Ron Passfield is a social media consultant working with individuals and small businesses to help them realize their potential. He is the creator of the SquidooRoo Social Media Training Program - a 6 month, action learning based, program in social media marketing. The program involves weekly lessons delivered as PDF's with action steps proposed each week. Ron believes that the SquidooRoo Program is as much about the inner journey as it about the mechanics of social media marketing. He is an established leader in social networks such as Squidoo (Giant Squid100) and RedGage and is active on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Posterous and YouTube. Ron regularly shares social media tips, tools and insights on his blog established in 2005.
Ron has an international reputation for his contribution over 30 years to the global advancement of action learning. He has pursued this passion through his role as President of a global association for action learning (8 years) , coordinator of World Congresses, co-editor of 3 books, author of numerous published articles, supervisor of action learning Master's and Dotoral theses and faciltator of action learning workshops throughout Australia and in Bath (UK), Auckland, Singapore, Cartagena (Colombia) and Port Moresby. He has trained thousands of managers through an action learning approach and helped many organisations improve their workplaces and their outcomes. He is currently helping to build the capacity of the Public Service throughout the State of Queensland through action learning based, manager development programs. Over 1,000 managers have participated in the PPM Program (Practical People Management).
Inspirational Lens - http://www.squidoo.com/leaders-of-tribes
Poetry Lens - http://www.squidoo.com/treemeditations
Community Choir - http://www.squidoo.com/Morningsong
To read is one thing, to learn from what your read is another, to take action... is all that matters.