Open Syllabus Project
Steve Kelly shared information about the Open Syllabus Project and Syllabus Explorer this week. The Syllabus Explorer takes more than 1,000,000 syllabi published on university websites and then attempts to work out the most frequently-taught books. Well worth taking a look.
Mobile Marketing: MKT 398/798

Mark Tack, VP of Vibes Media, and Steve Kelly have been working with leading business practitioners to put together DePaul’s first course on Mobile Marketing.  It’s being offered as a “Special Topics” cross listed for both graduates and undergraduates.
- What: MKT 398/798 Mobile Marketing, special topics
- When: Spring Quarter, Monday night, 6:00
- Where: DPC 7406
- Prerequisite: Open to all DePaul student
        MKT 398/798 Mobile Marketing   Spring '16                  Week       Date       Topic       Faculty                I       28 March       1. Overview and   Background on Mobile:       Steve Kelly and   Mark Tack.                Define   what is mobile.  Overview of size of   market, trends on mobile as well as mobile consumer data.       ·       Jack Philbin,   co-founder and CEO at Vibes                        ·       Bill Siwicki, Managing Editor, HiMSS Media                II       4 April       2. Mobile Websites and   Experiences:        Mark Tack and Steve Kelly.                Responsive   design, gamification, mobile vs. desktop website, mobile web experiences,   landing pages.       ·       Andrew Seay, Director of Mobile Experiences @   Vibes                        ·       Taryn Tomasula, Associate Director of   Customer Success at Vibes                 III       11 April       3. Apps:   what to know for Mobile       Mark Tack and Steve Kelly.                 -making,   promotiing, maintaiing and optimizing..the full app lifecycle.       ·       Kartik Submaranian, Director Product Management: Mobile Commerce,   Wallgreens                        ·       Dan Gesser, Global Sales Leader, IBM Mobile   Customer Engagement                        ·       Ray Pun, Head of Product Marketing for Mobile   Solutions, Adobe                        ·       Roger Woods, Director, Mobile at Adobe                IV       18 April       4. Mobile Messaging &   Compliance:       Mark Tack and Steve Kelly                mobile   messaging via SMS, MMS, Push, Wallet.    Also, compliance i.e. legal protocols.       ·       Kimberlie Christen, Director, Digital Marketing,   Redbox                        ·       Brooke Morse, Director Customer Success at Vibes                        ·       Cheryl Sanders, Vice President of Business and   Customer Operations at Vibes                V       25-Apr       5. Mobile Wallet Marketing &   Payments:       Mark Tack and Steve Kelly                Mobile   wallet is a new element of the marketing mix.    Examples of marketers doing this and the challenges that others are   facing will be addressed.         ·       Mark Tack, Vice President, Marketing at Vibes                        ·       Ken Kunz, VP Technology at Vibes                         ·       Jordan McKee, Senior Analyst, Mobile Payments   at 451 Research                VI       2 May       6. Advertising on Mobile:       Mark Tack and Steve Kelly.                 mobile   display and social media advertising via Facebook, Twitter, etc.         ·       Brian Bradtke, VP, Mobile Wallet Advertising   at Vibes                        ·       Michael Wade, VP, Advertising Sales at Vibes                        ·       Lauren Abney, Account Director, Kargo                        ·       Stephanie Biegel, Regional VP, Midwest Sales,   Kargo                        ·       Aly Gossman, Account Director, Kargo                VII       9 May       7. Mobile Personalization,       Mark Tack and Steve Kelly                Data   and Mobile CRM:       ·       Justin Kurt, DVP / GM Mobile and CRM   Marketing at Sears Holdings Corporation                 Data   collection is central to all marketing and the mobile development has   enhanced that as well as CRM and predictive analytics  processes.         ·       Jeremy Agulnek, Group Sales Director at Vibes                        ·       Jason Richards, Director of Data & Analytics   at Vibes                VIII       16 May       8. Mobile 2020 Outlook:       Mark Tack and Steve Kelly.                  A   futuristic look at where mobile is going with wearables, location/Proximity   based (beacons, gps) and the future of personalization, especially mobile   wallets.  Special attention to the   impact on retail, CPG and B2B marketers.         ·       Paul Kultgen, Sr. VP: Mobile and technology   advertiser solutions, Nielsen      
        -     John Haro, CTO, Co-founder   at PartySlate (former CTO at Vibes)                                         IX       23 May       Wrap up and Final Projects:         Judging: Mark Tack, Steve Kelly and others who   have participated in presentation to the class.                Students   will present their own mobile projects based on real life company examples.                skip       30 May                                X       6 June       Final Examination              
join.me - Screen Sharing Tool
Steve Kelly shared a link to a very interesting website with me. join.me is a screen sharing service for meetings (and lectures) that works on mobile devices as well as desktop computers. This looks to be a very useful collaborative tool.

