Skoll Foundation Program Office Kimberly Dasher Tripp and Teach for America-Bay Area Managing Director Chantal Laurie Below, co-author a piece in the Fall 2010 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review titled “Freeing the Social Entreprenuer”. It’s a roadmap for social entrepreneurs when they are building their leadership teams at that critical juncture between running a startup [...]

The CBS Evening News featured Room to Read on its American Spirit series on July 9, providing 2006 Skoll social entrepreneur John Wood and the organization he founded with a tremendous opportunity to reach millions of viewers. The story highlights one of Room to Read’s more recent initiatives of nurturing local literary talent in the regions where it’s [...]

Room to Read, led by 2006 Skoll social entrepreneur John Wood, has been selected by the Financial Times as its partner for the FT’s annual seasonal appeal.  Room to Read follows another Skoll social entrepreneurial organization, Camfed, which was the FT seasonal appeal partner for the last two years.  The FT seasonal appeal has raised [...]

Room to Read, founded by 2006 Skoll social entrepreneur John Wood, has signed a unique deal with Twitter, the micro-blogging platform that has become a social media phenomenon.  From the press release:
For the first time ever, Twitter has decided to formally partner with a charity as part of a Corporate Social Innovation initiative - and [...]

Room to Read, founded by Skoll social entrepreneur John Wood, has ramped up its online presence in a big way in the last few weeks.  It’s relaunched a revised website and launched both a blog and a twitter feed, @RoomtoRead. Thanks to a nice nod from Twitter’s own twitter feed, Room to Read grew its [...]

Room to Read, founded by 2006 Skoll social entrepreneur John Wood, has just launched operations in Bangladesh.  You can read more about their plans here.  Room to Read has now expanded from its original operations in Nepal to eight additional countries:  Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, South Africa, Sri Lanke, Vietnam and Zambia.  Room to Read [...]

Room to Read is partnering with Ketchum, a leading global PR firm, to promote literacy around the globe.  Founded by John Wood, a 2006 Skoll social entrepreneur, Room to Read helps establish libraries and computer labs, creates local language children’s literature, builds schools, and supports education for girls.
Per the Ketchum press release:
“Room to Read was [...]

Google has launched a series of 25 “themes for causes”, giving users of iGoogle, the company’s customizable home page, the chance to show their support for their favorite charities by adopting and promoting the theme.  Room to Read, whose founder, John Wood, was a 2006 Skoll social entpreneur, is one of the 25 organizations Google [...]

Three Skoll social entrepreneurs have good screen activities going this month.  Bunker Roy and Barefoot College were featured last night on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer for the innovative solar lighting tech training they’re providing to rural women.   Last week, John Wood of Room to Read was featured in a short “road warrior” segment on CNN [...]

There are a couple of innovative fundraising initiatives involving Skoll social entrepreneurs that have come to our attention in recent weeks.  One has pretty high visibility, thanks to an aggressive advertising campaign by American Express.  It’s the American Express Members Project.  American Express is committing $2.5 million to the top five projects voted on by [...]