User:Rictownsend

Richard I. S. Townsend "Footprint on Eternity"

For some years I had limited my internet presence pretty much to a personal website (orglearn) and associated self hosted Wordpress blogs. Unfortunately many articles I had written (mainly on management, leadership, teamwork and organizational learning) were lost when my web host had a digital meltdown. As a result I have decided to resurrect my WikipediA presence.

I guess most of us would like to leave a little of ourselves after we are gone. A recent bout of cancer also left me thinking what will happen to my website and all that accumulation information if I'm not here to pay for it each year. Then of course someone I don't know decided my original Wiki page was "blatant advertising". As I build this page, which is intended to become a resource for managers and those looking for career information in general, lets hope I don't inadvertently break any more rules.

So just a little about me:

Born: Australia in 1949 Work history. Finance Industry: Australia 20 years. Advertising - Creative: Malaysia 2 years. Corporate Training: Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, China, Singapore, Taiwan & Pakistan 15 years. Social Media Consultant 5 years Based in Indonesia and now Australia.

Social Media presence: Twitter over 200,000 followers, with a well established presence on Facebook, Google plus and a number of other popular platforms. Main interest is in advising, young people in particular, how to ensure they present a social media image that will be a benefit to their careers.

Other main interest is Rotary, an organization of which I have been a member for about 30 years.