For several years we have had the privilege of partnering with Sharp Hospital here in San Diego to help produce their annual all-staff assembly. It is an event made to inspire, celebrate, encourage, and motivate the amazing staff that works to better the lives of those in our community. Every year we leave feeling so grateful to be able to give back to those who give so much.
The event staff at Sharp is a team that dreams big and challenges us to rise to the occasion. Their themes and content push the realm of our possibility, and we love a challenge. This year they wanted to focus on the ideas of GIVE, HOPE, and CONNECT. ….all focusing on the GREATER GOOD. We made these ideas came to life by building three 50 foot interactive quadrants on the convention floor; one dedicated to each of their themes.
GIVE QUADRANT:
As invitations they sent little brown paper bags to all of their staff and encouraged them to do something good with it (give someone lunch, use it to donate in, etc) We created an interactive quadrant with chalkboards, allowing people to write down what good they did with their paper bag.
CONNECT QUADRANT:
In the CONNECT quadrant we created two 40’ wide walls built on a pulley system, these served as a display board for over 5000 cards. The cards were used as an artistic expression of what the “Sharp Experience” means to each participant. Placed end-to-end the cards connect together into one continuous expression.
HOPE QUADRANT:
As a final idea, Sharp wanted to give their attendees a space to reflect on HOPE. We created a space to reflect by stringing over 3,000 painted muslin strips across the quadrant. Amongst those strips were 100 printed quotes to read and reflect on. While this quadrant was the least interactive, many said the most powerful….and the most beautiful.
We did an additional piece for them in their General Session. As part of their program, they told a story of someone who create origami birds as a symbol of hope. To reinforce this idea of hope, they had each participant fold an origami bird. We built them artistic string walls to place by the exit, as participants left the conference, they placed their bird on the wall creating a beautiful visual.
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