and respect. “I look forward to kicking off a frank dialogue on a topic that many organizations really wrestle with” stated Paul Meshanko, Managing Partner, Edge Learning of Ohio. "Establishing a culture of respect is not only important for employee morale and retention, but also organizational effectiveness and bottom-line productivity" The Respectful Workplace Blog is devoted entirely to fostering awareness and providing resources for creating more respect in the workplace, stimulate thinking, and help maintain a consistently respectful and inclusive work environment.

“We invite our clients and other interested individuals to share experiences and challenges working in our changing environment by sharing your thoughts and opinions regarding diversity issues in the workplace,” said Meshanko. The Respectful Workplace Blog is available now by visiting http://www.respectfulworkplace.com/blog

About Edge Learning of Ohio:

Edge Learning of Ohio is an affiliate of Edge Learning Institute, a global provider of leadership and staff development services that assists companies and non-profits in improving management competencies, improving employee engagement, and building respectful work cultures. Over its 35-year history, the firm has worked with clients such as BASF, Parker, The Cleveland Clinic Hospitals, Starbucks Coffee, Microsoft, the U.S. Postal Service, Boeing, Emerson Electric Company, AT&T, Curtiss-Wright, Symantec and McGraw-Hill Education. For more information about Edge Learning of Ohio’s offerings, please visit www.EdgeOhio.com or call 1-888-892-0300.

EDGEOHIO AND NEWMEASURES ANNOUNCE MARKETING AGREEMENT

CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 14, 2007 -- EdgeOhio, the Cleveland-based division of Edge Learning Institute (Tacoma, Wash.), and Newmeasures, Inc., a nationwide employee survey company based in Boulder, Colo., have announced a joint agreement to market and refer clients to each other.

Newmeasures and EdgeOhio have been partnering for five years on programs that help companies identify and address cultural and leadership barriers to improving business performance. According to EdgeOhio’s Managing Partner Paul Meshanko, “this agreement formalizes what we’ve been doing informally for years. While Newmeasures takes the pulse of client organizations through its proprietary assessment tools, EdgeOhio offers intervention options that help improve identified problem areas through our broad range of leadership development programs, employee engagement workshops, and employee communications services.”

Newmeasures President and Chief Executive Officer Diane Fassel, Ph.D., is no stranger to EdgeOhio programs and the results they generate. “We’ve discovered a direct and positive relationship between EdgeOhio’s Improving Human Effectiveness (IHE) program and employee satisfaction. In one case, the percentage of employees who rated their company’s overall effectiveness favorably improved by over 20 points for those who had participated in the IHE workshop,” says Fassel. “Our Core 16 survey hones in on the one or two ‘climate’ variables with the most powerful statistical linkage to employees’ overall perception of their organization’s effectiveness, and now our partnership with EdgeOhio will allow us to offer tools and strategies to improve those areas.”

Newmeasures has over one million survey responses in its database, so benchmarking between companies and industries on various aspects of the survey provides even more guidance. “This lets our clients see how they rank compared to other organizations,” says Fassel. Once leaders know where their organization is and what their strongest points of leverage are, they are far better equipped to take the appropriate corrective actions. That’s where EdgeOhio enters the equation. “Our network of solution providers includes experts in leadership development, employee engagement, diversity, coaching, process improvement, and employee communications. Once Newmeasures provides the diagnosis, we work with the client to map out strategies to not only improve scores, but ultimately, increase employee retention, customer satisfaction, and other business performance metrics” said Meshanko.

This new agreement will help EdgeOhio and Newmeasures broaden their offerings and benefit from greater marketing exposure. It also provides a one-stop client solution for identifying and improving cultural obstacles that prevent companies from reaching their full business potential.

EdgeOhio is the Ohio division of Edge Learning Institute, a global provider of leadership and staff development services that help companies and non-profits improve management competencies, improve employee engagement, and build respectful work cultures. Over its 35-year history, it has worked with clients such as BASF, Parker Hannifin, The Cleveland Clinic Hospitals, Starbucks Coffee, Microsoft, the U.S. Postal Service, Boeing, Emerson Electric Company, AT&T, Curtiss Wright, Symantec and McGraw-Hill Education. For more information about EdgeOhio’s offerings, please visit www.EdgeOhio.com or call 1-888-892-0300.

Newmeasures develops and administers simple, effective survey instruments that help organizations thrive in an environment that fosters employee satisfaction, retention and ultimately greater profits. Through a short (16-item) customizable employee survey, Newmeasures evaluates both organizational effectiveness and job satisfaction. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Newmeasures works with mid and large-size companies across the nation, with a particular strength in working with healthcare systems. Recent clients include BASF, Sun Microsystems, ViaHealth, Zurich Financial Services, Union Carbide, Catholic Healthcare Partners West, and Cisco Systems. For more information, visit www.Newmeasures.com or call 1-303-440-3478.

EDGEOHIO OFFERS NEW COURSE FOR IMPROVING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 15, 2007 -- EdgeOhio, the Cleveland-based division of Edge Learning Institute (Tacoma, Wash.), has announced the offering of a condensed version of its award-winning employee engagement program, Increasing Human Effectiveness, or IHE®. The new one-day version of the two-day workshop is designed to deliver the most critical aspects of the curriculum while accommodating participants’ increasingly busy schedules.

EdgeOhio’s Managing Partner Paul Meshanko says “The initial client feedback has been simply extraordinary. By leveraging internet technology and revising our delivery format, we’re now able to provide busy managers and executives with the same proven staff development benefits they've come to depend on, but in a single-day format".

IHE® is an employee engagement process designed to leverage an organization’s culture to help maximize effectiveness and productivity. It also helps to greatly improve both employee motivation and retention by targeting individual attitudes, beliefs, expectations and behavior patterns in the workplace. As a training and development tool, many Edge Learning clients claim that IHE positively impacts business performance metrics more than any other “human capital” investment available. Specifically, the IHE curriculum helps organizations:

- Improve overall customer service and satisfaction metrics
- Improve business productivity and profitability
- Increase organizational resilience and adaptability in times of transition
- Develop a culture of accountability and excellence at all levels
- Significantly raise both employee and manager survey scores

Parker-Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH), headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, has sent over 3,000 employees through Edge’s IHE in the past six years. According to John Koynock, director of HR for Parker’s Automation Group, “We can attribute some very significant organizational improvements to IHE and the resultant changes in both attitude and employee empowerment. For example, we acquired a company that had a critical manufacturing facility in Nebraska which required quick assimilation into Parker’s culture, business systems and operating protocol. Using a grant from the state, we sent all employees through IHE. The results were remarkable, with employees gaining a greater sense of commitment and a willingness to seek out and implement new approaches, most importantly, lean manufacturing. Productivity gains and improved product quality actually resulted in the hiring of additional staff and expansion at the facility.” Koynock and his senior executives are among many who have seen the benefits of EdgeOhio’s programs and who continue to implement them.

Other organizations that have used IHE to drive change in their organizations include: BASF, Starbucks Coffee, Home Depot Supply, The Cleveland Clinic, AT&T, Microsoft, and the U.S. Postal Service.

Employees complete IHE® with a renewed sense of purpose, a better attitude toward change in their workplace and a mission to share this new knowledge with fellow employees. More importantly, organizations reap the rewards of a better motivated and focused workforce.

The one-day version of the course includes pre-work exercises that participants complete online one week before the actual class date. “There are three units of instruction, including streaming video modules, that take about 20 minutes each to complete,” according to Meshanko. “The pre-work serves two important purposes. First, it familiarizes participants with the Edge Learning style and pace of the program. More importantly, it engages them in crucial self-reflection pertaining to their own performance and current comfort zones. Once we get to the classroom, they already understand the main learning objectives and are primed for an extraordinary one-day learning experience.”

For more information about EdgeOhio’s offerings please visit www.EdgeOhio.com or call 1-888-892-0300.

EDGEOHIO OPENS COLUMBUS OFFICE TO OFFER EMPLOYEE
ENGAGEMENT AND RESPECT PROGRAMS

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 3, 2007--EdgeOhio, the Cleveland-based division of Edge Learning Institute (Tacoma, Wash.), today announced the opening of a new office in Columbus, Ohio. Edge Learning Institute is a global provider of leadership and staff development services that help companies and non-profits improve management competencies, enhance customer service and improve employee retention efforts “We have many clients in the Columbus area,” said EdgeOhio’s Managing Partner Paul Meshanko. “Opening this office to better service our existing clients and to attract new ones was an easy decision.” EdgeOhio’s main office is in Cleveland.

The Columbus, office, located in Upper Arlington, will be managed by Tony Bennett, who recently joined EdgeOhio as a partner. Bennett joins Edge from The McGraw-Hill Companies where he served as training and staff development leader of McGraw-Hill Education’s Customer Operations segment. Bennett has an MA in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix and a BS in Computer Information Systems from DeVry Institute of Technology.

“We have worked with Tony as a client for several years. He brings a valuable level of experience in our industry and an in-depth knowledge of the Columbus market to our operation,” said Meshanko. According to Bennett, “I am excited about my new role and the opportunity to expand our Central Ohio client base. Having worked with Paul and the Edge programs since 1999, I know there are many organizations in Columbus that can benefit from Edge’s programs.” Recent Edge clients in the Columbus area include Emerson/Emerson Network Power, The Ohio State University, McGraw-Hill Education and Parker Hannifin Corporation.

METAULLICS SYSTEMS partners with EDGEOHIO to get "LEAN".

CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 17, 2006-- Metaullics Systems, a Solon, Ohio based manufacturer of technology products for the hostile molten and corrosive chemical industries, is partnering with Cleveland-based consulting and staff development firm EdgeOhio, to improve its manufacturing and administrative processes. “This in not an attempt to fix something that’s broken”, said David Eichenmiller, Metaullics’ Manager of Engineering and Quality. “It is an opportunity to get ahead of the game by reviewing and evaluating internal processes and discovering new efficiencies and opportunities for quality improvement.”

Metaullics originally approached EdgeOhio, a firm specializing in workforce engagement and culture development, to examine both their internal processes and cultural barriers to improvement. Edge, in turn, partnered with Tennessee-based Aslinger & Associates to help develop the Lean manufacturing/process improvement component of the program.

Eichenmiller says that the combination of classroom instruction, site evaluations and personal coaching will help Metaullics improve its industry-leading position by improving and streamlining internal processes, tapping into its workers’ ideas and creating a stronger atmosphere of innovation. “We wanted an external viewpoint and examination of our operations that would allow us to overcome internal barriers that often hamper production. The efforts of EdgeOhio and Aslinger will help us minimize resistance to change, find new and better ways of doing things and create a culture where people want to do their best.”

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