Sara Kerr

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

Category: Communication Tools

  • Let’s Visit the Gallery: Art and Marketing Students

    Travel = Museums When I was 16 I wanted to see the Mona Lisa, in person. Travel means art museums. At home, like many people, I forget what’s in my backyard. Thankfully the Minneapolis Institute of Arts just send me a few emails reminding me of their new exhibit, Italian Style:  Fashion Since 1945. Fantastic…

  • Academic Integrity: Courage

    Courage What does courage mean in college? Claiming your education? Be honest with yourself? Doing the right thing when it’s extra work? Regardless, you need to be fearless. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/woman-fists-with-fearless-across-the-knuckles-royalty-free-image/118374682  

  • Class Blog Post #2: Julie Hewitt Lipstick

    My Integrated Marketing Communications class writes an almost-weekly marketing communications blog. My goals are to teach the blogging medium and business writing skills. I promised to write 500 words with them every week. Here’s my first post. The topic is my favorite thing. I assign this topic to have my students market it across the…

  • Writing Concisely for Business

    This semester I’m teaching three courses, of which two are writing intensive. Sometimes this feels like I’m teaching six of them. These are business courses. My students must know how to communicate effectively among their colleagues and of course, in social media with potential customers. The following is an excerpt from our private class blog.…

  • Putt-Putt! Golf is a Family Sport in St. Paul

    If you like to golf, there are almost too many options in St. Paul. In fact, last year MinnPost reported that the city is trying to figure out what to do with all the city courses because they’re no longer profitable (learn more about urban golf course decline here). Are kids too busy? Does it…

  • Shout Out St. Kate’s Day: Teaching New Media with the Pride of Public Relations

    Shout it out! Show your pride! Be a Katie! Thursday is Shout Out St. Kate’s Day. My students wrote, produced, starred in and generally lived and breathed the topic since early February. They’ve had one month to learn the public relations value of this event and contribute their own creativity to the effort. What did…

  • Be Nimble with Social Media–Make the Snowstorm Work for You!

    The view from St. Paul–specifically St. Catherine University looks a lot like this today. Although I wish the sidewalks around the neighborhood were as clean as the ones in Teresa Boardman‘s photo below–I trudged through a lot of deep snow to get to campus. Minnesotans seem to be natural innovators who can spend an hour…

  • 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?

  • 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…

  • Making a Birthday Greeting Viral: Grandma Cathy

    Originally posted on Leah's Blog: We all have that special lady in our lives. The one that spoiled you a litte more than your mom did, that slipped you an extra $20 when you went back to your college dorm after a weekend with her and just made you feel like the most special girl…