The Playbook for Retention™
Transform dull training into memorable experiences your team actually enjoys and remembers. Play fuels focus, memory, and motivation.
What to Expect
Your team will experience a fresh approach to training that blends playful experiences, interactive memory anchors, and high-energy engagement moments with your core content. Instead of passive lectures, sessions flow with movement, collaboration, and reflection, always tied directly to your training goals.
Participants leave energized, connected, and equipped with strategies that make learning stick long after the workshop ends.
Our Process
Guided Training Workshops + Play-Based Retention Strategies
We combine proven retention methods with playful, hands-on activities that make learning stick. By weaving memory cues, engagement anchors, and interactive moments into your existing training, we transform standard sessions into memorable experiences that boost focus, connection, and long-term results.
Overview
Most workplace training is built to inform, not to engage. Employees sit through modules, tick boxes, and then forget most of what they’ve learned. At Pop CoLab, we believe training should stick, and that means rethinking the process.
The Playbook for Retention™ integrates play-based methods into any existing training program, from onboarding and compliance to leadership development and hospitality. By blending proven retention strategies with Pop CoLab’s signature experiences (like trivia, mocktails, DIY stations, and more), we help teams not only absorb information but actually use it long after the session ends.
Why It Matters
Training ROI
Companies invest heavily in training, but most of it is forgotten within days. Play flips the script by embedding memory cues and engagement anchors.
Employee Satisfaction
When training feels energizing, staff morale rises — boosting retention far beyond the workshop itself.
Neurodiversity Friendly
Play-based learning recognizes different learning styles, making training more accessible for everyone.
Engagement = Retention
Play isn’t just fun — it’s neuroscience-backed. Engaged brains process faster and remember longer.
Case
Study
A showcase of some of the incredible workshops, projects, and team experiences we’ve co-created with our partners. From strategic planning and creative visioning to playful team-building and hands-on learning, these case studies highlight the magic that happens when curiosity, collaboration, and creativity come together.
Ideal Audience
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HR teams and Learning & Development leaders
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Hospitality and service-based industries with high training needs
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Trades and technical fields where retention is critical for safety and performance
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Corporate trainers and facilitators who want to level-up their sessions
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Anyone responsible for onboarding, compliance, or upskilling programs
What You’ll Gain
Increased Retention
Strategies that help information stick long-term.
Higher Engagement
Interactive play before, during, and after training keeps energy up.
Proven Frameworks
Gamification, storytelling, and sensory anchors adapted for your training.
Custom Integration
Pop CoLab–branded activities (DIY, trivia, mocktails, LEGO, etc.) woven into your existing curriculum.
Flexibility
Choose between a toolkit & facilitator guide for your trainers or let Pop CoLab run the interactive components for you.
Play-Based
Activities
We collaborate with creative workshop facilitators to infuse our strategic sessions with fun, play-based activities that spark creativity and strengthen connection.
"There was the genius of moving back and forth between team-focused concerns and goals to just plain fun, and I saw the result of that technique come out in the final brainstorm that produced some really great things for our team projects."
Key Outcomes
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Training dollars go further with longer-lasting impact.
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Employees leave more energized, confident, and connected.
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Leaders gain a practical toolkit to improve every future session.
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Company culture shifts toward curiosity, creativity, and innovation.
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Custom Miro Board to Capture Ideas
Ready to Make Training Stick?
Let’s reimagine your training together. Book a discovery call to learn how The Playbook for Retention™ can transform your employee learning experience.
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