Playmaker Playdate 2025

Join us for our annual Playmaker Playdate on Saturday, September 13th, in Beverly, MA. Your ticket includes a keynote, presentations from Playmakers like you, beach views, food, fun, and swag (including an exclusive Playdate Tee)!

Saturday, September 13th: 9 AM - 5 PM EST at the Wylie Inn and Conference Center in Beverly, MA

Playdate 2025 will include:

• A morning keynote with a special Playmaker speaker
• Multiple peer-to-peer learning lessons led by your fellow Playmakers
• Fun activities and games for networking and social connection with our community
• Breakfast, lunch, and all-day snacks!

Announcing our keynote speaker: Dr. Meena Julapalli!

Dr. Meena Julapalli is a pediatric dermatologist in Houston, TX, and a joyologist in the school of life — one whose calling is to help people discover, cultivate, and share the joy of their unique gifts. She is the founder of The Joyful Path, whose mission is to guide people, especially children, to build the intuition of how to nourish their mind, body, and soul so that they may live, love, and serve generously with an open heart, intention, and purpose. Dr. Meena is the author of two award-winning, bestselling children’s books about joy -- "Listen To The Song In My Heart" and "Bluebird, Oh Bluebird, What Makes Your Heart Sing." She is also a mindset coach for kids, Reiki master, HeartMath practitioner, world explorer (she has been to all 7 continents, all 50 states), avid hiker, meditator, sound healer/instrumentalist, and amateur swing dancer.

Schedule details to Come Soon!

Accommodations/Transportation

The Wylie Inn & Conference Center is located about 30 miles north of Boston and is easily accessible by car. Parking is available on-site for free. Additionally, it is a short Uber or cab ride from the Beverly stop on the MBTA Newburyport/Rockport Commuter rail line. The Wylie Inn offers hotel rooms that are a 2 minute walk from our Playdate event.

Hotel rooms are currently available at the Wylie Inn & Conference Center (subject to change) for the night before our event (Friday, September 12th) at $239/night for a Standard Petite Queen or a Handicap Accessible Queen. If you are interested, call the Wylie Inn & Conference Center at 978-867-1800 and identify yourself as part of the Playmaker Project room block. Room availability is first-come, first-serve.

Additional hotels in the area include:

• The Cabot Lodge (use promo code "CREW" to save 10% on your room)
• The Beverly Hotel
• The Cove Hotel
• Best Western Plus North Shore

Tickets

Pricing:

Early Bird special (available now until June 6th, 11:59 PM EST): $75

Regular tickets (available from June 6th to August 15th, 11:59 PM EST): $100

The ticket registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and a swag item. Tickets do not include hotel or travel accommodations. Registration is limited to 100 Playmakers, so we encourage you to purchase your tickets as soon you possible!

Registration & Cancellation Policy

Ticket payments and fees are refundable up to 30 days prior to our event. We do understand life happens and we want you to take care of yourself! The Life is Good Playmaker Project (LIGPP) will try to take into account any extenuating circumstances that result in cancellation and may allow your fee to be applied to a future event within 6 months. We cannot guarantee fee postponement beyond 6 months of the originally planned event.

Questions

If you have any questions, please email support@playmakerproject.org.

More Information can be found here.