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ITINERARY Ideas

• Western USA
  
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CREDENTIALS

ROBERT M. MEYER, DIRECTOR
GLOBAL SEMINARS


EDUCATION

1979-80
OXFORD UNIVERSITY (Oxford, England)
Advanced study in Political Philosophy
(Interests: the politics of ecology,
supplemented by round-the-world fact-finding trip)

1974-76
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, N.J., USA)
Degree: MPAUP (Masters in Public Affairs and Urban Planning)
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs;
and School of Urban Planning
(Interests: global urbanization and development economics,
urban and national policy analysis)

1968-72
GRINNELL COLLEGE (Grinnell, Iowa, USA)
Degree: BA with Honors
Majors: History and American Studies (literature, history, politics)
(Thesis: social-political history of a specific small town.
Student Coordinator: Head of Student Government (paid exec.).
Advisor to: foreign students, new students, residence hall.
Officer of the Foreign Student Board.)


EXPERIENCE

1995 - Present
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GROUP
MULTI-CITY EDUCATIONAL TOURS
Founder and President, Global Seminars
Designing and leading multi-city educational tours
on focused topics for student groups.

1992 - 1997
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GROUP
HOMESTAY PROGRAMS AND TOURS
Award-winning San Francisco Bay Area Coordinator for the non-profit International Education Foundation (IEF), and Northern California Director and Educational Tour Director nationwide for Gateway for International Friendship and Travel (GIFT). Creating educational (classroom and excursion) programs for 6 years, e.g. 12 groups in 1997. Recruited, trained, and supervised local program coordinators and coordinating institutions.

1992 - 1997
TEACHER OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GROUPS
For six years have taught a 36-hour course in American Civilization to many foreign student foreign groups (see above) - and trained other teachers.
Curriculum:

• US Origins: Religion, Moral Mission & Self-Righteousness
• Dreams, Greed & Opportunity, the Frontier Experience
• Immigrant Melting-Pot to Multi-Racial Society (and Racism)
• US Politics: Division of Powers, Marketplace of Interests
• Big Business, Wall Street, Entrepreneurs, Evolving Strategy
• Isolationism & Global Emperialism: Arrogant & Righteous

1992-1994
MEMBER, ALBANY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Broad educational and management oversight and reform leadership for Albany Unified School District, California - equivalent to being member of the Board of Directors for all schools in the city. Participant in numerous statewide education and management conferences and trainings.

1980-1992
CONSULTING PRODUCER:
INTERNATIONAL TV NEWS & FEATURES
Co-Founder, General Partner, Team Leader: Information Bank.
Preproduction advance work serving Asian and European broadcasters: Prioritizing newsworthy events and features; researching issues in depth; selecting interview and location candidates nationwide and worldwide; negotiating access and on-site preparations; hiring crews and equipment; researching and managing logistics; interviewing; interpreting and editing interviews and scripts, general problem solving. Travel and advance work worldwide, establishing temporary project offices in Russia, China, Hong Kong, Japan and East, West, and Central Europe. In '90-'92 I managed my own spin-off: Information and Images Bank.

1980-1990
RESIDENT CO-OWNER & CO-MANAGER:
INTERNATIONAL GUEST HOUSE
Ten years experience as resident host for international guest house in Washington DC while working as consulting network TV producer (see above).

1977-79
PROGRAM ANALYST:
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Executive Office of the U.S. President (Jimmy Carter):
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Responsible for review of U.S. non-military economic (trade and aid) relations with Central and South America and of U.S. food assistance worldwide. Made recommendations to the U.S. President on the funding of competing U.S. and multilateral programs. On-site evaluations in Caribbean, Central and South America.

1975-77
CONSULTING:
REGIONAL & INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
U.S. Department of State and
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Researched income distribution and economic development in Turkey for three months - then comparison study of Nigeria. One year team analysis of regional development in eleven-country southern Africa region.

1972-74
PROGRAM PLANNER AND EVALUATOR:
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Des Moines Office of Community Development
Establishing citizen participation, designing programs, and authoring comprehensive program evaluations.

1975-Present
VOLUNTEERING, INTERNSHIPS
AND CONFERENCE STAFFWORK

• Co-Chairman:
  • Mentorship Program (Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley)
• Speakers Bureau (Pacific Center, Berkeley):
  • Addressing social issues in high schools and universities
• Board of Directors, former Officer:
  • Albany Teen Center (Albany Coalition for Teens)
• Co-Leader:
  • adult experiential education design and youth homeschooling
    (10 years in experiential education intentional community)
• Internships:
  • R. Buckminster Fuller
    (Internship and travel with Fuller in Greece, Canada and U.S.)
  • United Nations
    (Housing, Building & Planning: NYC-HQ & Teheran)
• Conference Participant and Staff:
  • International Ekistics Symposium on Human Settlements (Athens and Delos)
  • World Future Society Global Conference on the Future (Toronto)
  • UN Global & Asian Regional Conferences on Human Settlements (Vancouver & Teheran)

PERSONAL/PHOTO

• Originally: Born 1950, St. Louis Metropolitan Area Top Teenager Award, Eagle Scout and Scout Leader, church youth leader.
• Now: Age 50, guardian for Max Livingstone from age 10 (now age 20) and informal uncle to others.