Featured Press
Bringing About World Change Through Literacy, The Japan Times
- May 26, 2007
Where Tech Meets Philanthropy, The Wall Street Journal
- February 23, 2007
Breakfast with the FT: John Wood, The Financial Times
- February 23, 2007
Ex-Microsoft Exec Spreads the Words With Books for Poor, Rocky Mountain News
- October 16, 2006
Interview with John Wood, The Tavis Smiley Show
- October 5, 2006
New Wealth, New Priorities, Forbes.com
- October 4, 2006
Video Views - Interview with John Wood, Business Week
- September 13, 2006
His Bottom Line: Educating the World's Kids, The Washington Post
- September 9, 2006
Chance Led Author to Help Kids, USA Today
- August 27, 2006
Read All About It - Questions for John Wood, The New York Times Magazine
- July 23, 2006
For a full press list on Room to Read, please visit the Media & Press page on the Room to Read website.
Awards & Accolades
Selected as a Top Ten Business Narrative of 2006, Amazon.com Editor Picks
Named one of the Best Business Books of 2006, Library Journal
Ranked #10 on the Bestseller List for Bay Area Non-Fiction, San Francisco Chronicle
Ranked #4 on the Bestseller List for Hardcover Titles at Queen Anne Books, Seattle Times
Voted as a Top Ten Nonfiction title of 2006, Hudson Booksellers
Selected as Top 100 Books of 2006, Chapters/Indigo Bookstore
Selected as a Book Sense Pick of the Month, Book Sense Picks
Invite John to speak at one of your events!
Razor-sharp business acumen honed at Microsoft, combined with a passion to change the world makes John Wood a unique, inspiring and popular speaker with universal appeal. His charismatic presentations focus on leadership, entrepreneurship, business, education and literacy, philanthropy and women's empowerment, as well as motivational messages about finding your passion in life, thinking big, and proving that anyone, with focused vision and determination, can make a significant impact on the world.
Click here for John's speaker biography.
To arrange a speaking engagement with John, please contact Jenny Lee at Room to Read: jlee@roomtoread.org or +1 (415) 561-3331.
