Introducing our Newest Dance Floor Theory Master Facilitator to Swift Kick
After an exciting three-month search for our second Dance Floor Theory master facilitators, we finally have found someone! Please help us welcome Melissa Ruiz to the Swift Kick team! Melissa began her career in higher education in Conferences and Events, before transitioning into Residence Life and then Student Life and Academic Advising. She jokingly says […]
Meeting and Kickin’ Butt with Matt and Nicole
So as we teased in our last blog post, our company retreat was pretty epic last Wednesday. Quarterly retreats are always a blast because we get to know our team, as well as planning the entire rest of the quarter. It’s both productive and fun! We started the day with some “juice shots” with ingredients […]
How the Swift Kick Team Made the Company Values Picture Perfect
Matt and Nicole did not know what to expect when they entered a near empty office building at 55th and Lexington for their first Quarterly Retreat with Swift Kick. I highly doubt they would have guessed they would put their directing and acting skills to the test. After lunch, Tom, Matt, Nicole, and myself (Sabina) […]
A Bar-tender and Theater Lover – Meet Our New Interns, Matt and Nicole
The Swift Kick team is very excited to welcome its two newest interns, Matt Selba and Nicole Wood! Here is a little bit about them to introduce them to the whole community. Matt is a senior at the University of Delaware majoring in statistics. He is crazy involved on and off campus through his school’s Blue […]
Try Not to Cry – Kevin’s Swift Kick Internship Reflection
These past 6 months have gone by way too fast! Nonetheless, working with an amazing team, making new friends, and developing a new connection with folks were all worthwhile. During my internship experience, I was challenged in every way possible on a constant basis. There was never a dull moment while being a part of […]
That’s a Wrap: Kate’s Internship Reflection
I can’t believe it’s already been six months since my first day at Swift Kick. I’m not sure what I’ll miss most, but I know my life won’t be the same without the daily meetings and top rocks. From the beginning, I told Tom that I didn’t have many expectations going into it because I […]
And the Winning #FreeHugs Postcard Is…[Insert Drumroll]
We recently asked all of you, the members of the Dance Floor Theory community, to help us pick a new #FreeHugs postcard. Jasmin Prows, a very talented student artist and leader from Salt Lake Community College, came up with some great designs, and we were thrilled to share them with all of you. We appreciate all […]
Help Us Choose the New #FreeHugs Postcard!
Every year, we commission a student artist in our Dance Floor Theory community to create a new design for our Free Hugs Postcard for the upcoming school year. As we move into another school year, we need your help in picking the final design for our new Free Hugs postcard. Thanks to the incredibly talented Jasmin […]
What If You Talked to One Stranger a Day?
On Friday, Tom had an awesome opportunity to do the last interview with Marsha Herman-Betzen, the retiring executive director of ACUI, during her final keynote. It was a really epic opportunity and great time, and Tom and the audience learned something very interesting about Marsha. She makes it a point to talk to strangers everywhere, all the […]
Epic Dance Floor Theory Video at Baldwin Wallace
We love it when we form a really great relationship with a school. Baldwin Wallace University is one of those schools; we have done Dance Floor Theory there several years in a row now. Each time is a blast. Kathy Petras, the Assistant Director of Student Life at BW put together this great video below of […]