I was honored (or maybe someone thought I was some other guy) to be invited to present in the special seminar on "Incredible Careers." So, here it is, sans my clever, spontaneous repartee. Happy to chat or come and present for you, call me, maybe. Cheers, Chris http://DrChrisStout.com

1. Opportunism and the Accidental Humanitarian
Dr. Chris E. Stout
Founding Director, Center for Global Initiatives
Clinical Professor, College of Medicine, University of Illinois

2. << Warning >>
• What I am about to talk • I’d love to tell you that
about has applied to what I have done is the
me result of a finely
articulated plan that has
• I hope some things may
been flawlessly executed
be of help to you
• It is not
• My approach has been
• Instead, have a direction
“integratively diverse” but be open/willing to
versus “angular” or deviate and sample
laser-focused – Like flying a plane
• PLEASE NOTE: This – Adult outpatients=>
can be toxic to tenure child/family inpatients

3. Admittedly, I had a lot of advantages…
• Parents divorced < • School phobic and
1y/o anxiety disorder
• Orthopedic Issues • Grandparents didn’t go
• BMI = 33 (& named to school past 8th grade
what??) • Dysphonetic dyslexia
• Pimples, glasses • Lost our home, lived
• Embroidered “Kick with church friends
Me” to my shirts to • My own divorce and
save bullies the trouble depression

4. Psychology Changed My Life

5. Portfolio Career (Life)
While I’ve been involved in • Private Practice
a number various areas, – In/Outpatient, Residential,
the unifying thread has Day Schools, Testing…
been psychology • Advocacy/Testimony
• Doctorate at 26 • Site Surveyor/Examiner
• Research • Government
• Publishing & Presenting • Humanitarian/NGO
– Hartwick College • United Nations
• Administrative Positions • Academic Gigs
• Media Work • COO
• Dot-com • CEO
• Guild work

6. All Work and No Play…
• Married (to a
psychologist, duh)
• 2 Children
• 3/7 Summits
• Races (with and w/o
children)
• 80 countries/6
continents
• “The List”

7. Books, Books, Books….

8. Contemporary Psychology

9. My 3 (or so) Epiphanies

10. The New Humanitarians (more books…)

11. The Tyranny of the 501(c)3
• Objectives: Incubator, collaborator,
• 501(c)(3) facilitator, educator
– What-A-Pain!
• 1023 – CGI serves as an incubator for new
• 990 initiatives that creatively solve
healthcare inequities around the world
• IL-990-AG
• Letters – We act as a collaborator with
• $750 for “Inc.” in IL individuals and organizations in
• $5000 in legal developing and launching projects that
• $1000 in accounting address the needs of medically
• $25 in listing impoverished populations
• 7 months
– We function as a facilitator in directing
• >100 hours…! public and private resources towards
programs aimed at improving health
globally
– Working as an educator to provide
new information and tools for
empowering others.

12. Measuring Outcomes
To-date:
– Approximately 20,000 people
(orphans and the very poor)
have received medical
services and food.
– 70 orphans have been
educated in the kindergarten.
In 2010: “73 cents-a-life”
Campaign
– We partnered at Humuma
and Kibosho Hospitals to
provide meds.
– 4100 people were successfully
treated for malaria.
– 28% of those were infected
children under the age of five.

13. CGI’s MENTOR &
DIY Humanitarianism
Methods, • Tools
Experiences, • Training (with UIC)
Networking & • Materials
Training, • Contacts
Organizing & • Social Networking.
Research

14. The Challenge
Think about what interests you or
how you could make a difference
Scale is unimportant:
Mother Teresa said “If you can't feed a
hundred people, then feed just one.”
The Power of the Small Project

15. Tips
• Learn who authors what
you like best in • Be curious
psychology • Be active and adaptive
– Do your homework on
who you want to learn
• Be patient and impatient
from • Network like a fiend
• Read outside of – Never Eat Lunch Alone
psychology, too • Volunteer
• Be willing to pay dues • Do lots for free when
• Be willing to delay starting out
gratification – No such thing as scutwork,
– Do anything, if time limited there are just low paying
opportunities

16. Tips on Guild Service
• Willingness to volunteer
• State Legislative (liked • Volunteer to be on a
advocacy)=> Co-Chair=> committee=> co-chair or
Chair=> FAC=> SLC chair=> higher level
leadership
• Parallel track as SPA “Area-
• Once a state Prez=> SLC and
code” rep
connect with APA leaders
• All built experience to go for • Once a past-prez, go for fellow
Prez in APA via Div 31=> once a
• Easier today to get involved in fellow in one division, much
Divisions, State associations easier to get be a fellow in
and APA others
• Cheaper to “sample” as a grad • Lisa Grossman’s how-to
chapter.
student or EC

17. Tips on Media
• Research=> Publications CNBC, CNN, WGN, NBC, PBS,
and Presentations NPR, Medical Rounds,
Chicago Tonight, CL-TV,
• Press Releases on P&Ps Oprah, Eye On Harvard,
Lead to Interviews Christina, Bertise Berry, Jerry
• Interviews lead to more Springer, Time, Chicago
Tribune, The Wall Street
Interviews Journal, Men’s Journal, New
• Collect your York Times, USA Today,
reprints/media Women’s Day, Modern
Healthcare, Associated Press,
appearances and Child Magazine, Chicago Sun-
organize and have at the Times, Windy City Sports,
ready Monitor on Psychology, yada
• Blog and Tweet yada yada...

18. More Tips
• Apply for things • Be opportunistic
– Awards – Luck favors the well prepared
– Gigs • Get a Mentor or Coach or
• Thickens the skin Consultant (or 2)
• Makes less intimidating
– Doesn’t have to be a
• Be the psychologist at the psychologist
table – Be prepared to pay for it
– Public Health (you paid for classes, right)
• Fellowship – Creatively barter
• Board of Health • Swap pro bono Rx for
– WEF/GLT/Davos… mentorship

19. Even More Tips
• Combine/Combine/ • The Secret Key for
Combine!!! getting what you
– Renaissance want:
Weekends • Ask
– Companion Airfares • The trick is how/who
– Frequent flyer/stay – Mehmet Oz
points
– Klaus Schwab
– Business+Pleasure = 
– Keith Ferrazzi
• Selfishness of climbs – “Famous psychologist”
– SummitsForOthers.org

20. “Pox of the ‘Untils’...”
• Until I finish school
• Until I pay off my loans
• Until I get married (or divorced)
• Until I make tenure
• Until I lose 10 pounds
• Until I …

21. Horace Mann once said…
“Be ashamed to die before you
have won a victory for
humankind.”

23. So, don’t wait until…
Thanks for coming today
Keep in touch
Make a difference
Dr. Chris E. Stout
Center for Global Initiatives
CenterforGlobalInitiatives.org

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CenterforGlobalInitiatives.org