Bring your own wi-fi enabled laptop.
The LAwS Academy is a subsidiary of LAwS Communications. The Academy provides media training in traditional media and new media. At the SMILE Conference, the LAwS Academy is offering early morning sessions each day of the conference.
These sessions assume a working knowledge of online networking. We will move fast through each topic.
- All sessions will be lead by Lauri Stevens of LAwS Communications unless otherwise noted.
Instruction is intended to be hands-on. participants should come with wi-fi enabled laptop and be online ready to go by 7:15.
Tuesday, February 5th, 7:15 am – 8:15 am
twitter: the basics and beyond.
Setting up the Twitter page and making it work. From creating your account, to sending/receiving/responding to tweets, hashtags, building followers, getting the conversation moving and all about DM’s and lists.
Wednesday, February 6th, 7:15 am – 8:15 am
facebook: starting with basic setup and terminology, we will cover wall settings and general use.
Thursday, February 7th, 7:15 am – 8:15 am
advanced topics in twitter and facebook. making facebook work for your agency, privacy settings and officer safety; integrating with twittter; controlling the virtual scene on twitter.







