After college, social entrepreneur Andy Stoll set off on what would become a 4-year, 40-country trip around the world, to better understand how people live. He lived in a Buddhist Temple in Korea; worked in a dress factory in Bangkok; farmed in a mud hut village in Africa; lived the life of a cowboy in Australian; and played a 19th Century British soldier in a Bollywood movie. Andy delivers insightful and entertaining talks that artfully weave together themes of leadership, social entrepreneurship, travel and global perspective to help young people find answer to their most pressing (and often haunting) questions: "What do I want to do when I grow up?" "How can I find my place in the world?" "Can I change the world?" Andy's message to students is clear: "The distance between who you are and what you want to become is closer than you think."
After college, social entrepreneur Andy Stoll set off on what would become a 4-year, 40-country trip around the world, to better understand how people live. He lived in a Buddhist Temple in Korea; worked in a dress factory in Bangkok; farmed in a mud hut village in Africa; lived the life of a cowboy in Australian; and played a 19th Century British soldier in a Bollywood movie. Andy delivers insightful and entertaining talks that artfully weave together themes of leadership, social entrepreneurship, travel and global perspective to help young people find answer to their most pressing (and often haunting) questions: "What do I want to do when I grow up?" "How can I find my place in the world?" "Can I change the world?" Andy's message to students is clear: "The distance between who you are and what you want to become is closer than you think."
How (and Why) To Travel Around The World
This presentation is a 60-minute, high-energy, inspirational presentation that motivates audiences to explore the world with their eyes wide open. Audiences will leave the presentation inspired and equipped with eight specific strategies that will help them turn their biggest dreams into a reality, whether that dream is to travel around the world or something a little closer to home. Andy's presentation is much more than just a travel slideshow--it's an insightful, inspiring, entertaining...
How To Change The World: Social Entrepreneurship
In this talk, Andy takes students around the world exploring the newly emerging field of social entrepreneurship-using business and entrepreneurial skills to solve social problems. Drawing lessons from his 15 year career as a social entrepreneur, and exploring everything from the invention of the microloan to a tour of today's hottest 'do good' companies, students will leave with a clear understanding of social entrepreneurship; how to get into such a career; and what...
Live The Life You've Always Imagined: The Startup of You
Drawing on his global perspective from traveling through more than 40 countries during the Great Recession, Andy explores the newly emerging, hyper-connected, post-recession world that has brought entrepreneurship and creativity to the forefront of the minds of career seeking students. There has never better time in history to turn the ideas in your head, into a reality: whether that's an app, a book, a widget, a poem, a movie, a medical innovation or a world changing...
Traveling Without A Map: Leadership Lessons From A Trip Around The World
Leaders need a growing list of essential skills. As our world undergoes massive shifts, it feels like everything is in chaos. The only thing that seems constant these days is change, and change requires our leaders to navigate in a liquid environment, with no single clear path forward. There's no map for how to lead in a world that seems to shift daily. Drawing from four years of solo travel around the world, Andy will share insightful stories and strategies for leaders...
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Kirkwood Community College
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A., Kirkwood Community College
Your message on "thinking outside the box" or more specifically that a box doesn't actually exist is a great message for our students. Regardless of a student's interest in traveling, your message opens a new world of ideas in that anything is possible and it doesn't have to be "the way it's always been done before." ...From your stories in high school or college to actually packing a bag and heading to China - your stories relate, they were funny, and students were engaged - THANK YOU!
University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
On-Site
A., University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
Andy was great. 9am on day two of our orientation is not an easy time slot, but he delivered. He was engaging and funny, which students responded very well too.
