1. The “Portfolio” Career
 A benefit of being a therapist is that you also have
the opportunity to enjoy other kinds of work…
 Books/Writing
 Academic
 Consultative
 Humanitarian
 All the above 

3. ResearchGate

7. Academia.Edu

10. Cool Tools
 There are a number of goodies that you now have
from this conference, and please to take a look-see
sometime at the Getting Started and Getting Better
books for more details, examples and mechanics—
beyond just marketing. And here are a few more…
 Feel free to keep in touch as well:
DrChrisStout@gmail.com

11. Wouldn’t it be great if…
 There was a way to not have to be on a million ListServs
getting 2 million emails, most of which are not helpful…and
still be able to stay on top of what’s going on?
 And to not have to worry about missing something important
while away on vacation or just during a busy time?
 Almost daily I scour over two dozen newsfeeds and collect the
best content I come across, relevant to my curated Table of
Contents.
 Two to four times a month I then upload this content into a
DropBox account.

14. Free Online Courses

17. Consulting

18. GLG Research
 Earn consulting fees
 Educate business and investment leaders
 Network with global leaders
 Participate at your convenience
 Be confident of privacy and integrity
 850+ client firms worldwide

19. GLG Research
 Expand Your Consulting Opportunities
 11,000+ consultations each month
 35,000+ GLG News posts authored by Council
Members
 60,000+ paid survey respondents

20. Council Member Eligibility
 Provide GLG with complete and current information about yourself,
knowledge, current employer, employment history and off-limits topics
and conflicts
 Complete an on-line Council Member Tutorial about their confidentiality
obligations and about GLG's additional compliance rules
 Signed current version of the GLG Terms and Conditions of Council
Membership ("Terms and Conditions"); GLG's Contract Management
System tracks the version and exact date of the Council Member's
agreement, and systematically enforces annual recertification and upgrades.

23. The Final Tips…

24.  Learn who authors what you like best in your specialty
Do your homework on who you want to learn
from
Buckminster Fuller
Richard Saul Wurman
 Read outside of your specialty, too
 Be willing to pay dues (laterally and figuratively)
 Be willing to delay gratification
You can do (almost) anything, if time limited

25.  Be curious
 Be active and adaptive
 Be patient and impatient
 Network like a fiend
Remember to Never Eat Lunch Alone..!
 Volunteer
 Do lots for free when starting out
No such thing as scutwork, there are just low
paying opportunities

26.  Willingness to volunteer
 State Legislative (liked advocacy)  Co-Chair 
Chair  FAC  SLC
 Parallel track as SPA “Area-code” rep
 All built experience to go for Prez
 Easier today to get involved in Divisions, State
associations and APA
 Cheaper to “sample” as a grad student or EC

27.  Volunteer to be on a committee  co-chair or
chair  higher level leadership
 Once a state Prez  SLC and connect with APA
leaders
 Once a past-prez, go for Fellow in APA via Div 31
 once a fellow in one division, much easier to get
be a fellow in others
 Lisa Grossman’s how-to chapter.

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

29.  Apply for things
Awards
Gigs
• Thickens the skin
• Makes less intimidating
 Be the Psychologist/Social Worker/Therapist
at the table
Public Health
• Fellowship
• Board of Health
WEF/GLT/Davos…

30.  Be opportunistic
Luck favors the well prepared
 Get a Mentor or Coach or Consultant (or two)
Doesn’t have to be a psychologist
Be prepared to pay for it (you paid for classes, right?)
Creatively barter
• Swap pro bono Rx for mentorship

31.  Combine/Combine/Combine!!!
Renaissance Weekends
Companion Airfares
Frequent flyer/stay points
Business+Pleasure = 
 Selfishness of climbs
SummitsForOthers.org

32.  The Secret Key for getting what you want:
 Ask
 The trick is how/who
Mehmet Oz
Klaus Schwab
Keith Ferrazzi
“Famous psychologist”

33. Non-profit Work

36.  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.

37. Methods,
Experiences,
Networking &
Training,
Organizing &
Research
 Tools
 Training (with UIC)
 Materials
 Contacts
 Social Networking.

46. 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