Posts by David

We are thrilled to share that TrivWorks has launched a new service offering: TrivWorks Emcee Bureau! Responding to demand from people seeking a Master of Ceremonies for events of ALL types, not just trivia, we have made our roster of professional corporate emcees available to planners of ANY type of function! Check out our new…

Much has been written on this blog about who and what TrivWorks should be hired to entertain. I’ve delved into such topics as who my service offerings work for and who they don’t, why people should hire me, and why they shouldn’t. But I’ve never touched upon this one, which I think is no less…

Not long ago I was on the phone with Christian Finnegan, celebrity comedian and trivia host extraordinaire, whom I’ve had the honor of working with for almost 10 years now. Like the other “name” emcees I’m blessed to collaborate with, I truly value my relationship with Christian. He brings to the table a world of…

It’s been a little while since my last blog post – in fact, this is my first post of 2024, if you can believe it. Understandable, since I’ve been slammed producing and hosting corporate trivia events all over the country since the start of holiday party season back in November. The point is, I’ve been…

I wrote a blog post earlier this month about people who’ve been inquiring about my company trivia hosting services recently, and how I’ve sensed a growing trend towards what I’d call “extreme rudeness” in the marketplace. While I do think many people today have an easier time “ghosting” corporate entertainment vendors and other professional service…

I’m not sure if it’s just me, but recently I’ve experienced a sharp uptick in what I’d characterize as “extreme rudeness.” In the past few weeks alone, I’ve endured the following: A person called me up inquiring about producing not one, but two company holiday party trivia events – big parties, 250 people each, one…

Well, it finally happened. After three and a half years, hundreds of disposable masks, gallons of hand sanitizer and diligent social distancing, I suppose it was really just a matter of time. I got Covid. As one of the last holdouts I know who’s managed to avoid the virus, this once-in-a-century phenomenon which completely disrupted…

My family and friends know about my unique job as a corporate trivia emcee, and as such I’m sometimes asked to partake in public speaking roles: giving toasts, introducing events, that sort of thing. I was recently asked to emcee my synagogue’s annual fundraising gala, which was a TON of fun (my 11-year old daughter…

I haven’t had the chance to post much here on the TrivWorks blog recently, and for good reason: I’ve been trapped in a cascading series of travel fiascos. It began last week, when I woke up at 2am to catch an early flight out of LAX Airport headed to Montreal. I hailed an Uber and…

Last Monday, I encountered something which blew my mind. I was in Manhattan for a 140-person corporate trivia event in New York City, which was to be hosted that evening by comedian, podcaster & former NPR Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg, whom I’ve had an event partnership with for many years now. As I…

This past week, I got to host a corporate trivia event in New York City onsite in the office, as well as attend another larger one I set up emceed by Ophira Eisenberg, longtime comedian and former host of NPR’s Ask Me Another whom I’ve been working with for many years now. Since moving to…

To be honest, I don’t do a whole lot of private trivia parties. Besides not being a core part of my mission – I founded TrivWorks in 2009 specifically as a corporate entertainment and team building vendor, in direct response to the global financial crisis – there’s a ton of challenges and moving parts with…

Team building has a bad reputation. That’s a big part of why I founded my company, TrivWorks, in the first place back in 2009. Like you, I was made to participate in many a forced employee bonding activity – most of which felt contrived, cheesy, and of dubious effectiveness fostering group cohesion. Let’s be honest,…

I sat down at my desk recently, and decided to do some competitive research for the first time in a little while. Pretending I was a prospective client, I plunked some relevant keywords into the Google search bar, just to see what came up. Needless to say, I was quite taken aback. Given my decidedly…

As I sit here at my desk working through the details of several upcoming in-person events, I can’t help but reflect on how far things have come since Covid-19 first shut everything down in March 2020. Like everyone else, I was forced in an instant to adapt to the new reality of virtual work, and…