READY TO DESIGN THE BEST
first date
video conference
team training
global summit
soirée
surprise party
retreat
family reunion
memorial
anniversary
food fight
OF YOUR LIFE?
Hello from Surprise & Delight Studios™!
We’re a new kind of experience design firm.
We design unforgettable experiences and spark authentic relationships.
We’re the antidote to boring, disconnected events.
Settling for the status quo?
We’ve all been there. Ineffective, unimaginative gatherings become dreaded commitments on our calendars.
Companies
Boring meetings that should’ve been an email. Weak attempts to build team trust. Seasoned employees are checking out, and new hires don’t buy into the mission.
Universities
Lecture fatigue. Tuning out. Cameras off. Students of every age are missing out on the education they deserve. Creativity remains untapped, mental wellness is often ignored, and retention goes out the window.
Social even
ts
Forced-feeling networking events. Retreats that don’t rejuvenate. Conferences that fail to truly connect us. Guests are still feeling disconnected, in both virtual and in-person venues.
Personal lives
Awkward date nights. Even more awkward holiday dinners. Weddings that blur together. Memorial services that block us from grieving in community. Where intentionality matters most, we’re often left feeling lonely.
Let’s transform your gathering!
Rejuvenate excitement at work, stimulate fresh ideas, and bring your team together in a meaningful, constructive way.
Show students how to love learning again, harness untapped potential, and turn your class, or school event, into the one they’ll look forward to.
Garner community support, exactly when you need to demonstrate it.
Create lifelong memories with the people who matter most to you.
Surprise & Delight Studios™ works with corporate leaders, higher-ed administrators, conference organizers, event planners, and humans just like you
Our mission is to facilitate authentic connections that build community and belonging wherever we go.
Our process is informed by design thinking at its core. We take a human-centered approach to everything we do.
We employ a unique framework that empowers people. Our broad range of experience design tools enhance creative confidence, engagement, and belonging.
The Surprise & Delight Studios Process:
DEFINE THE PROBLEM
Identify issues with how it’s usually done.
GET VULNERABLE
Facilitate true, authentic human connection.
START WITH EMPATHY
Identify what your people truly need and want.
SURPRISE & DELIGHT
Do something purposefully, delightfully unexpected.
REIMAGINE
Reinvent your gathering to genuinely address those needs.
REFLECT
Gather feedback about how to make this even more unforgettable.
Surprise & Delight Studios™ is led by Kristie Dickinson, an energetic, authentic facilitator. Kristie’s well-tested strategies design gatherings that build human connection.
Let’s bring Surprise & Delight to your next gathering
Once you work with us, we hope you’ll feel more revived, reinvigorated, and inspired, every day.
Live life with a renewed sense of creative confidence. Show up more authentically.
Join the movement to start creating the best gatherings of your life!
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