LEADER 00000nim 22004575i 4500 001 MWT11212756 003 MWT 005 20151031161027.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 141101s2013 xxunnn es z n eng d 020 9781469024387|q(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1469024381|q(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 MWT11212756 037 11212756|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|beng|erda 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Wood, John,|d1964 January 29- 245 10 Creating Room to Read :|ba story of hope in the battle for global literacy /|cJohn Wood. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bGildan Audio :|bMade available through hoopla,|c2013. 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 30 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 audio|bs|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Sean Pratt. 520 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. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Literacy programs|zAfrica. 650 0 Literacy programs|zAsia. 650 0 Education|zAfrica. 650 0 Education|zAsia. 700 1 Pratt, Sean. 710 2 hoopla digital. 914 MWT11212756