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Creating Room to Read
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....
Scaling Global Change
Grow your start-up into a global influence with real-world impact Scaling Global Change provides social entrepreneurs with the strong organizational foundation they need to change the world. Through the story of Room to Read, one of the fastest-growing nonprofits in the last 18 years, this book features clear, real-world lessons for growing a non-profit or social enterprise, with special insight into girls’ education and literacy programming in lower-income countries. By outlining theories of program, operational, and system-level change, the discussion delves into the meat of the entrepreneurial spirit and applies it directly to everyday strategic decisions. The book begins with an overvi...
How to Read a Room
What if you could enter any room--a business meeting, a social situation, a conference, an interview--with complete confidence, knowing just what to say and how to act, yet still be 100 percent yourself? Sound impossible? It's not. It's not even complicated. In How to Read a Room, communication expert Dr. Mike Bechtle shares his simple four-step process for accurately assessing any situation so that you can be comfortable, confident, and genuinely you. He helps you · discover what's happening in a room before you ever say a word · connect and converse with anyone · develop listening skills, empathy, and social intelligence · build real relationships · understand when and how you're called to lead and to serve · make a positive impact on every room you enter Whether you're an introvert who feels awkward or struggles with what to say, or you're an extrovert trying to be mindful of a tendency to take over conversations, this book will help you hit all the right notes and still be the unique person you were created to be.
Room to Read
Di usia kerjanya yang mencapai sembilan tahun di Microsoft, John Wood telah hidup lebih dari cukup. Karier menjanjikan, perusahaan besar yang prestisius, dan sejumlah benefit yang menjadi impian para pekerja telah diperoleh John dengan sukses. Kekurangannya cuma satu, John tidak pernah mendapatkan cukup waktu untuk kehidupan pribadinya. Namun, satu kunjungan ke sebuah agen perjalanan telah mengubah jalur hidup John untuk selamanya.Lepas dari padatnya pekerjaan, John menemukan dirinya menapaki ketinggian Himalaya di dataran tinggi Nepal sejauh 200 mil dan hanya bisa dicapai dengan berjalan kaki selama 20 hari. Rupanya desa terpencil di awal perjalanannya yang dihuni oleh orang-orang buta huruf deengan mayorias anak-anak putus sekolah itu telah membawa keajaiban bagi hidupnya yang lenggang. Sebuah gagasan tentang ruang baca yang dinamainya Room to Read telah mengubah dunia yang senyap itu dengan ingar-bingar pengetahuan. Dari ketinggian Himalaya, John melebarkan gagasannya untuk anak-anak di banyak negara miskin, jagad pengetahuan yang dilipat dalam lembaran-lembaran buku. Sebuah usaha yang perlu ditiru! [Mizan, Bentang, Motivasi, Indonesia]
Exploring Management
Exploring Management, Second Edition by John Schermerhorn, presents a new and exciting approach in teaching and learning the principles of management. This text is organized within a unique learning system tailored to students’ reading and study styles. It offers a clean, engaging and innovative approach that motivates students and helps them understand and master management principles.
Dying to Read (The Cate Kinkaid Files Book #1)
Cate Kinkaid is just dipping her toe into the world of private investigating until one of the many résumés she has floating around lands her a real job. All she has to do is determine that a particular woman lives at a particular address. Simple, right? When the big and brooding house happens to contain a dead body, this routine PI job turns out to be anything but simple. Is Cate in over her head? Readers will be hooked from the very first chapter of this fast-paced and witty romantic mystery from bestselling and award-winning author Lorena McCourtney.
50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die
50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other. The authors and works for this book were selected, as a result of numerous studies, analysis of the texts over the past 100 years and the demand for readers. It must be read in order to understand the world around us, its history, to recognize the heroes, to understand the winged expressions and jokes that come from these literary works. Reading these books will mean the discovery of a world of self-development and self-expression for each person. These books have been around for decades, and sometimes centuries, for the time they recreate, the values they teach, the...
Queenie in Seven Moves
A sensitive, timely story addressing loss and belonging. To Queenie, home is Peachy, the little house where she’s lived forever. But when she and her mum have to leave Peachy, Queenie discovers that home isn’t a place at all. It’s making new friends and reconnecting with old ones, letting yourself be uncomfortable, and finding the courage to share your song with the world.
To Read My Heart
Her entries reveal her remarkably considered views on social customs, marriage, gender roles, friendship, and religion.".
Summary of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World – [Review Keypoints and Take-aways]
The summary of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World – An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children presented here include a short review of the book at the start followed by quick overview of main points and a list of important take-aways at the end of the summary. The Summary of The book Leaving Microsoft to Change the World tells the story of John Wood, a former top-level employee at Microsoft who quit his job to found Room to Read, a charity organisation that helps children in developing countries learn to read. By concentrating on the education of children and promoting gender equality, the organisation known as Room to Read has the overarching goal of eradicating illiter...
