"Wood describes his vision for scalable solutions to world problems, including the need to focus on results and how to attract a high level of employees, volunteers, and investors, using his experience in founding the nonprofit Room to Read organization as an example."
"While an executive at Microsoft, John Wood made a lifechanging decision to found Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that now provides educational access to 1.3 million children in developing nations through 400 schools and 5,000 Reading Rooms. In this engaging talk, John describes a vision for scalable solutions to world problems, including the need to focus on results and how to attract high-level employees, volunteers, and investors. His work has been pro led by Bloomberg Television, CNBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other news publications."@en
"While an executive at Microsoft, John Wood made a life-changing decision to found Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that now provides educational access to 1.3 million children in developing nations through 400 schools and 5,000 Reading Rooms. In this engaging talk, John describes a vision for scalable solutions to world problems, including the need to focus on results and how to attract high-level of employees, volunteers, and investors. His work has been profiled by Bloomberg Television, CNBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other news publications."

Leaving Microsoft to change the world