"One thing that my generation got right, I think, was that we believed that the personal, professional and political are inextricably intertwined. We built CompuMentor around that principle and, with a staff of 160 people, we continue to have a lot of fun while still working toward social change."

Jim Slama of FamilyFarmed.org, a N2Y2 Featured Project, was recently featured in The Wednesday Journal's Green Hall of Fame, along with four other local eco-activists.

He sure has done a lot for great work for the organic food movement:

That's what Fortune Senior Writer, Marc Gunther, wrote in his article for CNN Money, "The Amazing Freecycle Story," about the N2Y2 3rd place project winner.

In fact, Gunther is a Freecycle user himself:

Check out the video about the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) from the ABC News Now show, "All Together Now," and the print story, "Changing the World With a Click of the Mouse," by Christina LaRosa, on ABCNews.com The video features an interview with Marnie Webb, Co-CEO of CompuMentor, and Deron Beal, Founder and Executive Director of Freecycle.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy published an article recently, "Social Cause Sites Win Honors," about the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) in their online and print versions. Unfortunately, it requires a subscription for you to be able to see it (and I don't have one to be able to share the details with you), but thanks for spreading the word CoP!

Hi everyone!

Diario El Universo, which is one of Ecuador's most important newspapers, published today a note about our attendance at the NetSquared conference, including a picture of us with Daniel.

The note says:

They've only met once, and they are already in the news! Net Tuesday Seattle had a super succesful first Meetup last week with a great turnout and a post, Seattle Meetup Connects Geeks and Activists, in Monica Guzman's Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog.

For more information about the July Net Tuesday in Seattle, contact
Sarah Schacht at director@knowledgeaspower.org, or Jeff Reifman at newscloud@gmail.com

Here's a round up of some of the coverage from press and bloggers that we got last week during the 2nd NetSquared Conference (N2Y2):

Updated 6.6.07:
Tech Innovators Named in Philanthropy Journal

You can watch the story ABC 7 News on KGO-TV ran last night about the Net2 Conference (N2Y2) in our pressroom.

There will be a segment about the NetSquared Conference on the ABC 7 News at 6 PM tonight. The segment will be about NetSquared and include an interview with Daniel Ben-Horin, Founder and President of CompuMentor and TechSoup.