Noel McNaughton - Revealing Possibilities and Igniting Life

Hi, my name is Noel McNaughton. I am based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and am the founder and President of Raven’s Eye Consulting Inc, a firm specializing in sustainable management and human Development.

For several years (starting when I was about 49 years old, in 1994, and finally ending in early 2002), I went through a major midlife transition. I have learned it is called Viropause, or Andropause, or (incorrectly) Male Menopause.

Now that I have 'come out the other side', and back in the world, so to speak, I do a number of things as a service to the world.

I am a professional speaker, facilitator, coach and writer who specializes in guiding men and women through the uncertainty of life transitions. I can be reached toll-free at 1-877-736-1552 (outside N. Am. 780-432-5492). Email: noel@mcnaughton.ca

Websites: www.midlife-men.com, and www.ravenseyeconsulting.com.

I own and direct the management of a farm near Winfield, in west-central Alberta.

My experience as a farm journalist (since 1974), farmer, farm management training facilitator, entrepreneur (oilfield contractor, guide and outfitter, direct mail marketer, management and media consultant); cross-cultural adult educator; international development consultant; and member of various boards gives a me a wide range of experience and expertise in areas of goal setting, planning, problem solving, conflict resolution and decision making.

I have 30 years' experience and training in both media and interpersonal communications. A former television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and an internationally-syndicated radio commentator on the national CBC radio network, and on Radio Canada International, I am also a freelance writer, producer, director and on-camera host.

Since 1987 I have been a communication and management consultant, training facilitator and speaker. In 1991 I became a Certified Educator with Holistic Management International in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and in 1997 graduated as a Personal and Professional Coach from the Coaches Training Institute in San Rafael, California.

I am also trained as a Teleclass Leader with Teleclass International

I have worked in many states and provinces, as well as in Israel, Egypt, China, Japan, and the Caribbean.

I have considerable knowledge of the agri-food and resource industries, both through my academic studies, journalism and as a farm owner. Since 1991, I have taught Holistic Management to hundreds of farm families in Canada and the United States, Showing them how to manage for higher quality of life, greater profit, and a healthier land base. The families that have taken this training give it rave reviews, and often comment that the training changed their lives, and saved them from losing their farms.

I also have many years' experience in working with First Nations people. A member of a Cree family by marriage, I spent four years as adult educator, and native co-op development officer with Cree and Chipewyan people in northern Alberta. I have also been a Board Member, since 1983, of the Aboriginal Multi Media Society, which produces the award-winning monthly national newspaper Windspeaker, provincial papers Alberta Sweetgrass, Saskatchewan Sage, BC Raven’s Eye, and radio station CFWE, which broadcasts to First Nations communities throughout Alberta.