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Thank You Marissa Mayer for Yahoo’s No Work From Home Policy

Tech Soup

It’s been well over a year since Yahoo’s controversial non-telecommuting policy, which created a firestorm of reaction. ” I’d have to add that telecommuting is regarded as a green technology because it reduces car commuting and other types of travel. Audio and Video Conferencing Toolkit.

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Why TechSoup Product Donations and Donors Are Green

Tech Soup

This isn't a comprehensive list of all our donor partners' environmental activities, but this time I'd like to talk about Cisco and Symantec and also about our Green Technology Product Donations. The company is also greening its supply chain. Symantec has formed 18 different Green Teams. Now a bit about us.

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Celebrating Telework Week

Tech Soup

BetterWorld Audio Conferencing Services will have an admin fee of only $10 until March 31 ($25 off). If you want to have more telework in your workplace, learn about telework policies with a great collection of resources by Jim Lynch, a seasoned TechSoup expert. Nonprofit Discounts. 2,730,229 saved on commuting costs. What Can I Do?

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Why Your Organization Needs Telecommuting – When the Commuter Train Shuts Down

Tech Soup

Creating company policy that effectively utilizes telecommuting and harnesses communication technology is a matter of resiliency and adaptation, not a radical leap or indulgent management style. It's time for policy to match reality; we need to work more intelligently – for our health, productivity, and transportation sanity.

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Virtual Work, Real Success

Tech Soup

BetterWork TM is an organizing strategy that physically provides substitutions for commuting, travel and building activities through the implementation and adoption of current virtual work tools (audio, video conferencing, unified communications, and so on.).

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

Panelists include: Susan Pointer, Google’s Director of Public Policy & Government Relations. In Iran the regime hasn’t yet shown itself to be as savvy as the green movement. I think underlying slacktivism isn’t enough – you can’t just turn your profile green. It can be broad but shallow.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

And the podcasts became an extension of that, because I realized I wanted to do interviews, and it was a great way to do the interviews and have them in an audio form for people who are interested in audio, and then also I get them transcribed and put them on the blog. My path was really environmental work, environmental policy work.

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