Play with Purpose
Designed for nonprofit teams that need connection, not pressure.
Your team spends its time supporting others. Sometimes they need space to reconnect, recharge and simply enjoy being together.
Play with Purpose is a tailored Pop CoLab experience for nonprofit teams navigating burnout, change, onboarding, low morale or a demanding season. We shape the session around your people, goals, energy and budget—not a generic team-building package.
Connection without the pressure.
What makes Pop CoLab different?
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Team input helps shape the experience.
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Different personalities, energy levels and comfort levels are considered.
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It can be relaxed, creative, reflective, energetic or lightly competitive.
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Recommendations are built around the organization’s goals, team size and available budget.
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The session is facilitated, so the team leader can participate too.
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It feels like a break from work while still strengthening connection.
Play With Purpose
Play isn’t the opposite of serious work.
We design experiences that do something. Workshops that break old patterns. Team challenges that build real trust. Keynotes that leave people thinking differently long after they've left the room.
We work with corporate teams, private groups, and curious humans who know that the best ideas don't come from another slide deck; they come from the moment when people stop performing and start playing.
Discover Your Play Style
We all experience play differently. Developed by Dr. Stuart Brown and the play science team at the National Institute for Play, these six play styles help us understand how we naturally connect, create and feel energized.
At Pop CoLab, we use the play styles to design experiences that offer different ways to participate, helping everyone feel included while making room for each person’s unique way of playing.
Creators
You find joy in making, building and bringing ideas to life through art, stories, music, cooking, design or hands-on creation.
Explorers
Curiosity drives you. You love investigating ideas, trying unfamiliar experiences and discovering what might be around the next corner.
Competitor
Challenges energize you. You enjoy games, puzzles and opportunities to improve, test your abilities or work toward a win.
Organizer
You enjoy bringing structure to chaos. Sorting, planning, collecting, coordinating and connecting people can all feel like play.
Dreamers
Your imagination is your playground. You enjoy stories, fantasy, role-playing and becoming absorbed in other worlds and possibilities.
Movers
You experience play through your body. Dancing, hiking, climbing, sports and other physical activities help you feel energized and alive.
Take the Play Quiz
Why Pop CoLab
We know not every team connects the same way. Some people learn by doing. Some through conversation. Some through creativity, humour, movement, or challenge.
Our approach makes space for different personalities, different energy levels, and different ways of engaging, so more people can actually take part.
