This June, Fortune 500 companies, virtual companies, and future of work thought leaders will head to Washington, D.C. for the TRaD Works conference! This event, hosted by FlexJobs and its sister site, Remote.co, brings together businesses, organizations, and individuals interested in using telecommuting, remote, and distributed work options for their economic, social, health, and environmental benefits. We invite you to join us!
Details About the TRaD Works Conference
With estimates projecting that 50 percent of people will work remotely by 2020, telecommuting, remote, and distributed work is disrupting the traditional brick-and-mortar work model. To address this trend and harness its benefits, the first ever TRaD* Works Conference (*Telecommuting, Remote, and Distributed) will be held in Washington, D.C.
- Date: Wednesday evening, June 8, through Friday afternoon, June 10, 2016
- Location: Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown
What to Expect at the Conference
This event is all about bringing together the companies who are at the forefront of this reality, as well as individuals and thought leaders who are interested in learning about advancing their organization’s telecommuting, remote, and distributed work efforts.
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At the conference, expect an excellent lineup of speakers, interesting and practical panel discussions, and interactive workshops where attendees can share their remote work stories, technologies, and best practices.
Speakers: View the growing list of confirmed TRaD Works speakers here. We’re signing up more speakers every day, and our list currently includes leaders from Dell, ADP, Anthem, Automattic, CNN, SAP, the U.S. Department of Labor, and many others.
Topics: Topics will encompass the opportunities, benefits, and challenges of remote work; the nuts and bolts of creating and maintaining successful remote work programs; how organizations can optimize remote work programs so they’re profitable and equitable; technologies that support remote work; and best practices for telecommuting, remote, and distributed work programs.
Expect topics like:
– The ROI for the Economic Benefits of Remote Work
– How Millennials and Future Generations are Shaping Remote Work
– Marketing and Branding your Flex
– Hiring and Recruiting Remote Workers
– How to Build a Case for Remote Work Internally
– Maintaining Culture from a Remote Workforce
– How to Manage Remote Workers Successfully
– Communication and Tools in a Remote Workforce
– Research and Remote Work – What the Numbers Show
The Main Takeaways: How remote work can save organizations money, help attract top talent and increase candidate pools, and increase employee productivity, engagement, and satisfaction.
Should You or Your Company Attend the TRaD Works Conference?
If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, you’re a great fit for the conference:
- You’re interested in advancing telecommuting, remote, and distributed work within your company or organization.
- You’re a thought leader in the “future of work” area.
- You’re a company with a robust or fledgling remote work program that wants to get it right.
- You want to learn more about TRaD ways of working and learn from the people and companies doing it well.
Attendees of the conference will include CEOs and COOs interested in optimizing a remote workforce; talent acquisition and talent management professionals; employment branding professionals; work-life/remote workforce program directors; global diversity and inclusion managers; leaders of remote workforce employee resource groups; and remote team leaders.
For more information, head to TRaD.Works. To register for TRad Works, please visit the TRaD Works Registration Page!
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