S2 - Episode #35: Lauri Laws - LawS Communications

Lauri Stevens is the principal consultant and founder of LAwS Communications. Lauri is also the creator and producer of the SMILE Conference ® .  A former Television news reporter and anchor,  she is an interactive media professional with over 25 years of media experience, including 12 years in higher education as a Department Chair of Interactive Media. She is most well known for having worked with the Toronto Police Department in 2010 to develop a service-wide social media strategy integrating every operational unit. This strategy has been widely emulated by some of the largest police departments in North America and Europe. Clients include the Dallas Police, The USDOJ COPS Office, and the Massachusetts State Police.<br/><br/>She was a social media columnist for LawOfficer.com and currently writes for PoliceOne.com. She has also been published in Police Chief, FBINAA magazine, the NSA’s Sheriffs Magazine, California Peace Officer, American Police Beat, and Police and Security News and quoted in dozens of mainstream publications, including the Boston Globe, Washington Post, CNN, CBC, and NPR.<br/><br/>Lauri is passionate about the Internet, the web, and social media and helping law enforcement leverage these technologies to help them do their jobs, connect with their communities, promote their departments, and investigate and solve the crime.<br/><br/>She holds an MBA in eBusiness from Bentley University, an MS in Mass Communication/Communication Technology from Boston University, and a BA in Political Science from Clemson University.<br/><br/>Telephone - 978.764.9887<br/>Email - lauri@lawscomm.net<br/>Twitter @lawscomm <br/>Linkedin.com/in/lauristevens <br/>www.lawscommunications.com Managing Projects Doesn’t Have to Be a Mess
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