Each fall and spring semester, the Office of Student Life brings to campus a nationally-known speaker to enhance class curricula and enrich the college experience. Consult the Calendar of Events or the Office of Student Life for dates, times and information regarding speakers.
Thursday, February 28, 2008/ 11:00 a.m. / F-203
In three years social networking websites like Facebook have become more popular than television. Presented by technologists with extensive backgrounds in web business and education theory, this seminar teaches how to protect yourself from identity theft and predators, market yourself to potential employers, create useful connections between students and faculty, and get more value out of your college experience. Online is becoming more connected with reality all the time. Don't get left behind.
Swift Kick speaker Tom Kreiglstein's first experience with the internet was an online retail store which he grew to
$1.5 million dollars in annual sales at the age of 22.
Through his third company, Swift Kick, Tom has spoken to thousands of students,
staff and administration around the US and the world including South Korea,
Indonesia and Bermuda.
Swift Kick has extensive background in internet technologies and the dot com era.The instant messenger on Myspace, Date.com and several other social networking
sites was created by a co-founder of Swift Kick, and recently that company was sold
to AOL for $60 million dollars.
Swift Kick was named the #1 college speaker for 2007 by APCA and has already
booked at over 120 colleges in almost every state. They were the #1 co-oped
speaker at APCA South, APCA Nationals, APCA MidWest and NACA Northern
Plains.
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