Sara Kerr
Musings
Category: Writing
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The author explores their experience of grief, recounting the passing of both their mother and father. They share vivid memories of their parents, including their father’s storytelling and their mother’s talent for cooking. The author also reflects on their parents’ love for travel and adventurous spirit. Despite the pain of loss, they fondly recall the…
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Voice therapy homework led me to recording a video in French which led to this blog post about art and grief. An English translation follows the photos.
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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…
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I cancelled my cable television service. On the bright side, I’m less tempted to veg out to Judge Judy (just kidding) and call up the Big Bang Theory On Demand. And now, I’ll get to see all those clever commercials from Target that I missed by zapping them with my DVR. Unfortunately, I can’t figure…
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If you’re reading this, then you know something about blogs. Would you like to know more? Then attend the Minnesota Blogger Conference on September 22nd — it’s free, but tickets go fast! Click here on August 22nd to catch one of the first wave of tickets. Why attend? The conference features speakers who write, photograph,…
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My integrated marketing communications students write amazing blogs about advertising, communications, social media, and our local business landscape. Below is a stunning excerpt analyzing a series of videos from our local company, Best Buy. Enjoy. Post #4: Best Buy– Where You Can Exchange Stuff or Change the World. My overall impression of this commercial was…
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I got your attention, didn’t I? Of course I did. My title is compelling. You, too, can writing attention-grabbing headlines. Read on. The next three excerpts come from Copyblogger.com. If you’re not a subscriber to their blog, sign up here. I can almost guarantee that if you follow the advice below, your writing will sharpen.…
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