Welcome to LaurelPapworth.com. See the tabs at the top?
About has Laurel’s background and interests as an Online Communities Specialist.
The Strategy section outlines Laurel’s role as a leading Social Network Strategist and how her knowledge and experience can help you and your company. If you are interested in attending any of Laurel’s Web 2.0/3.0 conference presentations or one day public workshops at the University, please go through to Seminars.
Laurel Papworth resides in Sydney Australia, and is a leading
- facilitator who develops, teaches and evaluates practical courses on strategy, marketing, media, monetisation, building and managing forums, creating online buzz, integrating online community discussions and future directions of web 2.0.
- International strategist who works at an executive level to facilitate understanding of the impact of social networking on industry sectors.
- Top 100 Australian blogger focussing on online communities and social media marketing.
- commenter, regularly interviewed about social networks in international press and on Australian TV shows and Radio National, Vogue Australia, The Australian and the Fin Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Telegraph, and various magazines.
- Mentor on cross media projects for Australian Film, Television and Radio School.
- Mentor on social media marketing for the Australian Businesswomen’s Network.
- Educator teaching marketing, blogging, facebook, P.R. and advertising courses (University of Sydney) and Social Media subjects (Masters of Convergent Media, University of Western Sydney)
- Keynote speaker and workshop facilitator - teaching Arabic women how to blog in Saudi Arabia (I went to Jeddah for a week in March 2008)
- consultant with electronics, telecommunications, film and media, television, publishing, National, State and regional government, not for profits,
- Public speaker and presenter (usually with a practical workshop attached) - AIIA, WebDirections, TravelTech, No Vacancies, TourismFutures, P.R and Marketing (Sydney and Melbourne), RMIT Australian of the Year awards, EDNA, Walkley Journalism, Sydney Freelance Journalism, Mobile Monday Sydney, ad:tech Sydney, and overseas conventions.
For more information, please click the About tab. If you are looking for Laurel’s blog as SilkCharm please click through to silkcharm.blogspot.com.
Laurel has worked in telecommunications since 1984, virtual communities since 1989, and mobile services since 1993 and mobile content since 1999.
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