I met with him this afternoon and we discussed what I would prepare and teach. At the end he became decidedly nervous and said, "We, umm, don't really have a budget to pay you to do this. Maybe there could be some form of a quid pro quo between the college of business and the college of medicine."
"Quid pro quo" does nothing for me.
I replied, "Well, you could run that up to your Dean and have him talk to my Dean. I have no idea what service your college could provide mine. I would prefer to be paid."
He hesitated and said, "What is the going rate?"
I said, "Well, I'm paid Dh 400 ($110) per contact hour in training..."
I didn't even have the sentence completed before he interrupted and said, "No problem." He practically got out his billfold and paid me on the spot.
Hmm. Me thinks I could have got more.
If I do this only once I'm not making much money, as there are only 13 contact hours. Still, it's a chance to add "Developed a course for Master's in Public Health and medical continuing education credit" to my resume. Assuming I do it at least once per semester it will be a nice bonus... but, yeah, I'm pretty sure I could have bargained for more... if I only had an ounce of negotiating skill.
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Ann has a more positive spin: "He realized the 'quid pro quo' offer was going nowhere and he didn't want to lose you." That's a nicer way to see it!
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