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You said you wouldn't forget: Mark J. Lindquist at TEDxGrandForks

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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"9/11... Never Forget" is more than just a catchy slogan for a bumper sticker or a t-shirt, it is a promise an entire nation made to those fallen heroes in September of 2001.  It is this man's mission to ensure that we continually honor those heroes today and everyday. Drawing from his experiences as an American Red Cross emergency worker at Ground Zero at the Pentagon, Mark challenges us to honor the heroes of 9/11, teach a generation of young Americans to do the same, and encourages us to be the same patient, kind, caring and compassionate person we all were on 9/12/2001. 

Mark J. Lindquist is a nationally recognized speaker and world-touring entertainer who has acted in LOST, Hawaii Five-O and Battleship. He has performed for Grammy winning artists, Academy Award nominated actors, foreign dignitaries around the world as well as staffers at the White House. Mark has been featured on CNN.com, C-Span, The Washington Post, and the Chosun Ilbo (Seoul, South Korea).  

Mark has shared the stage with former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, Senator John McCain, Magic Johnson, Edward James Olmos, Grammy Award winning artists Rihanna, Brooks and Dunn and Brandy, Academy Award nominated actor Liam Neeson, CEO Bob Nardelli (Home Depot), Steve Case (AOL/Time Warner), Ken Thompson (Wachovia), Jeff Swartz (Timberland), and Ben and Jerry (Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream). 

Throughout his entertainment career, Mark has performed for the Tuskegee Airmen, Secretary of the Interior Gayle Norton, Secretary of Commerce Don Evans, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, Members of Congress, Sargent Shriver, Mia Hamm, Tony Stewart, The Washington Redskins, The Atlanta Falcons, and The New York Giants (NFL), the Florida Panthers (NHL), the Washington Nationals (MLB), Universal Studios, The Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Europe. Mark has also performed in 22 countries and 44 states and has toured the world as an entertainer and emcee.

Mark co-founded Breath Is Limited, LLC as his way of bringing a message of hope, passion, perseverance, and joy to people all over the world. Mark is also a Partner at The 7 Mindsets, a Managing Partner at the financial planning firm Retirement Turning Point, as well as the Founder of Heel Kicks Around the World, an organization that hosts high-energy flash mobs at college campuses and town squares all over the nation.  

Mark currently lives in Fargo, North Dakota.

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