Christianity Today magazine has evolved into a 694,000 circulation global communications industry. CT's Amy Sherman featured Cincinnati's At Work on Purpose in its November, 2012 edition. AWOP, which guides Christians to faith-filled lives at work, is the largest city-wide marketplace ministry in the U.S. Read more.

Cincinnati Urogynecology Associates has three best-in class women's surgeons: Dr. Steve Kleeman, one of the nation's Top Ten busiest urogynecologists, was featured in local news for his humanitarian surgeries in Haiti; Dr. Rachel Pauls was honored by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as Mentor of the Year and named a West Chester- Liberty Township Chamber Alliance 2012 Woman of Excellence; and Dr. Catrina Crisp was lauded for her dedication to coaching young girls fast-pitch softball skills.

Deaconess Associations, Inc. was featured in a variety of local publications, including the Cincinnati Enquirer, Business Courier, Community Press and NKY.com for its $375,000 donation to Dater and Western Hills University High School for the construction and operation of a much-needed student health center on campus. Read more.

Judy Ruberg, owner of Farmview Montessori Garden, believes a child well-guided today becomes the educated citizen of tomorrow. Ruberg has dedicated her career to helping preschoolers and kindergartners learn the skills necessary to begin elementary school ready to read. Read more.

Kehoe Financial Advisors of Springdale hit Cincinnati area conference rooms with its ongoing mission to educate people on finance with its "Six Things Women Need to Know About Money" seminar. The well-attended presentations were featured in a variety of local and regional presses, including the Loveland Herald, Northwest Press, Western Hills Press. Read more.

The Enquirer's Val Prevish interviewed Dr. Gary Huber on how the institute helps people attain good health and achieve sustainable weight loss through achieving metabolic balance. The institute also helps patients who suffer from chronic illnesses. Read more.

Retirees and those close to retirement now have a guide to help them decide when to access Social Security benefits in order to maximize lifetime benefits. The Cincinnati firm is also rolling out a nonprofit in 2013 to educate and train enrolled agents and professional advisors on how to navigate SS for their own clients. Read more.

New entrepreneurs and established small business owners alike make friends with great business acumen at Cincinnati SCORE. The 80-counselor chapter helps small business CEOs on operations, marketing and financials -- the lifeblood of every business. And the price is right: free for counseling, and low or no-charge for SCORE seminars. Read more.

STOBER Drives, Inc. of Maysville, Kentucky is a leader in gear speed reducers and drive solutions because it focuses on excellence in products and customer service. Its new hollow bore servo motor, the EZF, was featured in national trade publication Design World in its November, 2012 edition. Read more.

The National VOA Museum of Broadcasting in West Chester tells the story of the VOA at its Bethany relay station and hosts collections of Media Heritage's Greater Cincinnati Museum of Broadcast History; the Gray History of Wireless Museum; and the West Chester Amateur Radio Association control room. In this 70th anniversary year of the VOA, the West Chester Township trustees agreed to a lease agreement with the museum board, allowing it to raise funds to develop the museum. Read more.

You can't keep a good story local. Dr. Henry Heimlich, 92, has dedicated his life to saving lives. Developer of the Heimlich maneuver, which has saved many thousands of people from choking deaths worldwide, Heimlich helped sixth graders at Bethany School in Glendale learn to perform the Heimlich maneuver through a new curriculum supported by Deaconess Assns. Foundation and the Heimlich Institute.

Associated Press, USA Today online, Cincinnati Enquirer and Cox Media group all covered this uplifting story about teaching children that they can be Heimlich Heroes and learn to save a life.

Emmy-Award winning videographer Stacey Doose of Chilidog Pictures created a video of the event, which was embedded with the Cliff Radel Enquirer story online. Watch the YouTube version at http://bit.ly/Ilk2Ji.

When the recession hit in 2009, Jim Mullaney wasn’t certain his Edoc Service company would survive. But he hunkered down, brought in strategic planning help, and incorporated new ideas that have shot up revenues 147 percent over the last three years. The Business Courier’s James Ritchie reported on Mullaney’s success. http://bit.ly/L8auc6

Cincinnati medical writing firm Medical Communication Consultants has helped a Boston-area pharmaceutical company attain new heights of efficiency and scalability: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. submitted its New Drug Application (NDA) to the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) in just nine years-- six years sooner than the 15-year industry average. Click here to read the story. http://bit.ly/xpo7z0

Many parents seek to live out their own dreams of athletic greatness in their children, but not every parent can inspire children athletes to perform well. Steve and Amy Kehoe of Cincinnati, Ohio, talk about the parenting philosophy they used to motivate Steven and Bryn Kehoe, the nation’s first sibling duo to achieve NCAA champion status in volleyball. Read More.