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Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children
- Title
- Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children / John Wood.
- Author
- Wood, John, 1964 January 29-
- Publication
- New York : Collins, ©2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LC5148.S64 W66 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vi, 266 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- A former Microsoft executive describes his profound change of perspective after a visit to Nepal and his creation of the non-profit program Room to Read, a network of schools and libraries throughout rural communities in Asia and Africa.
- Subject
- Wood, John, 1964 January 29-
- Room to Read (Organization)
- Room to Read (Organisation)
- Education, Rural > South Asia > Case studies
- Education, Rural > Southeast Asia > Case studies
- Enseignement en milieu rural > Asie méridionale > Études de cas
- Enseignement en milieu rural > Asie du Sud-Est > Études de cas
- Education, Rural
- Bildungshilfe
- Entwicklungsorganisation
- Grundbestand Bibliothek
- Schulbibliothek
- Alphabetisierung
- Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Südasien
- Südostasien
- Genre/Form
- Nonfiction.
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Note
- Includes index.
- 其他题名:an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children.
- Contents
- Discovering Nepal; leaving Microsoft -- "Perhaps, Sir, you will someday come back with books" -- An idea burns by candlelight -- You need to get home soon! -- Woody and John's excellent adventure -- Debating a radical change -- Lonely in a city of 12 million strangers -- Gates in China -- Walking away -- Starting over -- The start-up years: an object in motion remains in motion -- Making the ask -- Expansion beyond Nepal -- A postcard from Nepal -- What every entrepreneur needs: a strong second-in-command -- September 11 -- Building "the Microsoft of nonprofits" -- Building the network -- Your life is a mess -- Hitting our stride -- Putting girls in their place-school! -- "Count me in, Don" -- The students of Cambodia -- The network goes into overdrive -- Democracy in action in India -- The Tsunami -- The millionth book -- The next chapter of my adult life.
- ISBN
- 006112107X
- 9780061121074
- 006117906X
- 9780061179068
- LCCN
- 2006041601
- 9780061121074
- OCLC
- ocm63705891
- 63705891
- SCSB-8919655
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library