News Release

THE OSBORNE GROUP APPOINTS SACKE & ASSOCIATES INC.
AS ITS MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY OF RECORD

TORONTO, ON – December 1, 2006 -- The Osborne Group Inc. of Toronto, Canada's premier interim executive management firm, has appointed Sacke & Associates Inc. of Toronto and Norwalk, CT, a full service, public relations and marketing communications firm, as its North American agency of record, effective immediately.

“Expanding the visibility of our business solutions with the Canadian news media and other external and internal stakeholders is an important step,” says The Osborne’s Group president and CEO Ed Lavin. “We will focus on getting the word out that as a national team of experienced senior executives, we have the knowledge and ability to significantly impact a client's success by becoming hands-on members of their management team.”

With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, the company works with its clients to provide management solutions that exceed expectations and build strong, performance-based successful companies for the future.

“Organizations today must look to their internal management needs and decide if they have the capacity and bench strength to grow their business and take it to the next level. We provide a team of functional, dedicated executives who can assist in a wide variety of client problems and opportunities,” adds Lavin. “Sacke & Associate’s first task is to help raise the company’s corporate positioning to underscore the unique features of our services to Canadian business.”

As The Osborne Group’s agency of record, Sacke will manage the company’s communications programs including media and corporate communications.

“We will build and expand key relationships in Canada for The Osborne Group as we move forward to educate Canadian businesses about the many benefits and positive aspects of flexible executive resources,” says John Sacke, founder and president Sacke & Associates Inc. “Our overall communications goal is to create a higher profile for The Osborne Group, its services and expertise with Canadian businesses.”

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About The Osborne Group
The Osborne Group was founded in 1993 to provide clients with the focused, functional expertise they need to quickly meet their management challenges during periods of rapid growth, transition and decline.

With businesses accelerating and management structures becoming more streamlined and cost conscious, organizations worldwide are engaging senior experienced executives for a limited contractual period in a line management, staff or project role. A talented, flexible executive resource service, The Osborne Group is a cost-effective way of injecting experience and knowledge into an organization.

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Contacts:
Sheldon Rose
Sacke & Associates Inc.
416.493.5723, ext 202
sheldonr@sackepr.com



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