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Alex Amouyel's experience at MIT Solve has helped her develop a phenomenal model that will help you go from a frustrated citizen to an effective activist and advocate. The steps in
The Answer Is You will help you understand and focus your cause and then realistically assess your strengths and your limitations.
List of contents
Contents
Prologue
Amanda's Injustice
Introduction: Build Your Seat at the Problem-Solving Table
Part I: Problems and Purpose
- Amanda's Fight
- Chapter One: Reveal Your Superpowers
- Chapter Two: Solve Problems That Actually Matter
- Chapter Three: Find Your Purpose at the Intersection
Part II: Power and Priviledge
- Amanda's Trials
- Chapter Four: Choose Impact as Your Metric for Success
- Chapter Five: Start with 10 Percent of Your Time and Money
- Chapter Six: Wrestle with Your Personal Kryptonite and the Impact Paradox
Part III: Solutions and Grit
- Amanda's Justice
- Chapter Seven: Stay Optimistic and Look for Simple Solutions
- Chapter Eight: Measure. Fail. Try Again!
- Chapter Nine: Invest in Yourself and the Problem-Solving Mindset
- Amanda's Reflection
- Conclusion: If Not You, Then Who? Just Start Now
Helpful Resources to Create a Life Full of Impact
Acknowledgments
P.S.
About the Author
About the author
Alex Amouyel is the founding Executive Director of Solve, an initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that serves as a marketplace for social impact innovation. Since September 2016, when Alex started at Solve, she has built and now oversees a fast-growing team of twenty-six full-time employees, which has brokered funding commitments of over $25 million to Solver teams and entrepreneurs worldwide.
Previously, Alex was the Director of Programs for the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), where she curated content for CGI’s Meetings, including the flagship Annual Meeting, and oversaw speaker and government relations. At CGI, she worked with a variety of cross-sector leaders, including President Obama, Bill Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, Christine Lagarde, Madeleine Albright, Bono, Paul Polman, astronauts based at the International Space Station, President Clinton, Secretary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and dozens of young social entrepreneurs and activists. She lives in Cambridge, MA
