ED Berman
ED Berman
Professor Edward David (ED) Berman, MBE, FRSA, is an American-born British (dual national) community educator, social entrepreneur/activist, children's poet, playwright, director and producer. ED was the founder of Inter-Action Trust in 1968, an umbrella organisation for a range of innovative, creativity-based projects and community education systems.
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00:00 Start 00:07 Exploring Community Video: its all about focus 00:11 Portrait of Edward David (ED) Berman, Born 1941 in Lewiston Maine (USA) Lives and Works in London, Founder and CEO of the Inter-Action Group of Charities. President of a national youth organisation giving speeches around the country 06:24 Back in Harvard, learning about Ghandi, and late night talking 09:13 Getting into community work, a game method for co-operation and creativity 11:03 Move to England and studies at Oxford 13:54 From university to community theatre in London, starting up Inter- Action 18:03 Exploring community video, it's all about focus! 21:28 Working as a cooperative and starting the first city farm in the UK 23:04 Pioneering community arts and community media, break through at the Arts Council 25:57 From publishing to the Instant Business Enterprise System (IBES) 27:32 Why Inter-Action changed from a cooperative to a social enterprise