Learning as Leadership

Dr. Ronald Edward Smiley is a self-employed, free-lance consultant specializing in strategic management and leadership development. He organizes and leads workshops aimed enhancing leadership skills.  An accomplished author, Dr. Smiley recently published a first book titled, Optimizing Your Gifts for Career Success: My Journey Leveraging Resilience, Mentorship, and Leadership Mien.  He is a retired member of the Navy’s Senior Executive Service (SES), where he served for more than forty-nine years.   Dr. Smiley holds a Doctorate and Master of Arts in Management from The Claremont Graduate School. He received a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Howard University.  Since retiring in 2020, he currently serves on the Board of Managers for the Channel Islands, CA YMCA, supports the Association of Old Crows (AOC) Electronic Defense Organization, and is engaged with both the National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) organization and the Senior Executives Association (SEA).  He and his wife currently reside in Ventura, CA.

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Introducing Block Patterns

WordPress block patterns offer a powerful way to create predefined block layouts, enabling users to quickly design pages and posts with a consistent look and feel. These patterns are essentially collections of blocks that are pre-arranged and configured, which you can insert into your posts and pages.

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Introducing Block Patterns

Moreover, the WordPress community and theme developers are actively contributing to a growing library of block patterns, making it easier for users to find a pattern that suits their needs. Whether you`re building a landing page, a photo gallery, or a complex layout, there`s likely a block pattern ready to use.

This democratizes design for non-technical users while offering developers a way to extend WordPress functionality and provide more options to their clients.

Streamlining the design process.

This democratizes design for non-technical users while offering developers a way to extend WordPress functionality and provide more options to their clients.

Pre-built collections of blocks.

The WordPress community and theme developers are actively contributing to a growing library of block patterns, making it easier for users to find a pattern that suits their needs. Whether you`re building a landing page, a photo gallery, or a complex layout, there`s likely a block pattern ready to use.