Telework Exchange and Adobe hosted the complimentary event, Learning from Telework Adopters in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 7, 2009. Government agency and industry professionals discussed telework best practices and lessons learned. The event focused on how early adopters manage by results and meet business and mission objectives in a telework environment as well as how to evaluate telework program return on investment and what solutions employees and managers can implement to maintain effective communications with their workforce, regardless of where they are located day-to-day.

Speaker Faculty:

• Cindy Auten, General Manager, Telework Exchange
• Jean Bell, Senior Auditor, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
• Randee Cook, Director, Customer Service, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
• Dorothy Gordon, State Telework Coordinator, Georgia State Personnel Administration
• Joe Jackson, Chief, Customer Services Branch, Information Technology Services Office, Centers for Disease Control
• Andrew Krzmarzick, Senior Project Coordinator, Business Development, Graduate School, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Dean Pianta, Senior Systems Engineer, Adobe
• Allison Tanner, Executive Officer, Centers for Disease Control

Attendees Learned:

• Key components to telework program success
• How to support and evaluate teleworking employees
• Strategies for effective communication in a remote environment
• Resources available today to help agency professionals incorporate telework into current enterprise operations
• What specific technologies agencies can use to help peer-to-peer collaboration

Event Materials:

• Work Away – Telework in Georgia
  
• Telecommuting Program Work Agreement
  
• Self-Certification Safety and Security Checklist
  
• Application for Participation in the Virtual Resource Solution Program
  
• CDC Telework Program