Warm, fun, and impossible to scroll past. The PurrCon Pop Up turns your event floor into the place people talk about after they go home.
"Guards drop. Phones go down. People laugh — the real kind, not the conference kind."
That's what happens when you put something warm, alive, and completely unimpressed by anyone's job title in the middle of your event.
The Purr Effect isn't a metaphor. It's the actual neurological shift that happens when people interact with friendly animals — and KJ has built a whole experience around making that shift happen at scale.
Your attendees leave calmer than they arrived, with a story they tell at dinner and a photo they actually post. Which means your event, your booth, your brand gets carried out the door with them.
Badge scans. Generic swag. Another breakout that blurs into the last one. Most conference attendees are running on decision fatigue and small talk — and most activations just add to the noise instead of cutting through it.
🔬 The science: Just a few minutes of contact with a friendly animal measurably lowers cortisol (the stress hormone) and raises oxytocin (the bonding hormone) — the same shift researchers see in animal-assisted therapy settings. Scale that moment up to a room full of strangers, and something bigger happens.
People stop scrolling, start talking to each other, and remember your brand was the reason they felt human again that day.
We work alongside you to mix and match team building, hands-on making, and KJ's signature talk to fit your event, your audience, and your floor plan.
This is what it looks like when a crowd of strangers stops performing and just laughs together. That's not a happy accident — it's what happens every time.
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A quiet corner of your event floor becomes a full-on kitten therapy session — real, adoptable kittens, hand-picked for temperament, in a space KJ and her team have spent years perfecting for calm, safety, and cuteness overload.
The Pop Up isn't a first draft — it's the same energy KJ has been running for years at PurrCon, the convention she built from scratch inside one of the Midwest's largest pop culture expos.
KJ spent 13 years co-hosting the Smiley Morning Show on WZPL-FM, one of the top-rated Hot AC morning shows in a top-30 market — over a decade of reading a room of strangers in real time, every single day. She's interviewed a sitting U.S. President, Oscar winners, and the casts of TV's biggest shows.
She was a key member of growing PopCon to 30,000+ attendees, then founded PurrCon inside the Midwest's largest pop culture event — growing it into a packed experience with sold-out VIP access and celebrity guests. She hosts Pet Pals TV, reaching 40 million households nationally.
Priced around activity mix, group size, and event length. Tell KJ about your event and she'll build a Pop Up that fits your floor plan and your audience.
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