We are proud to launch the Telework Network! This network has been created through a culmination of efforts by a group of teleworkers. This group, headed by our founder John Edwards, pinpointed the need for a clearinghouse of information on "teleworking" - a site simple in design, yet complete with information.
If you're not sure what teleworking is, you may have heard it referred to as "telecommuting" or simply "working from home," however it basically means working away from a headquarters or main office. The field includes telemedicine, businesspeople on the road, and much more. For a more detailed definition, please see our About Teleworking page.
Our founder, John Edwards, has been studying and researching teleworking since the early 1990s, and is dedicated to providing information to anyone interested in the topic through the Telework Network community of knowledge. Read John's biography here.
Our visitors include:
people currently working away from their traditional office;
employees interested in how to approach their manager to start teleworking;
managers contemplating a teleworking program;
students or journalists researching teleworking;
government employees or officials developing legislation related to teleworking issues.
Everyone is welcome to learn about teleworking, and we invite our visitors to explore the site. For a quick overview of our content, click over to the site map or browse the links on the navigation. If you would like to advise us on a topic you'd like to add or to provide us with information you recently discovered, please feel free to submit your comments and feedback (click here).
Suggestions and content submissions are welcome on all topics, whether related to your employer, to you as an employee, to your colleagues, to workplace issues, to your community; both local and global.
Latest News
2009-04-23 : Telework Makes India's Women more Free
How Telework has helped to Make India's Women more Free. IT has enabled some women to become the primary wage earners in their families, giving them more control over household decisions, especially financial ones, thus promoting more gender equality. read more...
2009-04-23 : Deja Vue article from 2001 is Valid in 2009
It's uncanny how appropriate Toni's article is in 2009 - her summary of the present state of journalism and the economy is uncannily close. Yes, Virginia, history does repeat itself. read more...
2009-03-12 : Telecommuting Trend Gets Serious
This PC Week Online 1998 article was prescient of how Call Center operations were using technology to evolve. read more...
2009-01-31 : The Telework Network Launches Website to Support Telecommuting
In Unstable Economy, Flexible Work Options Help Employees and Employers read more...
2009-01-26 : Dark Ages White House Tech has Lessons for Telework Programs
When the Obama White House staff took over their offices, they were confronted with having to cope with almost rotary-dial past technologies, rather than the iPhone technology used to win the election. What lessons can Telework programs learn? read more...
Latest Events
May 23, 2010 : 2010 SEACT Conference, May 23-25
Conference Topics are not limited to but will focus on sustainable transportation. read more...
Latest Additions
Blog Entry: DC Feds Use Blizzard of 2010 for Demo of their Operational Continuity - NOT!*
DC Feds Use Blizzard of 2010 for Demo of their Operational Continuity - NOT!*. read more...
Our Founder
About Our Founder: John M. H. Edwards is the Founder of the TelworkNetwork and has spent almost two decades dedicated to the teleworking movement. By reading some of his accomplishments below, it is easy to see the extent of his commitment to the field. read more...
