Why play with us?


Playful Campus is comprised of Paul Miller and Dawn Daria, a delightful husband and wife team. We each bring different skill sets forming a powerful and unique approach.

For many years, we operated under the name Flow Circus. In 2024, we rebranded to better communicate our goal of creating more playful campuses to benefit students and staff.

Since 2017, we've produced Flop Ball brand handsacks to make kinetic skills development and related mindfulness and resilience messaging more accessible and adaptable to the organizations we serve.

Paul Miller and Dawn Daria - Playful Campus

We're based in Raleigh, North Carolina and travel internationally to present, train, and consult.

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Paul Miller, Co-Founder & CEO
Play personalities: Joker & Mover
Education: B.S. Accounting - Bentley University

Contact me (paul@playfulcampus.com) to talk about juggling, Flop Ball tricks or production, comedy, performance, or business. Yes, I did get an accounting degree and although I didn’t go the traditional path - I do love building and growing our business.

Why we play
I learned to juggle in high school and it changed my life. I’m not exaggerating. Before that, I had a lot of misdirected creative energy. Juggling gave me confidence, a sense of agency, and a tool for connecting with others.

There is nothing I enjoy more of sharing the experience of someone feeling juggling for the very first time.
Dawn Daria, Co-Founder & Education Director
Play personalities: Explorer & Director
Education: M.Ed. Secondary Education - UMASS Amherst
B.S. Psychology and Philosophy - University of Scranton

Contact me (dawn@playfulcampus.com)  to talk about programming, the benefits of play on well-being, my latest read, or my favorite places to visit (at least on this particular day).

Why we play
The learning/play integration thread runs deep for me. I “played school” as a kid - my brother was the teacher & I took tests for fun. So I guess it’s no surprise that I became a teacher.

And even as a teacher, I embraced “playful pedagogy” even though I didn’t know that as a term at the time. I’ve always believed that “learning can and should be fun.”

It results in more engaged students, better results from them, and I enjoy it more.