Social media speaker inspires students

Tom Krieglstein, who travels across the country lecturing students about how to maximize their socialize media usage, visited CSC. The event started at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom and lasted for an hour.

He had a good turnout at his event with almost all of the chairs in the Ballroom full. He quickly got the audience involved by asking a series of questions which involved the audience speaking to their neighbors. He then told the audience of how powerful social media can be by showing them what Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, achieved in his college years.

He started off by giving the audience an example of how powerful social media really is stating that 97 percent of all students have social media and 63 percent log in on a daily basis. He had three main themes that he wanted to stress to the audience during the lecture.

The themes were the mega phone, which means now through social media we can spread our information quicker than ever. The second was the glass bedroom, which he explained means people can see a lot of what you’re doing through the Internet and vice versa. Lastly was the digital footprint, which shows what type of person you are by what you leave and post on the Internet.

“I got into traveling from school to school speaking because I wanted to be an entrepreneur, he had a passion for student life, and realized his talent in public speaking,” Krieglstein said.

He said that it didn’t start off great like people would have thought and it took time.

“People say I’m an overnight success but it was 10 years in the making, so my advice to the students would be to calm down because things take time,” Krieglstein said.

He explained that 70 percent of all human resource departments look online to find information on applicants, which includes going to their social media accounts in some cases. He quizzed the audience about who they were online and asked them if that is who they are trying to portray themselves as to possible employers.

Another big message he presented toward the end of the lecture was if its clickable then its trackable, meaning if a person puts it on the Internet someone can track it back to you. Krieglstein also believes the most important part of social media is how you leverage it, stating that “you can use it so that people can know more about your skills and talents.”