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Ronald Gross - Bio

The Conversation Man

By Deb Peterson, About.com

When was your last meaningful conversation?

When was your last meaningful conversation?

Photo by Beatrice Gross
Ron Gross champions great conversations through numerous books, widespread speaking, and provocative activism.

He often appears as Socrates, the patron saint of good talk, based on his book Socrates' Way: Seven Master Keys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost.

Ron co-chairs of University Seminar on Innovation in Education at Columbia University. The focus of this seminar is on the process of learning -- in individuals, organizations, and society. Its scope includes learning throughout the lifespan, and via major institutions such as mass media, libraries, voluntary organizations, cyber-culture, and educational systems.

Ron is associated with Conversation Cafe, a website that promotes community, democracy, and wisdom world-wide through generating millions of open, respectful public conversations. Visit the Cafe and join a conversation.

You can reach Ron at grossassoc@aol.com.

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