By Paul Bryant Birdwell | paul@roaringforkagency.com | 415-730-4854
The Roaring Fork Agency — www.roaringforkagency.com — is excited to be working with Candice S. Pascoal and her growing portfolio of properties, including UnBoxMe Experiences, the UnBoxMe Dialogues, Accidental Tribes — www.accidentaltribes.com — the #DreamBold campaign, New York gatherings, podcast content and Candice’s international speaking platform, to develop corporate sponsorship partnerships around one of the more unusual collections of intellectual, cultural, educational and social-impact assets we have encountered.
This is not simply an event looking for sponsors.
It is not simply a book launch.
It is not simply a podcast.
And it is certainly not simply another opportunity to put a company logo somewhere.
What Candice S. Pascoal has built is an interconnected portfolio reaching global thought leaders, innovators, founders, investors and cultural figures on one end — and teenagers, parents, educators and schools on the other.
That combination creates some fascinating possibilities for companies that want to associate themselves with ideas, technology, education, purpose, human connection and the next generation.
Who Is Candice S. Pascoal?
Candice S. Pascoal - Award-Winning Tech for Good Entrepreneur. Bestselling Author.
New Book Release: Accidental Tribes - www.accidentaltribes.com - September 22, 2026
Candice Pascoal’s background is unusual enough that it helps explain how this portfolio came together.
She is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, technology innovator and international speaker whose career has crossed technology, entrepreneurship, philanthropy and social impact.
She has lived and worked internationally, done business across more than 90 countries, founded the crowdfunding platform Kickante, and received the Cartier Women’s Initiative Award in 2017. She is also the founder of UnBoxMe and Alfredus Creatives and has served on the Board of the United Nations International School in New York.
Her first book reached more than three million readers. Her newest book, Accidental Tribes, launches nationally on September 22, 2026 through Prospera Books.
But what makes the sponsorship opportunity particularly interesting is not simply Candice’s résumé.
It is the collection of communities and properties she has built around it.
UnBoxMe: Brands Do Not Simply Advertise to This Community
UnBoxMe may be the most distinctive piece of the portfolio.
Originally developed as RedBoxMe in collaboration with Cartier, the community has evolved into the independent UnBoxMe Experiences platform.
The concept is a modern Agora — bringing philosophers, scientists, investors, innovators, entrepreneurs, artists, authors, philanthropists and other accomplished people together for serious conversations about questions that technology alone cannot answer.
The format has already existed both digitally and in person, including a collaboration with Cartier that transformed the brand’s Fifth Avenue flagship Maison in New York into a gathering space for the community.
That history matters enormously from an RFA sponsorship perspective.
Because UnBoxMe demonstrates something that many brands spend millions of dollars trying to accomplish:
Create genuine affinity rather than simply buying attention.
This is not a community built around impressions.
It is built around access, ideas, thoughtful conversation and human connection.
The sponsorship philosophy expressed in the UnBoxMe materials is especially compelling: the brands likely to matter to this community are not necessarily those that show up with the largest logo, but those willing to bring a genuine point of view and substance to the conversation.
That is an entirely different sponsorship proposition.
There Is Already Evidence That This Approach Works
The former RedBoxMe community was asked what the experience meant to them as the platform transitioned to UnBoxMe.
Eighty-two members responded.
Among the most frequently identified emotions were:
Inspiration — 77 members
Belonging — 66 members
Pride in contributing to a niche community — 56 members
Calmness / a break from the noise — 48 members
Curiosity about a brand’s heritage — 40 members
That last point is particularly interesting to sponsors.
One member went even further, explaining that experiencing the community actually changed how she felt about Cartier and made her feel more drawn to the brand because she had now experienced Cartier in a meaningful way.
That is exactly what great sponsorship is supposed to do.
Not simply create awareness.
Create a relationship.
The UnBoxMe Dialogues
The next evolution is the UnBoxMe Dialogues, a live conversation series hosted by Candice.
The subjects are big.
Identity.
Technology.
Attention.
Legacy.
Artificial intelligence.
Purpose.
Philanthropy.
Narrative.
Humanity.
And the guest list is equally unusual.
Among the participants and announced guests are:
Dr. James McCabe — poet, philosopher and professor — exploring what thousands of years of philosophy can teach us about the modern attention economy.
Kodo Nishimura — monk and author of This Monk Wears Heels — examining identity and approval.
H.H. Princess Arwa Al Saud — discussing inheritance, tradition, technology and building a new chapter.
Jeff Gomez — narrative architect whose work has touched major global entertainment franchises — exploring the power of stories to shape what society imagines and builds.
Janna Salokangas — founder of MIA — discussing whether artificial intelligence can ultimately make us more human.
H.E. Claudia Pinto — a philanthropy and sustainability leader in Dubai — exploring whether kindness can become a form of currency.
The program brings together people who would ordinarily inhabit completely different worlds and puts them into the same intellectual conversation.
That alone creates a remarkable corporate partnership platform.
Who Is in the Room?
This is another reason UnBoxMe stands apart.
Its materials describe the community as invitation-only and intentionally intergenerational, with participants that can include royals and heirs, economists, founders, investors, cultural figures, philanthropists, institutional thinkers, scientists, researchers, philosophers and authors.
There are many events where a company can buy a ticket.
There are many conferences where a company can buy a booth.
There are considerably fewer places where a company can become meaningfully associated with a curated conversation among people it might otherwise never have assembled in the same room.
That is the opportunity.
New York City — In Person
UnBoxMe also brings the digital community into physical spaces.
A series of in-person gatherings is planned in New York City during the week of September 20, 2026, extending the Dialogues into an environment where the community can meet face-to-face.
From a sponsorship perspective, this adds an experiential layer.
Imagine a luxury brand hosting an intimate conversation.
A financial institution bringing clients into a room built around generational purpose.
A premium travel company connecting with globally minded guests.
A technology company supporting a thoughtful discussion about what remains uniquely human in an age of AI.
A private bank or wealth-management company supporting conversations about inheritance, purpose and legacy.
A professional-services company helping convene the people thinking about the institutions of the future.
This is not conventional hospitality.
It is intellectual hospitality.
Accidental Tribes: A Completely Different Audience — and Another Major Sponsorship Platform
At almost exactly the same time, Candice is launching something entirely different.
Accidental Tribes is her new Young Adult novel for readers ages 13–18, launching September 22, 2026 through Prospera Books.
Accidental Tribes - www.accidentaltribes.com
The story follows eight teenagers who are thrown together after hacked grades, viral games, anonymous accounts, AI-generated humiliation and other digital-age problems send them into a forgotten classroom called Solitaria.
What begins as punishment develops into a mystery — but underneath the plot is a much larger conversation about how teenagers are growing up online.
Identity.
Belonging.
Attention.
AI.
Cyberbullying.
Friendship.
Social status.
Grief.
Purpose.
Digital citizenship.
And perhaps most importantly:
Are young people going to become passive consumers of the technological future — or its creators?
That is at the heart of Accidental Tribes.
The current Accidental Tribes platform also includes free educational materials addressing AI, online identity, cyberbullying, gaming, digital attention, belonging, peer pressure and media literacy.
That gives sponsors an entirely different way to participate.
The Accidental Tribes Ecosystem
This is much more than putting a book onto store shelves.
The broader platform includes:
The Accidental Tribes novel
National book launch
Amazon and Ingram distribution
School and library outreach
Common Core-aligned educator materials
Free classroom resources
Reader activities
Podcast content
Teen participation
Parent engagement
Digital citizenship conversations
The #DreamBold campaign
Book-gifting opportunities for foster children and underserved young people
The official Accidental Tribes site is also creating ways for readers to go beyond the book itself — completing activities, interacting with the story world and thinking about the difference between being a technological consumer and becoming a creator.
For a company interested in education, youth, technology, responsible AI, digital citizenship, creativity or opportunity, this creates a substantial national platform.
#DreamBold: Turn the Book Into a Movement
Then there is #DreamBold.
The concept is beautifully simple:
Ask young people to tell the world what they dream of doing.
Not what an algorithm tells them to watch.
Not what somebody else says they should become.
What they want to create.
The current campaign invites people to submit a dream, share it publicly and rally others around it, with winning dreams receiving Accidental Tribes Book Dream Awards. The campaign runs from the September 22 book launch through December 31, 2026.
That changes the sponsorship proposition again.
A company can move from sponsoring content to helping young people actually pursue something.
Imagine the possibilities around:
Dream Awards
Youth Entrepreneurship
Technology and Coding
Music
Film
Design
Community Projects
Science
Education
Creative Arts
Young Inventors
Future Careers
Books for Underserved Young People
A corporation backing #DreamBold is not simply telling teenagers to dream.
It can help give some of those dreams their first push toward reality.
That is a story brands can tell.
One Portfolio — Several Completely Different Doors
This is what makes Candice’s collection of properties so unusual from the perspective of the Roaring Fork Agency.
A sponsor does not have to participate in everything.
But it can.
A luxury company might find UnBoxMe and the New York gatherings most relevant.
A private bank or wealth-management company might gravitate toward UnBoxMe conversations around legacy and generational purpose.
A technology company could participate in both UnBoxMe’s AI conversations and Accidental Tribes’ discussion of technology and the next generation.
An education company could focus on schools, educators and #DreamBold.
A financial institution might support youth dreams while also engaging the senior executives, entrepreneurs and families inside the broader portfolio.
A hotel, airline or premium travel company could participate around the New York gatherings and international community.
A professional-services company could support the Dialogues, thought leadership and Candice’s speaking platform.
And a truly aligned national corporate partner could potentially create a portfolio-wide relationship.
Potential Corporate Partnership Opportunities
Depending on the sponsor and the final approved structure, potential partnerships can be developed around:
UnBoxMe Series Partnership
UnBoxMe Dialogue Partnership
Individual Convening Host
New York Gathering Partnership
Generational Purpose & Impact Partnership
Artificial Intelligence & Humanity Partnership
Philanthropy and Purpose Partnership
Accidental Tribes National Launch Partnership
Accidental Tribes Education Partnership
Digital Citizenship Partnership
School and Educator Partnership
Book Access / Book Donation Partnership
#DreamBold Presenting Partnership
Dream Award Partnership
Youth Creativity Partnership
Podcast Partnership
Content Partnership
Candice Pascoal Keynote / Speaking Partnerships
Customized Multi-Property Corporate Partnerships
The strongest relationships will probably not begin with a sponsorship menu.
They will begin with a question:
What is the company trying to accomplish?
Then we can build around it.
Some Brands Need More Than Reach
Reach matters.
Impressions matter.
Attendance matters.
Digital views matter.
But certain brands are increasingly searching for something else:
Meaning.
They want to be associated with the right conversation.
They want access to people they value.
They want experiences their clients remember.
They want to support causes employees care about.
They want to be relevant to emerging generations.
They want to participate in important cultural questions without feeling like they purchased their way into them.
That is where this portfolio becomes particularly interesting.
UnBoxMe offers depth and influence.
Accidental Tribes offers youth, education and a national story.
#DreamBold offers participation and impact.
The podcast provides ongoing content.
The New York gatherings provide physical experience.
Candice’s speaking creates another corporate entry point.
Together, they create something much larger.
Different Generations. The Same Fundamental Question.
There is also an interesting thread connecting everything Candice is building.
UnBoxMe asks accomplished adults to think more deeply about who they are, what they are building and what they will pass forward.
Accidental Tribes asks teenagers to think about who they are becoming and whether technology will shape their future — or they will.
#DreamBold asks them to name the future they actually want.
Those may sound like different audiences.
But they are really different stages of the same conversation.
What are you going to do with your life, your influence, your talent and your opportunity?
That is a substantial platform for corporate sponsorship.
The Time to Build These Partnerships Is Now
The timing is immediate.
The UnBoxMe Dialogues are underway.
The New York gatherings begin during the week of September 20.
Accidental Tribes launches nationally September 22.
The #DreamBold campaign begins with that launch and continues through the end of 2026.
And corporate marketing budgets for 2027 are being established right now.
That creates opportunities for both immediate partnerships and larger relationships that extend well beyond this fall.
The Roaring Fork Agency believes the most interesting conversation is not simply:
“Would you sponsor this event?”
It is:
“Which part of this world should your company become part of — and what can we build together?”
If you have any questions about sponsoring UnBoxMe Experiences, the UnBoxMe Dialogues, Accidental Tribes, #DreamBold, the New York gatherings, podcast programming, Candice S. Pascoal’s speaking platform or creating a customized partnership across multiple properties, reach out to Paul Bryant Birdwell anytime at ——> 415 730 - 4854 or paul@roaringforkagency.com
Accidental Tribes — www.accidentaltribes.com
National Book Launch — September 22, 2026
UnBoxMe Experiences / UnBoxMe Dialogues
New York City
#DreamBold
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