Creating Room to Read, John Wood
Creating Room to Read, John Wood
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Creating Room to Read
A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy

Author: John Wood

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 10 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 03/05/2013


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 John Wood

John Wood has been a part of the Australian entertainment industry for over 40 years, earning himself a long list of credits for varied roles on stage and screen. From 1994 to 2006 he played the role of “Tom Croydon” in Blue Heelers, one of Australia's highest ever rating TV dramas. It culminated in John winning the prestigious Gold Logie in 2006, after 10 consecutive nominations as most popular person on Australian television. His gravely voice perfectly suits the narration of Lest We Forgive.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Iskandar Syah on July 31, 2013

Alhamdulillah, selesai membaca buku ini yang akan dihadam lagi berkali-kali. Sebelum membaca buku ini, saya melihat juga reviu oleh pembaca goodreads yang mengatakan penulis buku ini, John Wood banyak mengulangi kisah di dalam buku Leaving Microsoft to Change The World. Oleh kerana itu, saya memulak......more

Goodreads review by Mendocino County on June 04, 2013

take one retired Microsoft (probable) millionaire and set him loose to trek around in Nepal. Finding a school with no books and no library, he returns half a year later with thousands of books for the school's library. His mission evolved into an NGO, Room to Read, and he became the CEO of "one of t......more

Goodreads review by Necholas on August 11, 2014

Bukunya bagus sekali. Kisah John Wood mengembangkan organisasi nirlaba bernama Room to Read ini sangat menarik. Membaca runtutan kisahnya membuat saya belajar beberapa hal: 1. Antusiasme dan determinasi sangat penting dalam segala sesuatu yang kita kerjakan. Saya melihat salah satu kesuksesan organis......more

Goodreads review by Ramu on May 16, 2018

This is the inspiring story of how a nonprofit with an ambitious mission is facing up to its challenges and is making waves in the developing world. Run almost like a business, Room to Read has been very effective over the years. There are now numerous RTR volunteer chapters around the world, includ......more

Goodreads review by Ganesh on December 23, 2019

Started on this wonderful book thanks to Ramu! John Wood's journey started when he stumbled upon a school in Nepal with an empty library 10 years ago. Today, they have impacted 12.4 million children by providing literacy programs and building libraries. Room to Read has hit a global scale largely be......more