Metalforming Educational Foundation offers web-based learning.
Press Release Summary:
Partnering with KRM Information Services and CRK Interactive, PMA Education Foundation is offering online learning opportunities for metalforming companies to train management staff. KRM's online courses target topics and issues that will enhance skills and knowledge of senior management, customer service, sales and marketing, financial services, human resources, and workforce development staff. CRK Interactive courses focus on how to effectively coach and interact with staff.
Original Press Release:
Metalforming Educational Foundation Offers Web-Based Learning for Management-Level Employees
CLEVELAND, OH-July 31, 2008-The Precision Metalforming Association Educational Foundation (PMAEF) has partnered with KRM Information Services and CRK Interactive to offer new online learning opportunities for metalforming companies to train their management staff. PMA members receive significant discounts from both providers.
KRM's online courses are developed by such well-respected organizations as Kiplinger Washington Editors, Harvard Business School and others. The courses target topics and issues that will enhance the skills and knowledge of senior management, customer service, sales and marketing, financial services, human resources and workforce development staff. Several courses are available each month and can be accessed one of two ways: live with an interactive question and answer period or through archived recordings. The KRM webinar schedule may be accessed at www.krm.com/pma.
CRK Interactive provides access to an online subscription to a leadership training curriculum through a series of online courses. Designed for managers, team leaders, supervisors and trainers, these courses focus on how to effectively coach and interact with staff to maximize performance, create a motivated workforce, discuss performance issues with employees, conduct effective interviews and learn successful negotiation skills.
With the ever-present demand for more education at the managerial level and the increased cost of travel and employee time, these programs can help metalforming companies meet their employees' education needs cost-effectively and efficiently. For more information about these training opportunities, contact Michelle Underwood at 216-901-8800 or munderwood@pma.org.
Established in 1996, the PMA Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization dedicated to the promotion and development of a skilled workforce for the metalforming industry. PMAEF operates as a supporting organization to the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA).
PMA is the full-service trade association representing the $91-billion metalforming industry of North America-the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating and other value-added processes. Its nearly 1,200 member companies include metal stampers, fabricators, spinners, slide formers and roll formers as well as suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry. Members are located in 30 countries, with the majority found in North America¯in 41 states of the United States as well as Canada and Mexico.
