Posts by David
Where Did the Name “TrivWorks” Come From?
Trivia company New York City In six years of blogging, I’m not sure if I’ve ever addressed this particular topic directly – so here it goes. Very often I’ll be skimming through a service I subscribe to called HARO, which stands for “Help a Reporter Out.” I used to work in public relations before going…
Read MoreCase Study: Conference Entertainment – Aboard a Chartered Yacht!
Conference entertainment activities San Diego This week, I was fortunate enough to participate in something really, really cool: a conference entertainment event in San Diego, aboard a massive luxury chartered Hornblower cruise ship! This is actually something I’ve had in mind to do for quite a while, and I’m thrilled I was actually able to…
Read MoreCase Study: Pulling Off a Last-Minute Corporate Entertainment Event
Los Angeles corporate trivia party On Monday afternoon this past week, as I was working in my office in Long Beach, California, my phone rang. It was somebody inquiring about company party entertainment in Southern California, specifically looking for a trivia company in Los Angeles specializing in corporate events to entertain about 200 employees. “You’re…
Read MoreThe Delicate Art of Corporate Event Customization
Customized corporate party entertainment When it comes to entertaining corporate groups in Southern California, New York City and everywhere in between, every office, every department and every team is different. As a vendor of such services, I deal with all types. Sometimes the person who reaches out to me with the initial inquiry is the…
Read MoreCorporate Team Building: Structured Fun, or Just…Fun?
Fun group bonding activities NYC For almost as long as I can remember, I’ve gone to Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. For those of you not familiar, Sammy’s isn’t just a steakhouse – it’s an experience. First of all, it’s not really “Roumanian” – it’s actually a Jewish steakhouse, if…
Read MoreA Corporate Trivia Event Producer’s Biggest Job: Making It Easy for Everybody
Corporate trivia parties This past week, TrivWorks put on a big trivia party for a corporate group in Manhattan. The client was a MAJOR global philanthropy, and wanted to kick of 2017 on the right foot by throwing a raucous, laugh-filled experience for all 160 of their employees, who work so hard to achieve the…
Read MoreEvent Entertainment Case Study: What Good is a Great Product Without Great Service?
Corporate entertainment companies NYC I love movies. My wife, kids and I enjoy going to the movie theater, as well as participating in “family movie night” where we cram onto the couch together for an evening in (I make excellent popcorn – one of my very few culinary feats). So it seemed natural that I…
Read MoreTrivWorks: Looking Ahead Towards 2017 & Beyond
Corporate theme parties trivia Today is my daughter’s fifth birthday. Eagle-eyed readers of this blog will notice that exactly five years ago this month, I also took the plunge of taking TrivWorks, my trivia company for corporate events, from a part-time side gig to my full-time job (read more here). Needless to say, I’ve had…
Read MoreIntroducing: TrivWorks’ Mission Statement
Corporate trivia company As 2016 draws to a close, I have been reflecting deeply upon just what it is that I want for the year ahead: for my company, for my clients, for my colleagues, and for me, personally. A huge part of this introspection has been not only visualizing where I want to go,…
Read MoreA Day in the Life of TrivWorks’ Founder & CEO
Trivia hosting corporate events NYC Today is a special day for me. Exactly five years ago on this date, I left the security and stability of employment at a nonprofit organization, in order to take TrivWorks full-time. It was both an exhilarating and terrifying time. Up until that point I had, for the previous six…
Read More10 Tips for Keeping Your Event Safe
Corporate entertainment event safety For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with safety. I can’t tell you why, only that for whatever reason, I’ve got highly refined protective instincts. My friends and family have even come up with a nickname for me: “Safety Dave.” What makes me Safety Dave? I’m always on…
Read MoreDoes it Matter if Your Employees Never Interact with Each Other?
NYC Group Bonding Ideas My path to becoming a corporate events professional specializing in trivia team building activities in New York City was anything but straight. People who know me well know this, and I’ve written about it many times here on my blog over the years. I never had any focus or direction growing…
Read MoreCorporate Party Entertainment: How Much is Too Much?
Corporate trivia party Los Angeles I attended a bar mitzvah recently. I hadn’t been to one in years – in fact, I can probably count on one hand the number I’ve attended over the past two decades. So I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I got there. It was absolutely amazing. I mean,…
Read MoreA Guide to Serving Food & Beverage at Corporate Entertainment Events
Corporate event entertainment food beverage This one’s been coming up a lot lately, and especially now that we’re about to enter office holiday party season, I suspect it will continue to be raised. The issue: what do we do about serving food and beverages at corporate events? At first glance, it may seem like a…
Read MoreOffice Group Bonding Tip: Converting Frustration into Collaboration
Team Building activities collaboration I’ve written a lot here on my blog over the years on the topic of frustration. It’s not going to come as a surprise for me to tell you that the workplace can be a pressure cooker of disagreements, resentments, poor communication, and ineffective teamwork. If you’re reading this, you may…
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