Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report articles from June 1996

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report archives from June 1996

Training institute successful with disabled homeworkers. (National Telecommuting Institute) (Company Business and Marketing)
June 1, 1996... SUMMARY: One of the best examples of a program to hire, train and place disabled homeworkers is underway in Massachusetts. The National Telecommuting Institute is making creative use of public funds to provide meaningful job opportunities for the...

Marriott consulting unit focuses on facilities, processes. (Company Business and Marketing)
June 1, 1996... SUMMARY: A new unit of lodging and hospitality giant Marriott is open for business. Work Smart[SM] is targeting the alternative officing market, but from a broader perspective than other firms that provide services in this area. It's an ambitious...

Commentary: memory loss and telecommuting. (Industry Trend or Event)
June 1, 1996... SUMMARY: Two recent news articles decry the effects of overzeolous downsizing, and in particular the risk that organizations lose their institutional memory when too many people are cut too quickly. Some say that dispersing an organization via...

"Learning Communities," ghost towns and distance work. (Televillage "Building the Intelligent Community" conference May 20-22, 1996) (Industry Trend or Event)
June 1, 1996... SUMMARY: At the recent Televillage[TM] conference, Steve PonTell noted that communities today must make some crucial decisions that will affect their economic competitiveness in the future. "With the strong belief that there will be winners and...

New home-office magazine to be launched. (business@home) (News Briefs)
June 1, 1996... SUMMARY: A new national magazine for the work-from-home audience will be introduced in August. It will be edited by John Knowlton, whose successful experience with a Par land, OR-based home-business newspaper will be parlayed into this national...

Internetrivia: fun and games via the Internet.(Directory)
June 1, 1996... SUMMARY: The approach of the lazy days of summer (or, the cold of winter for those of you below the equator) offers new opportunities to learn about the wonders of the Internet, as evidenced by these examples. 1. But where do you put the...

Telecommute '96. (Calendar of Events)
June 1, 1996... The first conference brochure is being printed just about the time you receive this newsletter, and will go in the mail shortly after. This will be your first full look at the full agenda--and it's winner! Among the recently-confirmed...