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"Boss" Interview with Daniel Ben-Horin in The New York Times

Britt Bravo — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:17:11 -0500

"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."
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FamilyFarmed.org in "Green Hall of Fame"

Britt Bravo — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:39:15 -0400

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:

"The Freecycle Network is an amazing Internet phenomenon."

Britt Bravo — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:23:17 -0400

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:

Net2 Press: N2Y2 on ABCNews.com. Net Tuesday in Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Britt Bravo — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:27:37 -0400

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.

Thanks for the Article, Chronicle of Philanthropy!

Britt Bravo — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:36:55 -0400

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!

Newspaper from Ecuador writes about our attendance at N2Y2

edobejar — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:12:42 -0400

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:

Net Tuesday Seattle Gets Write Up In Seattle Pi

Britt Bravo — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:03:40 -0400

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

N2Y2 Media Coverage

Britt Bravo — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:16:27 -0400

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

Watch the ABC7News Piece About N2Y2

Britt Bravo — Wed, 30 May 2007 14:05:36 -0400

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

N2Y2 Will be on ABC 7 News Tonight

Britt Bravo — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:35:40 -0400

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.