Tom KrieglsteinFounder, Global Keynote Speaker, Swift Kick Leadership · Founder and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker at Swift Kick Leadership

Love having this kind of impact from the work I do #YouthEmpowerment

Name: Love having this kind of impact from the work I do #YouthEmpowerment
Uploaded: 2023-10-12T15:14:01+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Tom Krieglstein
Description: In this brief YouTube monologue, Tom Krieglstein recounts a two‑day youth retreat he led for high‑school students through the One Berkshire Organization…

12 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube monologue, Tom Krieglstein recounts a two‑day youth retreat he led for high‑school students through the One Berkshire Organization in the Berkshires. He used a distinctive cup during the sessions, writing his name on it. The students resonated strongly with his material, later establishing an annual "Tom Cup" award to honor one or two students who embody the retreat’s values. In recognition, they presented Tom with an honorary, durable version of the cup. He reflects on the unexpected impact of his work and expresses pride in the students’ initiative.

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Tom here sharing the story of this cup. I did a two day retreat for a group of high school students out in the Berkshires. It's called the One Berkshire Organization and it's an economic development and they try and develop the youth. So I did two days with the youth program there. Tons of time. Love it. Amazing students. And I used a cup that looked just like this and I wrote my name on it. The students connected so much with the content that I gave them that afterwards they decided to create an award called the Tom cup that was given to one or two students per year based on living and breathing the values that we talked about at that retreat. So they gave me my own honorary Tom Cup. And it's not a normal solo cup. It's actually like it's hard, rock solid. And so here it is. My Tom Cup. This name doesn't come off and I just wish I would have wrote my name better. But pretty awesome to have that kind of impact.