The 3 Biggest Things to Remember When Planning Your Company Holiday Party

By David | November 15, 2016 |

Corporate holiday party planning Congratulations! You’ve volunteered (or perhaps been unceremoniously assigned) the task of planning an office holiday party for your group, department, or the entire company. It’s a big job, as you undoubtedly know. Maybe you’ve done it before, or quite possibly this is your first time doing it. Either way, I commend…

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The 2016 Election: A Note on Bringing People Together

By David | November 9, 2016 |

Team building event ideas Let me begin by stating this isn’t intended to be a political message, difficult as that is to do on a day like today. I’m more than happy to share my personal beliefs in private, or on my personal Facebook wall – however, here on my work blog I must emphasize…

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15 Ways to Ensure Your Company Holiday Party Doesn’t Suck

By David | November 7, 2016 |

Holiday party planning tips It’s November, which means it’s time once again to get the annual office holiday party set up. Actually, as a corporate party entertainer in Long Beach California, I’ve been getting calls already for the past few weeks from folks who are putting their events together. It’s a busy time for you,…

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Trivia Questions For: Pat Kiernan, NY1 Anchor & Veteran Game Show Host

By David | November 2, 2016 |

NYC trivia host Pat Kiernan It’s time once again for an edition of my “Trivia Questions For…” series, where I get to interview notable experts, thought leaders, performers and personalities across the entire spectrum of TrivWorks-related fields: corporate event entertainment, employee team building, workplace issues, brand engagement, training, trivia/gaming, humor and more. I’ve been directing…

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7 Ways to Keep Your Corporate Event Vendor Expenses Down

By David | October 26, 2016 |

Team building activities Manhattan It’s that time of year again, when people are seeking ideas for company holiday party entertainment in NYC and elsewhere. It’s also prime time for year-end training and group bonding activities, either to mark the end of a successful quarter, or to properly kick off the next one. No matter the…

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Trivia Team Building Events: What Can Your Group Expect?

By David | October 21, 2016 |

Team building ideas Long Beach California Last week, I had the honor of producing and hosting a company trivia party in Los Angeles. It was for a terrific group, a tech company called GumGum headquartered in Santa Monica. I took an Uber up from our office in Long Beach, got there in about a half…

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Trivia Questions For: Christian Finnegan, Comedian/Trivia Lover

By David | October 14, 2016 |

Corporate Party Entertainment Ideas NYC This post is part of my “Trivia Questions For…” interview series, where I have the pleasure of asking thought leaders, event professionals, team building experts, New York corporate entertainers and more questions which are on peoples’ minds. It’s been a little while since I’ve visited this series, and I’m kicking…

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Trivia Questions For: Ryan Oakes, Award-Winning Illusionist/Mentalist

By David | October 10, 2016 |

Corporate event entertainment NYC Ryan Oakes It’s been quite a while since I last published an interview for my “Trivia Questions For…” series, where I get to sit down with leading events industry experts, team building professionals, trivia lovers and corporate event entertainers in New York City and beyond. I’ll be re-igniting this series in…

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6 Things to Avoid When Planning Team Building Activities for Millennials

By David | October 4, 2016 |

Millennial team building activities I’ve avoided writing posts like this in the past, and for several good reasons. I am neither a social psychologist, nor a market researcher; I have conducted no randomized double-blind studies, collected no empirical evidence, analyzed no meta data. But perhaps the most glaring reason I’ve refrained from these sorts of…

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PRESS RELEASE! TrivWorks Announces New Line of Trivia-Based Corporate Training Programs

By David | September 29, 2016 |

Corporate training improvisation trivia Some exciting news to share! After seven years of producing trivia team building activities, TrivWorks has now expanded to offer practical corporate training courses to companies nationwide! Partnering with corporate trainer/program designer and improvisation coach Rob Schiffmann, we have developed a series of innovative skills-focused workshops, built around a fully-customized, laugh-filled…

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TrivWorks Founder Confessions: Why Did I Start My Own Business?

By David | September 23, 2016 |

Corporate team building company NYC I typically use this blog to publish articles and resources which I think would be helpful to event planners, whether they are seeking to produce group bonding activities in New York City, corporate party entertainment, conference/meeting breaks, holiday party entertainment or any similar event. However, occasionally I like to delve…

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I’ve Never Planned a Team Building Event Before – What Do I Do?

By David | September 21, 2016 |

Team building activities Long Beach California Here’s something which has cropped up a lot recently, enough that I’ve decided to write a blog post about it. Somebody calls me up, seeking information about producing corporate group bonding events Long Beach or elsewhere. But before I can even get into describing our services, they tack on,…

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