Pittsburgh-Area Companies Benefit From Boise Office Solutions' Free Professional Development Training

Pittsburgh-Area Companies Benefit From Boise Office Solutions' Free Professional Development Training

		CHECK PRESENTATION TO CITY OF HOPE FROM BOISE OFFICE SOLUTIONS Chuck Gerba (left), general manager for Boise Office Solutions and Gene Kranz (center), present Maren Gaughan (right), of City of Hope, with a $4,000 donation at the Boise POWER Series Seminar held Thursday, May 27, 2004 in Pittsburgh. Approximately 300 Pittsburgh area business professionals attended the event. (PRNewsFoto) [AS] ITASCA, IL USA

Boise POWER Series Keynote Speaker Gene Kranz Applies Foundations Learned as a Flight Controller to Business and Daily Life ITASCA, Ill., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 300 greater Pittsburgh-area employees are now better prepared to tackle business challenges due to their attendance at BOISE(R) Office Solutions' POWER Series seminar. The half-day seminar, held today, featured presentations by four business education experts. Former NASA flight director and motivational speaker Gene Kranz, best known for leading the team that brought Apollo 13 safely back to Earth in 1970, was the keynote speaker for the seminar. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040527/CGTH050 ) The event, held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, was offered to business customers of Boise Office Solutions and OfficeMax. In its eighth year, the POWER Series, which stands for Productivity Organization Work Enhancement Resource, is another way that Boise Office Solutions is continuing its dedication to customer service and adding value. In his speech, titled "Failure is Not an Option," Kranz spoke enthusiastically about how the six foundations of the flight controller can be applied to business and daily life. At the conclusion of the speech, Boise Office Solutions presented a donation of $4,000 to the City Of Hope. In addition to Kranz's keynote address, the seminar included business education workshops presented by Eldon, Hewlett Packard, ACCO/Day-Timer and 3M. All four companies are Boise Office Solutions' supplier partners and sponsors of the POWER Series events. Eldon presented tips on desktop organization; Hewlett Packard provided information on printing tactics for office professionals; 3M instructed on improving work performance; and ACCO/Day-Timer offered tips on time management. About Boise Office Solutions and OfficeMax Boise Office Solutions, a leader in business-to-business office product solutions, has combined with OfficeMax, a leading office products retailer, to provide office supplies, technology products and solutions, paper and furniture to large, medium and small businesses and consumers. The combined business serves all customers through direct sales, catalogs, Internet and nearly 1,000 superstores. Combined, the business had revenues of $8.3 billion in 2003, more than 40,000 employees, and more than 1,000 retail outlets. Boise Office Solutions is a division of Boise Cascade Corporation (NYSE: BCC). About Boise Cascade Corporation Boise, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, provides solutions to help customers work more efficiently, build more effectively, and create new ways to meet business challenges. We own or control more than 2 million acres of timberland, primarily in the United States, to support our manufacturing operations. Boise had sales of $8.2 billion in 2003. Visit the Boise website at http://www.bc.com . Boise Office Solutions Contact Media Contact Cedric Thompson Cari Trayner, Bader Rutter & Associates 630 438 8591 262 784 7200