Events with Purpose. Partnerships with Impact.

A Holistic Approach

We foster partnerships between clients, businesses, and organizations to inspire event attendees to leave with a purpose.

Our work has a long-standing record of the highest level of intentionality and creativity. We are a team of diverse, creative, and dynamic strategists who enjoy building incredible experiences and partnerships for our clients. Social good is at the heart of everything we do—every decision we make, every customer we work with, and every employee we hire. It’s all part of a larger commitment to our planet, our people, and our community. We include all, we hear all, and we embrace all.

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An Interview with Our Founder

David Adler, from BizBash, interviews Patty Padilla, 196 Founder and CEO, at The Kennedy Center on September 27, 2016 for Collaborate America award show.

SEforALL Forum

Ethereal San Francisco

World Food Programme

UN General Assembly Week

NWLC Gala

Ethereal Davos

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What Our Clients are Saying

Thank you for all your creativity and hard work in producing this memorable dinner and for helping our team create an event worthy of its important mission: to create a safer, greener future for all.

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.

Governor of California

196 is synonymous with competence and creativity. The team has the expertise to understand every nuance necessary to execute an ideal event, plus they think outside the box and go the extra mile, bringing ideas and experiences to our events that we hadn’t even thought to ask for.

Amanda Gutterman

Chief Marketing Officer, ConsenSys

196 combines creativity with organizational wizardry. The team are top flight event organizers, capable of masterminding everything from the concept, goals and big picture to every detail.

Cynthia Guyer

Executive Director, Global Dignity, NYC

TruffleCon would be nothing without 196. Their strategic mindset coupled with their experience and intuition day of, gave us an extremely well produced conference and made our inaugural event a success. They will always be our go-to production team. We won’t host another conference without 196.

Tim Coulter

Founder & CEO, Truffle Suite

Partnering with 196 is without a doubt one of the best decisions NWLC made for our signature event. We brought them in at the last minute and they were able to step in as if they had been along for the entire journey. They are highly professional, have an unparalleled eye for design, and gave our team a sense of calm and direction throughout the process. What’s more, across the board we heard from our discerning and diverse audience that this is one of the most meaningful events they had attended and that they saw themselves in our mission and in our work.

Mary-Frances Wain

Senior Vice President of External Affairs, National Women’s Law Center

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