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===BASIC INFO===
Name: <span style="color: #4d00ff">Tom Krieglstei</span>n
Location: Chicago, IL
Birthday: Dec 5th 1980
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===SHORT BIO===
I spent the first nine years of my life on a farm in western Michigan. My family then moved to a suburb outside Chicago where I spent the rest of my childhood. I now live in Chicago with my fiancé, Annie Colbert, and two cats -- Oscar and Layla Beans.
I consider myself a lifelong explorer who lives to create. I started my first company as a junior in college at the age of 20. I used most the money to pay for all my college debt and living expenses for the first two years out of college and also traveled for eight months with Annie around Europe and Asia.
I earned the prestigious honor of the first person from my university ever named to the ALL-USA Academic First Team. Only 20 students each year from around the entire United States earn the honor. I graduated from College of DuPage and Aurora University at the top of my class and gave the commencement speech at each graduation. USA Today featured my profile in a full page spread distributed internationally.
Since graduating, I worked for three years as a professional facilitator for [[http://www.qln.com/|Quantum Learning Network]] which is considered the premier company for accelerated learning techniques. Through QLN, I spoke to thousands of students around the US and the world including South Korea, Indonesia and Bermuda.
In 2004 I co-founded my second business, [[http://www.swiftkickonline.com/|Swift Kick]], with the goal of increasing student engagement in education. We use both training and technology to accomplish our mission and continue building an educational model suited for the future. We've been named back-to-back Best Campus Speaker of the Year for 2007 and 2008.
Our two training programs are [[http://www.swiftkickonline.com/dft.html|Dance Floor Theory Leadership Training]] and [[http://www.swiftkickonline.com/msfb.html|The Secrets Behind Facebook and Myspace]].
Our latest project is [[http://www.redroverhq.com/|Red Rover]], a free online student orientation tool that integrates with Facebook.
PERSONAL NOTE - My fiance, Annie, and I were one of three finalists competing for the NBC Today Show Wedding - Race to the Alter.
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===PHOTOS===
Then and Now
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Download > http://drop.io/tom_pr_photo
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===FACEBOOK PROFILE===
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===OTHER WEB PROFILES===
[[https://twitter.com/tomaswk|Twitter.com]]
[[http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=590467|LInkedin.com]]
[[http://www.youtube.com/user/tomaswk|YouTube.com]]
[[http://dandelife.com/tomaswk/timeline|Dandelife.com]]
[[http://del.icio.us/tomaswk|Del.icio.us]]
[[http://tomaswk.stumbleupon.com/about/|StumbleUpon]]
[[http://www.google.com/books?uid=12803935915041987181|Google BookShelf]]
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===LAST 5 BOOKS===
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[[http://www.google.com/books?uid=12803935915041987181|See Full List]]
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===BLOGS===
(THESE ARE BLOGS I __WRITE__ FOR)
The Swift Kick Central Blog
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The Collaborative Student Affairs Blog
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The Collaborative Student Leader Blog
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===CONVERSATIONS===
(THESE ARE BLOGS I'VE __COMMENTED__ ON)
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===PR BITS===
(FOR ME OR SWIFT KICK)
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