Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy
暫譯: 創造閱讀空間：全球識字戰鬥中的希望故事
John Wood
- 出版商: Plume
- 出版日期: 2014-01-28
- 售價: $870
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $827
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 304
- 裝訂: Paperback
- ISBN: 0142180505
- ISBN-13: 9780142180501
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商品描述
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.
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.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
前微軟高管為全球建立圖書館並分享書籍之愛的啟發故事
自從約翰·伍德（John Wood）離開微軟以改變世界以來，發生了什麼？只需問問亞洲和非洲最貧困地區的六百萬孩子。1999年，伍德在三十五歲時辭去了高薪職位，創立了非營利組織 Room to Read。舊金山紀事報形容他為「發展中國家的安德魯·卡內基（Andrew Carnegie）」，他努力將企業界的經驗帶入非營利領域，並取得了驚人的成功。
在他備受讚譽的第一本書《Leaving Microsoft to Change the World》中，伍德闡述了他的願景和創業故事。現在，他著手處理該組織的下一步和最新挑戰——從管理擴張到在經濟崩潰中籌集資金，再到為那些在母語中幾乎沒有書籍的孩子出版書籍。《Creating Room to Read》核心分享了 Room to Read 努力幫助的人的感人故事：那些因戰爭或自然災害而失去學校和村莊的貧困孩子，以及那些教育本來會被忽視的女孩。
金融、政府和慈善界的高層人士將會熱衷於學習伍德的啟發性商業模式和行善藍圖。而一般讀者則會因為《Creating Room to Read》中一個人將書籍帶給每個孩子的使命而深深著迷。
