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Teaching:
Lauri has been a guest lecturer, keynote speaker and panelist for more than a decade. Speaking engagements have been for local universities and trade/professional organizations.

Colorado colleges & universities include:
CU Denver (UCD)
CU Boulder (CU)
Metro State College
University of Northern Colorado (UNC)
Colorado State University (CSU)
Denver University (DU)

Lauri was also a marketing instructor at The University of Phoenix for two years.

Speaking Engagements:

11/7/07 - selected to moderate the "Startup Marketing" panel at The Startup Journey, a half-day educational event designed for Northern Colorado entrepreneurs, presented by the Northern Colorado Business Report, Colorado State University Office of Economic Development and the Fort Collins Technology Incubator. (Rescheduled for Spring 2008)

04/21/06 - Colorado State University (CSU) - judge for the national "Venture Adventure" - national business plan competition for undergraduate students.

04/5/06 - Denver University (DU) - guest lecturer, "PR Campaigns - Online & Offline"

10/6/05 - Colorado State University (CSU) - guest lecturer, "Entrepreneurship - What they Don't Teach You in Business School."

03/4/05 - Denver University (DU) - guest lecturer, "PR Campaigns - Online & Offline"

12/9/04 - Colorado State University (CSU) - participated as a judge for the Fall 2004 business plan competition.

11/1/04 - Denver University (DU) - guest lecturer, "Branding on the Web"

10/7/04 - Colorado State University (CSU) - guest lecturer, "Entrepreneurship - What they Don't Teach You in Business School."

02/18/04 - Denver Public Schools Career Education Center - discussing how to start your own business for seniors in the executive internship program.

1/2/2004 - the IDEA Cafe - entrepreneurs sharing their expertise and lessons learned starting their companies.

10/2003: University of Colorado, Denver, Career Workshop, "The Importance of Networking"

4/2003: Denver University's College of Business, guest lecturer, "Branding Online & Offline"

2/2003: University of Phoenix; Market Strategy course

10/2002: Colorado Women in Technology (CWIT), "Entrepreneurship"

10/2002: Denver University's College of Business, guest lecturer, "Branding & MarCom"

10/2002: University of Colorado, Denver, Career Workshop, "Event Planning"

09/2002: Metro State College, guest lecturer "Customer Relationship Management" ("CRM")

08/2002: University of Phoenix, Marketing Research course

07/2002: CU Denver, MBA class Business Plan Critique

07/2002: CU Denver, The Bard Center, guest lecturer, "Entrepreneurship"

10/2001: University of Northern Colorado, Keynote, Marketing Week, "Entrepreneurship"

09/2001: University of Colorado, Denver, Career Workshop, "Event Planning

09/2001: American Marketing Association Key Note Speaker, “Entrepreneurship”,

06/2001: Denver Chamber of Commerce, Panelist, “Don’t be ‘dot-com dead”

03/2001: University of Colorado, Entrepreneurial Program, guest lecturer

05/2000: Women’s Vision Foundation, Annual Conference, “Gen X’rs vs. Baby Boomers” panelist

06/1996: Colorado Women In Technology (CWIT), Keynote, “Brand building on the Web”

09/1994: Yellow Page Publishing Association (YPPA) Annual Conference, New Product/Technology speaker, "CityKey"