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Published by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development
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THIRTY-ONE IDEAS FOR INITIATING INTERNATIONAL WORK

Maintain your own personal network of overseas contact people. Stay in touch by letter or at times by
phone. Work through these people contacts.

Join the international division of a professional organization to which you now belong (e. 8 PODC: ICAN, ie
AERA, ASTD, or AECT international divisions). r.

Scan journals for expressed and latent needs for overseas work.

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Be aware of local proposals with international potential, and volunteer to assis ARCHIVES

 

Write a paper for an international conference. Deliver it in person.

Search out the international programs office on your own campus. Explain your interest to the Director.
Provide background information for their files.

Send an application and/or a resumé to international organizations (e.g., FAD, UNESCO, USAID).

Meet with counterparts in international organizations. Find a person who does the sort of work you do,
and exchange war stories. Express availability to help solve some pressing problem now.

Work through international students (and former students) for contacts.

Join associations with international purposes (e.g., Association internationale de pedagogie universitaire,
Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, World Future Society, etc.)

Become well known as a source of help. There is no substitute for recognized expertise.

Apply for international scholar programs through sponsoring organizations (e.g., NATO Scientific Affairs
Division, Fulbright Scholars Program).

Exchange jobs with a colleague. In many cases, an exchange of homes will allow you to handle the trade
financially. Organizations promoting this type of arrangement are the Faculty Exchange Center (Lancaster,
Pennsylvania) and the National Student Exchange Program (Washington, D.C.), which is now branching
into faculty exchanges.

Do volunteer work overseas. Numerous programs are looking for people willing to work overseas on a
long-term or short-term basis. Depending upon the assignment, you may need to finance part of the travel
expense.

Select thesis or research topics with international implications.

Work for an institution with international ties. Among colleges and universities, for example, the level of
international activity going on or encouraged presently varies considerably.

Establish an institute or workshop program which will attract international people, and then set up
contacts (or contracts) for future work.

Work out an exchange visit, probably short-term, with a counterpart abroad. Finance it creatively, gaining
organizational support for your effort.

Give a joint presentation with a colleague from abroad.

Coauthor an article with an international colleague. Explore opportunities for publishing it, with
modifications, in journals in more than one language.

 

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