The Daily Independent for Ashland Kentucky announced that the Eastern Kentucky Distance Earning Initiative will be providing a Telework Forum later this month on the 18th at the Ashland Community and Technical College. The forum will be free to all participants and is focused on the creation of new telework jobs for Kentucky residents over [...]
The Performance Institute has scheduled a webinar for November 17, 2010 at 2pm EST for government officials to aid them in establishing new telework policies and implementation. The webinar will help upper level management with the task of creating processes that will ease telecommuting into their current business structures. The webinar is interactive and will [...]
States across the nation are hosting seminars, conferences and summits to educate management on the benefits of using technology to increase productivity and help the environment by reducing our carbon footprint. Arkansas has joined the green technology wave and is scheduled to have its first Digital Government Summit on Monday November 8, 2010. The summit [...]
Adobe is hosting a one-day, free event, bringing government officials and IT leaders together for various workshops designed to increase understanding and relationships between the changing workforce and technological advances. The conference will be held November 3, 2010 in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C. Adobe CEO, Shantanu Narayen, and the Obama’s 2008 campaign [...]
A new tool has been released by Zinnov Management Consulting, known as the ‘Flexible Work Arrangements Modeler’. The tool allows businesses the opportunity to assess the viability of telecommuting and other flexible work arrangements for their staff, detailing what the benefits would be for their company in terms of cost saving and efficiency. Zinnov notes [...]
TeleworkArizona now provides an extremely useful toolkit for any employer who is interested in implementing a telecommute/telework program for their business. The Virtual Toolkit, created in December of 2007, is a comprehensive screening and implementation program that provides employers with the cost savings benefit information they need to make an informed decision as to whether [...]
The National Small Business Association published the findings of their Small Business Technology Survey this month, that assessed among other things, the growing trend of telecommuting among small businesses. The survey compared the statistics from 1997′s survey, which showed only 9% of small business employees were in favor of telecommuting, with an increase to 19% [...]
The Telework Exchange will be providing a free webcast this coming Thursday, October 21, 2010. The webcast is sponsored by Adobe and is officially themed, “Telework Best Practices: Gaining Management Support”. The webcast is scheduled for 11am to 12pm PDT, and registration is required. Panelists will include Telework Exchange Senior Fellow Josh Sawislak, Adobe Systems [...]
The second annual Telework Summit will be held this upcoming week in Philadelphia PA, on October 18th and 19th. According to their website, TeleworkAdvocacy, the summit’s theme this year will be “Life. Liberty. And the pursuit of Telework.” The two day conference will be held at the Comcast center in Philadelphia with an agenda including [...]
Tom Fox, of Partnership for Public Service took some time this week to answer questions related to Federal employees, and more specifically, about teleworking. Fox addressed concerns such as leadership training for managing telecommute employees, as well as how to know when an employee is an ideal candidate to work from home. The Partnership for [...]
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