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Lover of Snow, Winter Vacations, Good Beer & Great Music, Minnesota Weather, French Wine & Sidewalks. Yogi for life.

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  • Single Gender Education, MPR and St. Kates – Tune in Thursday, March 31st at 9 am

    I love St. Kate’s. When I teach — almost always women only — I know we talk about subjects that some students would find uncomfortable if there were men in the room. Is that enough of a reason for single-gender education? No, so tune in to MPR on Thursday, March 31st at 9am, to find…

  • “Bingo!” That’s a Blog Post!

    Blogging:  How to find a topic I can add blogging to the list of assignments my students don’t like. In chatting with one recently, she commented that she had no idea what to write about. This was just after we’d spent 5 minutes discussing how poor packaging made purchasing difficult. Always the teacher, I said…

  • Crowdsourcing and Social Media: Marketing a Class (MKTG 2350) on Campus

    How Should St. Kate’s Advertise Integrated Marketing Communications MKTG 2350? St. Kate’s has just added a section of Integrated Marketing Communications for the summer. Every Tuesday from May 31st through August 2nd. The next step is marketing it to St. Kate’s students. The class is open to ACTC students and other adult learners, but the…

  • Twins Commit Costly Error

    Twins Tix Disaster:  Word of Mouth Spreads Bad News Fast. FIVE Hours Trying to Buy Twins Tickets Online = No Tickets = Angry Fans At least my time was not wasted, I am completely caught up with correcting my students’ papers and exams. Like many Twins fans, I waited patiently to get to the front…

  • Making Art with Social Media

    I think I need to start making a list of items, services, pastimes, etc. that use social media to their benefit. So far in this blog I have talked about: Restaurants (www.grovelandtap.com) Dry Cleaners (www.andersoncleaners.net/) Music (www.jayhawksofficial.com/) Plants (www.friendsschoolplantsale.com) Now, let’s add Making Art to the list. One of my favorite art blogs is written…

  • Social Media: When you’ve done the easy stuff

    Great tips from the Social Media Examiner once you’ve mastered easy social media tips,  such as just creating a Facebook page. Click:  8 Hot Social Media Tips From Eight Industry Experts to read the full post compiled by Amy Porterfield. My favorite tip? #5: Meet people in real life “I’m from Boston and we used…

  • How could Amazon Kindle use Social Media to reach my 83 year old Dad?

    Product:  Amazon Kindle Person:  My Father My father has always been an avid reader. His house is still full of books. At age 83, he is finally retiring. He has more time to read and more time to travel. While he would never admit it, he’s one of those old dogs you can’t teach a…

  • Two Restaurants in St. Paul: The Groveland Tap and O’Gara’s

    I’m lucky to live in a city full of restaurants, parks, and family friendly pubs within walking distance. Plus I’m next door to an even bigger city with even more of the same. Friday night. So many choices. One of our favorite restaurants is a leisurely stroll when there’s no ice on the sidewalks or…

  • The Importance of Marketing Yourself

    Here is an excellent post from one of my students, Aimee Thurston, about representing yourself in the marketplace. Click here:  The Importance of Marketing Yourself to read the full post.

  • The Jawhawks Official Marketing

    Now THIS was a show: And it makes me wish for summer. The Jayhawks Official Marketing Efforts are fantastic, visit their new YouTube channel to see what I mean.