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MB Designs Inc.
  • Home
  • Event Design
    • Event Design Overview
    • Event Design
    • Event Decor & Rentals
    • Fresh & Dried Flowers
    • Plants & Staging Greenery
    • 3D Printing
  • Circular Event Solutions
    • Circular Event Solutions
    • Upcycling Process
    • Conference Lanyards
    • Event Sign Upcycling
    • Event Banner Upcycling
    • RFP Scripts and Tips
  • Experiences
    • Event Education
    • Corporate Team Building
    • Event Activations
    • Corporate Family Day
    • Social Impact Workshops
    • Custom Workshops
  • The Loop
  • Our Impact
    • Community Impact Programs
    • Life Skills Hub
    • Impact Studies
    • Our Story
    • Industry Principles
    • UN SDG Alignment
  • Contact

Sustainable Experiences: Corporate Workshops, Employee Engagement & Community Impact

Create meaningful experiences through creativity, participation, and community impact. 


Whether you're planning an employee team-building session, conference activation, family day, CSR initiative or community program, our workshops are designed to create memorable experiences with lasting impact.


More than a team-building activity, every workshop gives participants the opportunity to actively engage in sustainability by transforming recovered event materials into functional products, artwork, or meaningful community donations.


 Use materials from your own event—or let us source them through our Event Material Network, where recovered conference materials are matched with new opportunities for impact. 


Tailored Workshops & Onsite Activations Categories

Corporate Team Building

 Hands-on workshops where employee teams unplug, create together, and transform retired event materials into meaningful projects to keep or donate. 

 

Why teams love it


Screen-Free Connection
Step away from desks and reconnect through a shared creative experience.


Creative Collaboration
Work together to build functional products from recovered event materials.


Meaningful Choice
Take your finished project home or donate it to support community organizations.


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Corporate Event Activations

A diverse corporate team customizing upcycled banners and lanyards at a premium, hands-on event

Interactive, high-capacity experiences designed to engage attendees and transform event materials into meaningful creations—right on the conference floor.


Why event planners love it


Interactive Experience
Invite attendees to create, connect and participate throughout your event.

Designed for Busy Events
Open-concept activations built to accommodate conferences, trade shows and high-traffic spaces.

Fully Managed
We take care of setup, facilitation and materials, so your team can focus on the event.


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Corporate Family Day Workshops

Corporate Family Day Workshops

An employee and their 12-year-old child laughing together while weaving bright blue event lanyards

 Hands-on, family-friendly workshops that bring employees and their families together through creativity, connection and meaningful participation.


Why families love it



Create Together
Parents and children work side by side on fun, hands-on projects they'll enjoy making together.

Perfect for Company Events
Designed for family days, office picnics, holiday celebrations and employee appreciation events.

Take Home the Memories
Each family creates a unique keepsake to enjoy long after the event.


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Social Impact Workshops

Custom Workshops & Activations

Corporate Family Day Workshops

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Meaningful, hands-on experiences where employees and community participants create together, building connections through creativity, collaboration and shared purpose.


Why organizations love it


Side-by-Side Collaboration
Employees and community participants work together on creative projects that encourage conversation and connection.



Shared Purpose
Build stronger relationships while supporting meaningful community initiatives through hands-on participation.



Create a Lasting Legacy
Leave behind more than memories by helping create projects that continue making an impact beyond the event.

 


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Custom Workshops & Activations

Custom Workshops & Activations

Custom Workshops & Activations

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No two organizations are the same. That's why we design custom workshops and activations tailored to your people, your event and your goals.



Tailored to Your Team

Choose the format, audience, timing and outcomes that best fit your organization.



Designed for Your Event

From employee retreats and conferences to community initiatives, every experience is thoughtfully curated to complement your event.



Bring Your Vision to Life

Have an idea? We'll work with you to transform it into an engaging, hands-on experience.





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Looking for Something Different?

 Every organization is unique. If you have a specific audience, event or idea in mind, we'd love to collaborate with you to design a custom workshop or activation. 

Let's Create Something Together

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Why Our Workshops Are Different

Every Workshop Includes an Impact Report

Every Workshop Includes an Impact Report

 Our workshops are designed to be more than a creative activity. They combine hands-on participation with sustainability, employee engagement and meaningful community impact.


Every workshop is designed to:


  • Create through hands-on upcycling projects. 
  • Reconnect through mindful, screen-free experiences. 
  • Learn practical circular economy ideas that are easy to apply. 
  • Give Back by creating products that can support community organizations and youth programs. 


Explore all 11 workshop experiences in our Workshop Guide.

Every Workshop Includes an Impact Report

Every Workshop Includes an Impact Report

Every Workshop Includes an Impact Report

Your experience doesn't end when the workshop does.

Following your event, you'll receive a professionally designed Impact Report documenting your organization's contribution.



Your report includes:



  • Materials diverted from landfill. 
  • Products created during the workshop. 
  • Community organizations supported. 
  • Photos and highlights from the experience. 
  • Shareable metrics for ESG, CSR and internal communications.

Experience a Free 30-Minute Workshop

 Up to 30 participants. All materials included.  


 Want to experience one of our upcycling workshops firsthand before diving into a full program? 


We offer a completely free, hands-on introductory clipboard workshop for up to 30 people! 


Think of it as a low-risk test drive or an exciting team incentive to kick screen fatigue to the curb and see what circularity feels like in real time.

What’s included in your free trial workshop up to 30 participants:


  • All Materials Provided: We bring all the rigid event signs and components needed to build your custom clipboards.


  • The Perfect 30-Minute Taste: A punchy, fast-paced activation designed to fit perfectly into a lunch hour or team huddle.


  • Up to 30 Participants: Gather your core team members, culture champions, or event planners to give it a try.


  • Zero Long-Term Commitments: We love showing teams how easy it is to do just one thing. If you love it, we can talk about scaling up for your next big corporate event!


Ready to Create Your Experience?

  

 Whether you're planning a conference, employee engagement event, family day or community initiative, we'll help design the right experience for your organization. 




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Every Clipboard Starts with an Event


Recovered conference signs are transformed into durable clipboards that are donated to youth-serving organizations across Canada.


Each clipboard is paired with free printable resources from the Life Skills Hub, extending the impact long after the workshop has ended.

Multiple monthly budget sheets on clipboards with pens.

Frequently Asked Questions About Sustainable Event Education

 Because we focus on active, hands-on creativity that brings people together! Our workshops are designed as a high-energy, physical escape from screen fatigue. While your sustainability teams and climate auditors handle the vital metrics and data behind the scenes, we provide the interactive space where your entire staff can experience circularity firsthand. We get your team laughing, collaborating, and physically crafting something beautiful. It feels like an inspiring creative break-plus, knowing their work directly supports youth mental health through our Life Skills Hub gives them a massive, feel-good sense of purpose they will talk about long after the workshop ends.


 

Because true circularity is about people, not just metrics! Our workshops get your team away from their screens to reduce stress, kick burnout to the curb, and connect over a shared, feel-good community goal. It proves that you don't need to do everything to make an impact-you just need to do one thing.


Absolutely anyone! Our programs are perfectly tailored for corporate teams, HR managers, event planners, university students, and conference attendees. You don’t need to be a data analyst or have any prior experience with sustainability workflows to join the fun. Our workshops are designed to meet your team exactly where they are. 


 We offer both! We host high-energy in-person workshops across Canada, but we also design engaging virtual and hybrid sessions where we ship all the necessary materials straight to your participants' doors ahead of time. 



It’s simple and completely hassle-free. We bring retired rigid event signage and lanyards depending on which workshop you choose, directly to your venue. Then, we guide your team through a fun, hands-on process to transform that waste into beautiful, functional, custom clipboards and art tiles.


 

We are built to fit your schedule! We offer 10-minute micro-activations (perfect for a conference or office coffee break), a punchy 30-minute introductory test drive, or a full 60-minute deep-dive team experience.


 

  • The Custom Clipboards feed straight into our Life Skills Hub, providing youth with physical, practical tools they can use for learning and personal development.
  • The Lanyard Art Tiles are donated to community centers, youth shelters, and mental health programs to help create inspiring, vibrant spaces focused on creativity and healing or our employees can take them home.


 

You get a beautifully designed, shareable breakdown of your team's success! It tracks the exact number of single-use signs or lanyards you rescued from landfills, your total clipboard or art tile count, and transparent details showing which youth groups received your donation. It’s perfect for sharing with your leadership team or posting proudly on LinkedIn!


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