John Wood - "Leaving Microsoft to Change the World"

	Duration: 04:33 minutes Upload Time: 06-09-12 13:28:43 User: ForaTv :::: Favorites
Description: Complete program at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=328 Former Microsoft executive John Wood discusses hand-delivering a load of donated books to a rural village in Nepal, an experience that inspired him to quit his job and start the international non-profit organization "Room to Read." ----- John Wood discusses "Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children" In 1998, John Wood was a rising executive at Microsoft when he took a vacation that changed his life. What started as a trekking holiday in Nepal became a spiritual journey, and then a mission: to change the world one book and one child at a time. So upon returning from holiday, John did what most of us can only dream of doing: he walked away from millions to do "more". Over the next five years he would make the unlikely marriage between Microsoft business practices and the world of non-profits to create Room to Read, an organization that has created a network of over 2,000 schools and libraries (with over one million books) throughout communities in Southeast Asia and India.
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bigyan10 ::: Favorites may you live a hundred years! and more! 07-02-11 20:08:54 _____________________________________________________
Kshitiz27 ::: Favorites John, you have become a hero!!! SALUTE to you and your efforts to chage the world! 07-04-05 14:00:53 _____________________________________________________
sergioalveslazzari ::: Favorites Prezado John Wood , O seu livro é maravilhoso , espero voce no Brasil. Precisamos muito da sua energia aqui.Poderia organizar a sua vinda Um abraço Sergio Fiquei muito feliz pelo retorno ! 07-08-01 22:22:41 _____________________________________________________