1.
Could You
Telecommute?
Lorna Jane Mitchell
DayCamp4Developers

2.
About Me
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I have been a salaried telecommuter
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I am now a freelance consultant
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Worked from home for 3 years
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Twitter: @lornajane
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Site: http://lornajane.net
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I LOVE working from home

3.
How do you know if
telecommuting will work
for you?

4.
Influencing Factors
environmental
organisational
personal

5.
Meeting Your Needs

6.
Expectations

7.
how will you cope with
everyone assuming
life is absolutely awesome?

8.
how will you cope with
everyone assuming
you are watching
Daytime TV?

9.
are you watching
Daytime TV?

10.
Influencing Factors
environmental
organisational
personal

11.
Influencing Factors
environmental
organisational
personal

12.
Influencing Factors
environmental
organisational
personal

13.
Team Structure

14.
Team Structure

15.
Economics
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Employees vs Freelancers
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One must work and get paid regardless of what else is
happening
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One has a team
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One has autonomy
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One has to answer their own phones

16.
Influencing Factors
environmental
organisational
personal

17.
Strategies
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Make it work
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Change things, try things
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Reflect, iterate
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Look out for ruts
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Stay active, get dressed, participate in Life

18.
Meeting Your Needs

19.
Could You
Telecommute?

20.
Questions?

21.
Credits/Resources
● Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy
● "feet"
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/lornajane/3971666748/
● "home office"
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefiend/3839257354
● "doorbell"
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgc/47867124/
● "timezones"
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreiz/1164608259/
● "remote jelly baby worker"
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/lornajane/5447559043/
● "distributed jelly baby team"
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/lornajane/5448164256
● "daffodils through the fence"
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/lornajane/3423561991
● "cuppa"
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/sk8geek/5253968033/
● "cloud"
● http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirak/644335254/