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RIPPLE LAB™ / EXPERIENCE | ENGAGEMENT | RETAINED PARTNERSHIPS

Purpose has
a pulse.

NOX partners with schools, early learning centers, nonprofits and pediatric organizations to create experiences that bring people in—and give them a reason to stay connected.

CREATIVITY WITH AN OPERATING PLAN

An extension
of your team.

We connect audience insight, engagement strategy, program design, production, operations and measurement. Your event is one part of a larger experience—not the whole plan.

Whether you need one purposeful activation or ongoing capacity, we define the goals, audience, scope, approvals and measures of success together. Your proposal sets the partnership and investment around that work.

THREE WAYS INTO RIPPLE LAB™

Match the support
to the purpose.

A clear partnership starts with the work your organization needs most.

01

Experience

For a specific gathering, exhibit, activation or program. We connect the audience and objectives to a creative concept, production plan, venue logistics, activity flow and agreed measures of participation.

You bring the purpose, date, audience and budget direction. Together we define the deliverables, approvals, event-day roles and investment.

Plan an experience
02

Engagement

For organizations building stronger relationships with families, students, employees, partners or the community. We begin with the audience journey, then design meaningful touchpoints, outreach, programs and practical ways to learn from feedback.

The proposal connects strategy to implementation responsibilities, timelines and the outcomes your team will review.

Build an engagement plan
03

Retained partnership

For recurring needs across a season or year. A retained partnership gives your organization an agreed rhythm of creative and operational support, with a shared calendar, priorities, approval process and review points.

The scope sets capacity, deliverables, fees and production budgets. We keep learning from each experience so the next one is easier to plan and more purposeful.

Explore ongoing support

PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Find your
kind of partnership.

Choose an area to explore, then tell us what your organization wants to achieve.

Schools & districts

School Family Engagement Program

Family nights, parent participation, educational experiences and campus-community connections.

What we can build together
  • Family and student journey planning
  • Participation-focused event calendars
  • Partner and vendor coordination
  • Feedback and participation measures
Request this program

Daycares & early learning

Early Learning Family Experience Program

Purposeful family nights, graduations, seasonal celebrations and learning moments for early childhood settings.

What we can build together
  • Age-appropriate experience design
  • Family and parent engagement
  • Production and installation planning
  • Repeatable seasonal formats
Request this program

Children & youth-serving organizations

Youth Educational Exhibit Series

Interactive exhibits that connect learning, confidence, wellness, STEAM, career exploration and life skills.

What we can build together
  • Defined learning objectives
  • Interactive stations and exhibit design
  • Facilitator and instructor coordination
  • Participation and feedback reporting
Request this program

Nonprofits & foundations

Nonprofit Engagement & Impact Program

Connect participants, volunteers, donors and sponsors through experiences built around your mission.

What we can build together
  • Stakeholder engagement strategy
  • Community activations and fundraising experiences
  • Volunteer and sponsor touchpoints
  • Impact measures and improvement recommendations
Request this program

Communities & child-serving organizations

Community Engagement Program

Outreach, partnerships, family programming and recurring experiences that strengthen participation and connection.

What we can build together
  • Community and audience insight
  • Outreach and partnership planning
  • Resource fairs and community activations
  • Participation tracking and feedback
Request this program

Pediatric clinics & child-serving healthcare

Patient Experience Improvement Program

Thoughtful patient and family touchpoints, educational experiences and engagement across the pediatric ecosystem.

What we can build together
  • Patient and family journey mapping
  • Clinic and waiting-room experience reviews
  • Family education and engagement planning
  • Feedback and experience improvement
Request this program

Schools, nonprofits & pediatric organizations

Annual Experience Calendar Program

A coordinated year of recognition, family events, campaigns, community activations and meaningful milestones.

What we can build together
  • Annual priorities and experience calendar
  • Workback schedules and planning systems
  • Production and vendor coordination
  • Quarterly reviews and improvement planning
Request this program

Mission-driven & child-serving organizations

Experiential Campaign Program

A connected series of experiences, installations, communications and partnerships around one clear objective.

What we can build together
  • Campaign goals and audience pathways
  • Creative concept and touchpoint design
  • Activation and production planning
  • Campaign participation and feedback measures
Request this program

Organizations launching a new initiative

Brand Activation Program

Interactive pop-ups, launch moments, branded installations and community-facing experiences with a purpose.

What we can build together
  • Audience and launch strategy
  • Interactive experience design
  • Branded environments and production
  • Post-activation reporting
Request this program

Organizations needing ongoing capacity

Experience Strategy Retainer

NOX works as an extension of your team, connecting engagement strategy, program planning, execution and improvement.

What we can build together
  • Experience and engagement strategy
  • Program design and annual planning
  • Operational systems and coordinated execution
  • Participation, feedback and impact reporting
Request this program

Pediatric practices & child-serving healthcare

90-Day Patient Growth & Community Engagement Sprint

A focused review of practice goals, referral pathways, community visibility and patient-family touchpoints, followed by an actionable engagement plan.

What we can build together
  • Practice and community opportunity review
  • Patient-family experience insights
  • Referral and outreach priorities
  • A practical 90-day action plan
Request this program

Pediatric clinics & child-serving healthcare

Healthcare Growth & Engagement Retainer

Ongoing visibility, referral development, family engagement and community partnership support for the pediatric ecosystem.

What we can build together
  • Practice growth and engagement priorities
  • Provider and referral relationships
  • Family outreach and service awareness
  • Recurring reporting and improvement
Request this program

New pediatric locations, providers & services

Clinic Launch & Market Activation Program

A connected launch experience that introduces your location or service to the families, providers and partners around it.

What we can build together
  • Local launch strategy
  • Community and referral partnerships
  • Opening events and family touchpoints
  • Launch production and reporting
Request this program

Pediatric providers & specialist teams

Physician Visibility & Referral Development Program

Strengthen provider visibility and local relationships through thoughtful outreach, professional education and community connection.

What we can build together
  • Provider visibility planning
  • Referral relationship development
  • Partner outreach and educational moments
  • Outreach tracking and review
Request this program

Pediatric organizations & youth-serving nonprofits

Community Health Engagement Program

Family education, wellness experiences and community partnerships designed around participation and access.

What we can build together
  • Community needs and audience insight
  • Family wellness and educational activations
  • Resource and partner coordination
  • Participation and feedback measures
Request this program

Educators, nonprofit teams & pediatric staff

Employee Experience & Culture Program

Recognition, appreciation, onboarding and recurring team experiences that care for the people serving your community.

What we can build together
  • Staff recognition and appreciation
  • Onboarding and connection experiences
  • Team wellness and internal campaigns
  • Feedback and repeatable formats
Request this program

Teams and organizations serving children & families

Corporate Experience Program

A coordinated calendar of employee, leadership, partner and organizational experiences aligned to the mission of your team.

What we can build together
  • Leadership and team experiences
  • Partner and client touchpoints
  • Recognition and culture calendars
  • Connected planning and reporting
Request this program

NOX INSIDE™

Understand it.
Build it.
Make it repeatable.

Five connected approaches help us shape the right work for your organization.

01

READOUT™

Listen before we design.

Audience insight, experience reviews and the priorities that help us define the real need.

02

REWIRE™

Make connection easier.

Engagement strategy and clearer pathways for families, students, participants and partners.

03

TESTBED™

Build, test, learn.

Program concepts, pilots and purposeful experiences with practical ways to learn what works.

04

LINKUP™

Bring the right people together.

Community partnerships, resources and collaboration aligned to your organization’s purpose.

05

REPLAY™

Keep the good work going.

Repeatable systems, team capacity, calendars and improvements that support the next experience.

THE SERVICES BEHIND THE PROGRAMS

Strategy through
the final detail.

Open a service area to see how NOX can support your team, experience and community.

Consulting & strategy
  • Experience and engagement strategy
  • Family, youth and community engagement
  • Patient-family journey mapping
  • Referral and partnership strategy
  • Experience audits and engagement assessments
  • Program design and annual experience planning
  • Workflow and SOP development
  • KPI and measurement planning
Event & experience production
  • School and early learning celebrations
  • Family engagement nights and open houses
  • Fundraisers, donor and volunteer experiences
  • Community and resource fairs
  • Pediatric location launches and family events
  • Educational exhibits and interactive activations
  • Vendor sourcing, production schedules and run-of-show
  • Installation, staffing, field operations and breakdown
Youth & family experiences
  • Career exploration and STEAM experiences
  • Confidence, wellness and life-skills programming
  • Parent-child experiences and family nights
  • Graduations and back-to-school experiences
  • Summer and seasonal youth programming
  • Facilitated activity stations
  • Custom themed educational environments
  • Learning objectives, sponsor touchpoints and take-home materials
Creative, design & installation
  • Balloon garlands, columns, arches and walls
  • Large-scale and custom balloon concepts
  • Backdrops and branded photo moments
  • Signage, vinyl and event graphics
  • Interactive display and exhibit design
  • Prop sourcing and décor concepts
  • Stage, set, entry and lobby styling
  • Seasonal and branded environments
Operations & production management
  • Site readiness, access and installation planning
  • Workback schedules and project management
  • Vendor procurement and contractor coordination
  • Equipment, load-in and load-out logistics
  • Crew, staffing and transportation coordination
  • Safety and contingency planning
  • Scope, change and budget tracking
  • Multi-site planning and field operations
Measurement & reporting
  • Attendance, participation and engagement measures
  • Survey strategy and experience feedback
  • Program and event performance reporting
  • Community, partner and outreach reporting
  • Sponsor and vendor performance
  • Operational and budget reviews
  • Quarterly and annual impact reviews
  • Improvement recommendations and executive reporting
Discuss the support we need

LEARNING CAN FEEL LIKE AN EXPERIENCE

Small people.
Big possibilities.

Educational exhibit directions for learning, confidence, wellness, discovery and career exploration.

Career Exploration Exhibit

Safari Be Well Wellness Exhibit

Superhero Confidence Exhibit

STEAM and Discovery Experiences

Life Skills Experiences

Community Helpers and Careers Experiences

We shape the learning objectives, activity stations, facilitation, accessibility, sponsor touchpoints and participation measures around your audience and setting.

Discuss an educational exhibit

RETAINED PARTNERSHIPS

A whole calendar.
A connected plan.

Ongoing creative and operational capacity, built around the people and priorities you serve.

01

Define the outcomes

Align on your audience, goals, recurring needs, approvals, available resources and what success should look like.

02

Build the rhythm

Connect an annual calendar, program workbacks, creative development, partners, vendors and clear operating systems.

03

Deliver & improve

Coordinate execution, monitor participation and feedback, review results and strengthen the next experience.

Retainer fees, production budgets, cadence and deliverables are scoped in your proposal. NOX manages all scheduling through one coordinated calendar.

Start a retainer inquiry

BALLOON PROGRAMS BELONG HERE, TOO

Celebrate your people.
Keep your identity.

POP RIOT™ brings Campus Pop™, Little Learners™ and Mission in Color™ together in a planned balloon approach to schools, daycares and nonprofits. Combine meaningful milestones with consistent colors and an easier repeat-ordering process.

YOUR REASON TO CELEBRATE. OUR KIND OF EXTRA.

Let’s create your
next NOX moment.

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