Telework Exchange and Adobe hosted the complimentary event, The Government Manager and Telework: Learning from Early Adopters on February 26, 2009. Government agency and industry professionals discussed how to manage by results and meet business and mission objectives in a telework environment. The event also focused on how to evaluate telework program return on investment and what solutions managers can implement to maintain effective communications with their workforce, regardless of where they are located day-to-day.

Speaker Faculty:

• Danette Campbell, Senior Advisor, Telework, United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Bobby Caudill, Solution Architect, Global Government Solutions, Adobe
• Randee Cook, Director, Customer Service, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
• Joe Hungate, Principal Deputy Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
• Andrew Krzmarzick, Senior Project Coordinator, Business Development Graduate School, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Stephen W.T. O'Keeffe, Executive Director, Telework Exchange
• Rob Pinkerton, Director of Government Solutions, Adobe

Attendees Learned:

• How to support and evaluate teleworking employees
• What specific technologies agencies can use to help peer-to-peer collaboration
• How to train managers to supervise in a remote environment
• Resources available today to help agency professionals incorporate telework into current enterprise operations

Event Media Coverage:

• The Next Generation of Telework Training – March 3, 2009
  Federal News Radio
• Helping Managers Understand Telework – March 2, 2009
  Federal News Radio
• Shifting Gears in Telework Push – February 27, 2009
  Federal News Radio
• The Daily Debrief – February 26, 2009
  Federal News Radio