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E. D. Berman | |
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| Born | Edward David Berman 8 March 1941 Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
| Nationality | American-British |
| Other names | R. L. Dogg |
| Alma mater | Lewiston High School; Harvard University; Exeter College, Oxford University |
| Occupation(s) | Community educator social activist children's poet playwright director producer |
| Title | Rhodes Scholars in Britain (founding chair and trustee, 2014) |
| Parent(s) | Jack and Ida (née Webber) Berman |
Edward David Berman MBE FRSA (born 8 March 1941 in Lewiston, Maine) is an American-born British community educator, social activist, children's poet, playwright, director and producer. In 1979, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Berman a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for Services to Community Education and Community Arts, examples of which include city farms, Instant Business Enterprise System, the Inter-Action Creative Game Method, Fun Art Bus I & II, the Community Media Van, FabLab on Wheels, the Father and Mother Xmas Union, and Inter-Action – the umbrella organization for a range of innovative, creativity-based projects and community training systems. Later, Berman saved the World War I ship HMS President (1918), which became the charity's centre for 15 years.
He became founding chair (2014) of Rhodes Scholars in Britain and a trustee. In 2015, he was invited by MIT's Bits and Atoms to establish Fab Foundation UK. A Harvard graduate and Rhodes Scholar in 1962, Berman is Inter-Action's founder (1968) and CEO. Currently, in addition to the activities above, Berman runs international workshops and training courses in the Inter-Action Creative Game Method and Inter-Action Instant Business Enterprise System.