“I’ve worked with Laurel for several years on many projects – what a pro! Her outstanding leadership, creative strategies and knowledge of many diverse industries make her a wonderful partner when developing plans and implementing them. She’s a terrific communicator and gets straight to the point while understanding the nuances of dealing with leaders and forming cross-functioning teams. I especially enjoyed working with Laurel on projects that involved gathering people with diverse interests and watching her evaluate each player and the intended outcomes, then coming up with creative yet pragmatic approaches – with metrics to assure we measured and achieved results.”

“If communication is an art, Laurel Nelson-Rowe is an artist. Her craft is honed through the experience of long practice, and supported by unbridled creativity, inexhaustible energy, appreciative curiosity, and an amazing quick mind.

Laurel pays attention to fine details to assure thoroughness, yet comfortably reaches through the strategic layers to inform, entertain, inspire, and motivate. Laurel blends the talents of journalist and publicist with ease.

During our time working together, I saw Laurel’s capabilities to tackle complexity under extreme deadline pressure and produce a nuanced piece, tuned to the needs of the audience, with speed and agility. It was always great fun to watch her do her magic.”

“Laurel is an incredible business partner to have on your team. She is forward-looking, asks questions that lead to better results, and has a vast knowledge of business strategy and communications that ensures projects achieve aspirations as well as real ROI. Laurel is a great writer and inspiring mentor, and her talent and expertise add value to every project that she leads of contributes to. I learned so much working day-to-day with Laurel, and I look forward to future projects together!”

“Laurel anticipates the inevitable ‘what is the impact to my work and my life?’ question that spring boards from forward-thinking effort to exceeding objectives. In her work, and that of her team, she ensured that conceptual ideas were grounded in practical applications. Among the areas where she showcases particular skill and experience,Laurel recognizes that strategic messaging is equal parts art and science. She deftly applies the art of compelling storytelling with the science of communication engagement and call-to-action metrics of business success. I often think of her asa veritable ‘Swiss-Army Knife” of experience, talent, innovation and forward-thinking strategies in the content communications space. If you have a messaging challenge, she has proven solutions.”

“Having worked with Laurel for nearly five years in a variety of Communications functions, including Executive Communications, Marketing Communications and Content Strategy, I have always been impressed by her passion, vision, commitment to quality and her willingness to take measured risks to move ASQ  forward. What stood out most to me about Laurel was her relentless commitment to the customer. She was constantly engaging customers by soliciting feedback, sharing content and testing new concepts to ensure we were addressing customer challenges and providing even greater value.

Laurel was a valued partner and catalyst in the creation of our 3.0 marketing communications strategy— elevating our thought leadership platforms and better leveraging and integrating marketing collateral, web, social media, blogs, events, and video to drive awareness and engagement. Her understanding of content strategy and how to best integrate content into various channels, especially emerging technologies, to reach and engage target audiences, addressed one of the organization’s biggest challenges. Never satisfied with the status quo, Laurel was always focused on results and challenged her colleagues to always be thinking about what’s next—how can we make something even better or fix something that is not working? She is also an exceptional writer and editor who knows how to craft concise, straightforward messages that resonate with target audiences.”