Past Projects
JOANN All-Company Meeting: April 2024
This spring we partnered with the team at JOANN to add some extra happiness to their all-company meeting at their headquarters in Hudson, OH.
Throughout the four day meeting, we worked to add extra touches and activities to supplement their business meetings.
Some highlights included:
A self-guided, passport activity to get staff to explore the newly renovated and reconfigured corporate headquarters. Stations on the passport tour included friendship bracelet making, trivia, “happy notes”, and a chance to help paint a new, “Happiness Starts Here,” mural that will hang in their Conference Center. The mural vision was brought to life thanks to the talented folks at ArtxLove.
A post-work happy hour with help from our friends at Happy Camper Bar Car.
Co-Coordination of an awards dinner at House 330. Shout out to Daisy Pops and Chef Gina’s Bakeshop for the delicious desserts, and Shane Wynn Photography for capturing the evening. For the table decor, we had fun incorporating products from JOANN. The vases, knitting needles, and JOANN green yarn balls can all be found in their stores.
Getting to work with other creative and energetic people, like the team at JOANN, makes projects like this even more special.
Akron Courtyard Classic: June 2023
The Akron Courtyard Classic, hosted by UNKNWN and Nike, was held on Main St. in Downtown Akron on June 17, 2023. Sponsors for the event included the Knight Foundation, Downtown Akron Partnership, the City of Akron and the Akron Civic Theatre.
The 3v3 basketball tournament welcomed more than 3,000 attendees to celebrate the pre-release of LeBron James’s twentieth shoe with UNKNWN x Nike, the “Message in a Bottle.” The six hour event also included five local food and beverage vendors, 10 local organizations and businesses, inflatables and more. To see more photos from this event, click here.
Beyond Events was hired by Downtown Akron Partnership to plan all aspects of the event, outside of the tournament, in conjunction with the UNKNWN team and local partners.
Media Coverage: Akron Beacon Journal, Cleveland.com, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Complex