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Contest Announcement! Win VIP Tickets to Pat Kiernan’s Holiday Trivia Party at The Bell House
Pat Kiernan Trivia Google Local New York We are less than a month away from TrivWorks’ final large-scale public trivia night of 2013, “Pat Kiernan’s Holiday Trivia Party” at The Bell House on November 13th. We’re delighted to announce a new contest held in partnership with Google Local New York to provide a select number…
Read MoreBook Recommendation: ‘Now I Know: The Revealing Stories Behind the World’s Most Interesting Facts’
Now I Know If you enjoy trivia – and chances are, if you’re reading this blog post you do – then there’s a new book I’d like to recommend: Now I Know: The Revealing Stories Behind the World’s Most Interesting Facts. A new release by author Dan Lewis, Now I Know is a book adaptation of…
Read MoreSOLD OUT Gothamist Trivia to Feature Great Prizes, Specialty Cocktails!
Gothamist trivia night cocktails Tomorrow is Gothamist’s first-ever trivia night, a unique brand engagement event which TrivWorks has the honor of helping produce! The event is now SOLD OUT – however, for ticket holders we will have plenty of Gothamist-themed fun in store, starting with a custom-made list of specialty cocktails! Take your pick from:…
Read MoreIs Team Building an Exercise in Futility?
Corporate team building exercises I’m closing out a week of posts about what I as a NYC team building professional see wrong with my chosen professional niche, including the silly name and the fact that nobody gets excited at the prospect of doing group bonding. I’m a passionate defender of these activities, and a champion…
Read More3 Ways to Make Employee Team Building Exercises More Palatable
Employee team building exercises I’ve been going on a tear lately about what’s wrong with employee team building, in NYC where I am as well as other parts of the country/world. As a passionate enthusiast for creating memorable experiences designed to recognize & reward hard-working staff, I know how effective appropriate, well-planned group bonding activities…
Read MoreCan We Please Stop Calling Them ‘Team Building Exercises?’
Team building exercises I wrote recently about how much the phrase “team building” stinks – thanks to decades of lame activities and pop culture references, just the utterance of those two words is enough to make any staff member’s skin crawl. But believe it or not, there’s something worse: “team building exercises.” Who came up…
Read MoreGothamist Twitter Poll Results Are In! The Most Egregious Subway Etiquette Violation Is…
Gothamist trivia night Twitter poll We are 2 weeks away from Gothamist’s 1st-ever trivia night, being held Wednesday, October 2nd at The Bell House – to help get you pumped, Gothamist issued the following query earlier today to their Twitter followers: SUBWAY ETIQUETTE POLL: We’ve announced 10/2 #GothamistTrivia for REAL NYers who ride the…
Read MoreANNOUNCED! Pat Kiernan’s Holiday Trivia Party – 11/13 at The Bell House
Pat Kiernan holiday trivia We are delighted to share that Pat Kiernan, longtime NY1 morning news anchor, former host of VH1’s “The World Series of Pop Culture” and TrivWorks “Special Host,” will be returning to The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn for his very last public trivia night of 2013: Pat Kiernan’s Holiday Trivia Party!…
Read MoreThe Idea Behind Corporate Team Building: Staff Gets to Know Each Other, Not Just Be Entertained
Ideas for corporate team building What’s the difference between a staff entertainment event and a team building activity? After all, both are intended to recognize and reward hard-working employees, as well as boost morale and hopefully foster their loyalty in a competitive economic environment. Let me first start by saying I’m a huge fan of…
Read MoreHere’s an Employee Team Building Idea: Don’t Call It “Team Building”
Employee team building ideas I’m the owner of a team building company in New York City – meaning I am a passionate enthusiast of creating fun and memorable experiences for others, as well as an advocate for employees – especially “worker bees” below the managerial level. I’ve turned my background in professional event planning and…
Read MoreBeyond Physical Activities: For NYC Corporate Team Building, Ideas Matter
NYC corporate team building ideas Today’s knowledge workers – especially top performers – are essentially a smart group of free agents, and for managers looking for NYC corporate team building ideas that encourage staff loyalty and retention, it’s important to meet these employees’ high expectations. There is no shortage of options when it comes to…
Read More7 Useful Tips for Securing the Perfect NYC Christmas Party Venue
NYC Christmas party venues BizBash, the leading media resource for the professional events industry, recently published a great list of new NYC holiday party venues. However, what’s a great venue if you can’t book it for YOUR company’s party? The Big Apple is a crowded, competitive place, and when it comes to securing NYC Christmas…
Read MoreCONTEST! Win Tickets to See Michael Bolton TONIGHT at 92Y!
Michael Bolton 92Y Tonight, Grammy-award winning singer Michael Bolton will appear LIVE at the world-renown 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, and as we did last month, we are once again thrilled to have a handful of tickets at our disposal, to give away to some lucky NYC trivia & music lovers! Mr. Bolton, who recently…
Read More5 Useful Tips for Planning Christmas Party Entertainment in NYC
Christmas party entertainment NYC Fall is here, and with it comes preparations for the annual office holiday party. New York City is unique in that we have so many options here for entertaining staff – however, for the person or people tasked with making the annual office fest happen, it can still be a daunting…
Read MoreThe Best Resource for Office Holiday Party Entertainment Ideas: Your Staff
Office holiday party entertainment ideas It may only be the fall, but at companies large and small, planning committees have already begun looking for holiday party entertainment ideas in NYC and elsewhere (as you can probably imagine, planning last-minute company holiday parties stinks). Among the most common questions being thrown around at this early stage…
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