Sara Kerr

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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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  • Post-Yoga Creativity, Vine, and Teaching

    My post yoga day This morning I wrote about my need for yoga and my tendency to not go if I get too busy. Today I practiced and it paid dividends. I came home to write a pop quiz for my MKTG 2350 students and devise a new assignment for them involving Vine and blogging.…

  • Rocks, Yoga, and a Little Peace

    I’m teaching three classes this term–definitely a full load, but more so because two are writing intensive and the other is technology intensive. I’m busy. I’m so busy that I have to schedule my yoga classes on my phone to remember to take a class. I love yoga, but sometimes a little voice says, “Oh…

  • Leadership: Perspectives from Erik Hare

    Originally posted on Barataria – The work of Erik Hare: Leadership.  There has been a lot of talk about it lately, or more to the point the lack of it.  In common talk it is defined as “Doing or standing for the things I like” far more often than is useful.  But most people will…

  • Friday Night Takeout (A Packaging Dilemma)

    Cossetta’s, Pho Ca Dao, On’s Thai Kitchen, Big Daddy’s Barbecue I like to eat far more than I like to cook. While I’m pretty good at the latter, I’m even better at finding great food close to home. I especially like food that I don’t know how to cook like Pho or that I’m simply…

  • Integrated Marketing Communications and Design — A New Minor at St. Catherine Univeristy

    Can you create “content?” If you want to work in business, then you need to know social media. Search social media education and you’ll find the need is great, but the opportunities few.  The Creative Group—the creative arm of Robert Half staffing reports that  demand is increasing for people with a range of interactive skills…

  • MKTG 2350 Integrated Marketing Communications

    Since potential students are discovering this blog, I thought I should post what we do in this class. It’s fun, it’s relevant, and it will help your marketing and sales career. Course Description “Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)” continues the study of Marketing introduced in MKTG 2300 Principles of Marketing, by focusing on the Promotion element…

  • A 60 Seconds Guide to The Use of Blogging in Education

    A 60 Seconds Guide to The Use of Blogging in Education. This infographic perfectly explains blogging’s role in higher education. I’m curious if it still matters in business. Or do we need redefine what we mean by blogging? Aren’t pinning, tumbling, and tweeting blogging, as well?

  • Cool New Class at St. Kate’s: Interactive Marketing: Social Networks, Multimedia, and SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

    Given that I love social media and teaching, I’m excited to launch a new course at St. Catherine University spring semester:  Interactive Marketing:  Social Networks, Multimedia, and SEO. This class is open to both traditional Day as well as Weekend college students. It meets on Tuesday nights from 6-9:30 pm. I guarantee no one will…

  • Student Writing: Direct Marketing from Delia’s

    Originally posted on My Marketing Blog:   It is enough of a hassle trying to find jeans that fit just right, that hug you in all the right places, and are the right style or color, let alone the right length. So being of the shorter variety it is often difficult to find jeans that…

  • Live Tweeting

    Originally posted on Educational Technology and Change Journal: By Melissa A. Venable [Note: ETCJ’s Twitter editor, Jessica Knott, has been working with Melissa to develop this series. See Part 1: Getting Started, Part 2: Channeling the Streams, and Part 3: Curating the Chaos. -Editor] This final installment in this series offers guidance on using your Twitter…