Experience

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  Bartleby Scriveners

  • Framingham, Massachusetts

  • Principal

    • Jun 1991 - Present
    • Framingham, Massachusetts

    I help individuals—one at a time—write their books by developing with them a "co-writing" process that enables them to express clearly and compellingly what they want to say, in their own voices and style. My prospective clients are: entrepreneurs, CEOs and consultants of all kinds, who can use a book to establish their brands, validate their authority, and help grow their businesses; People who want to share with others in their fields how they've succeeded; individuals who want to leave a legacy for their industries, successors and heirs. The process involves a series of weekly one-hour recorded interviews conducted in-person, by phone, or video conferencing.Books I've helped my clients write:"Consider, Decide, Act: Strategies to work less and earn more," by Karl Hartey with R. E. Schecter (2009) Available on Amazon."How to Have a Successful Real Estate Business and a Real Life at the Same Time," by Nelson Zide with R.E. Schecter (2003) Available on Amazon."Be a Consultant . . .Not just a Salesperson: Putting all the pieces together in residential real estate sales," by Nelson Zide, with R.E. Schecter. Available on Amazon.

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  American Family Foundation

  • Weston, Massachusetts

  • Director of Publications

    • Nov 1979 - Jun 1990
    • Weston, Massachusetts

    Editing and preparing for publication books and articles on destructive cults and organizations employing unethical manipulation of members. Editor of the bi-monthly Advisor and its successor, The Cult Observer. Subsequently, News Editor of The Cultic Studies Journal of the International Cultic Studies Association (Successor to the American Family Foundation).

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  University of Virginia

  • Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of History

    • Sep 1974 - Jun 1975
    • Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

    Taught courses and seminars in African History

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  University of Florida-Gainesville

  • Visiting Assistant Professor

    • Sep 1973 - Jun 1974

    Taught courses and seminars in African History

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  University of Zambia Instiutute for Social and Economic Research

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • Research Affiliate

    • Nov 1967 - Oct 1972
    • Lusaka, Zambia

    Collection of Lunda oral traditions as the basis for doctoral dissertation (University of Wisconsin, Madison, PhD, history, 1976.)