Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy

John Wood

ISBN 10: 0670025984 / ISBN 13: 9780670025985

Published by Viking, 2013

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: En este inspirador libro, John Wood, un ex ejecutivo de Microsoft, narra su viaje para fundar la organización sin fines de lucro Room to Read. La organización se dedica a construir bibliotecas y promover la alfabetización en comunidades desfavorecidas de Asia y África. Wood comparte las lecciones aprendidas en el mundo corporativo y cómo las aplicó al sector sin fines de lucro, superando desafíos económicos y logrando un impacto significativo en la vida de millones de niños. El autor relata historias conmovedoras de personas a las que Room to Read ha ayudado, incluyendo niños empobrecidos cuyas escuelas han sido destruidas por la guerra o desastres naturales, y niñas a las que se les niega la educación. Este libro ofrece un modelo de negocio inspirador para hacer el bien y una historia cautivadora sobre la misión de un hombre de poner libros al alcance de todos los niños. EAN: 9780670025985 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Educación|Negocios y Economía Título: Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy Autor: John Wood Editorial: Viking Idioma: en Páginas: 304 Formato: tapa dura.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670025984
• ISBN 13: 9780670025985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Como nuevo

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Synopsis

The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive’s quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books

What’s happened since John Wood left Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six million kids in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa. In 1999, at the age of thirty-five, Wood quit a lucrative career to found the nonprofit Room to Read. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “the Andrew Carnegie of the developing world,” he strived to bring the lessons of the corporate world to the nonprofit sector—and succeeded spectacularly.

In his acclaimed first book, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, Wood explained his vision and the story of his start-up. Now, he tackles the organization’s next steps and its latest challenges—from managing expansion to raising money in a collapsing economy to publishing books for children who literally have no books in their native language. At its heart, Creating Room to Read shares moving stories of the people Room to Read works to help: impoverished children whose schools and villages have been swept away by war or natural disaster and girls whose educations would otherwise be ignored.

People at the highest levels of finance, government, and philanthropy will embrace the opportunity to learn Wood’s inspiring business model and blueprint for doing good. And general readers will love Creating Room to Read for its spellbinding story of one man’s mission to put books within every child’s reach.

About the Author

John Wood worked for Microsoft for nine years, helping grow the company’s international profile. He resigned at thirty-five and founded Room to Read, which is widely regarded as one of the world’s top nonprofit organizations. He documented his decision and the creation of Room to Read in his memoir, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World. He lives in New York City.