Posts by David
Why WOULDN’T You Hire TrivWorks? Actually, Here Are Some Reasons
Corporate event game show 2018 will mark the ninth year of TrivWorks, as well as my twelfth year producing company team building, trivia for corporate events, and live professional game show hosting. From those humble beginnings when I was simply a pub quiz host in Manhattan looking to earn some extra money on the side,…
Read MoreHow to Be an Excellent Corporate Entertainment Vendor in 2018
Corporate event entertainment ideas 2018 It’s a new year, and we can’t have a new year without New Year’s Resolutions! As is the case for me every year, my resolution for 2018 is to be and even better corporate event entertainer, team building activity producer and company trivia party supplier than I was last year.…
Read MoreConfessions of a Trivia Company Founder: Finding Your Passion Takes Time
Corporate trivia event entertainer I’ve been up today since 4am. On most weekdays I set my alarm for 5:30am – which is insane, I know, but it allows me to get a couple of hours of work in before the wife and kids wake up – however, this morning I had a bad dream, and…
Read MoreTrivWorks Milestones: Looking Back to 2011 – And Ahead to 2018
Team trivia corporate events I’ve just reached a milestone of sorts. December 15th, 2011 was the last day I worked as an employee for somebody else. After six years of programming adult education events and classes at the 92nd Street Y, a New York City cultural and community center, I packed up my office, turned…
Read MoreHow to Become a TrivWorks Emcee
Corporate trivia hosts TrivWorks is just wrapping up a busy week of five corporate trivia events all across the country. As I write this, I’ve got one team headed to provide company holiday party entertainment in NYC, and another in Michigan to produce a separate party for a corporate group in Detroit. We had two…
Read MoreCompany Party Entertainment: Structured, or Social?
Company party entertainment NYC It’s the eternal question, isn’t it? Should the entertainment for a corporate party in New York City (or anywhere, really) be structured, or social? This is something I’ve observed clients and prospects wrestle with for over a decade, as well as pondered myself for the entire time I’ve been in the…
Read MoreThe Magic of the 1-2 Hour Corporate Trivia Event
Trivia corporate event Los Angeles Prior to starting TrivWorks, my entertainment and team building company specializing in corporate trivia events in Los Angeles, Southern California, NYC & nationwide, I spent a couple of years freelancing as a scavenger hunt writer. Now, scavenger hunts have been around for a long, long time, and are very well-established…
Read MoreThe 5 Elements of a Perfect Company Trivia Night
Company trivia night My wife and I have two small children, and as they get older they are becoming more and more aware of their surrounding – and beginning to question them. My five-year-old daughter recently came up to me while I was toiling away at my home office one night and asked, “Daddy, what’s…
Read MoreWhat the Best Team Building Companies Do – And Don’t Do
Best Team Building NYC 2018 will mark nine years since I founded TrivWorks as a trivia team building company in New York City. However, my experience in the corporate event entertainment and group bonding space actually stretches back several years before, to 2006. Back then, I had just started working a new job as a…
Read MoreBroaching the Delicate Issue of Corporate Event Entertainment Pricing
Corporate event entertainment ideas pricing It’s awkward. It’s uncomfortable. And yet, there’s no way around it. I’m talking about the price conversation. This will likely be different from any other blog post you’ve ever seen from a corporate event entertainment vendor in Los Angeles, Orange County, SoCal or anywhere, really. Why? Because price is not…
Read More6 Tips for Planning an Effective Team Building Offsite
Team Building NYC Offsite It’s a familiar story. You’ve been tasked with producing an employee team building activity in NYC (or anywhere, really), and for whatever reason, you can’t do it onsite. Perhaps your group has grown so much that holding the event in the office is no longer feasible; maybe it’s just time for…
Read MoreShould You Serve Alcohol at This Year’s Company Holiday Party?
Company holiday party ideas Opening the news lately is like watching a highlights reel of “worst hit.” In recent weeks, we’ve been bombarded with an avalanche of stories showing celebrities – deeply established, well-respected entertainers, politicians and media personalities – being accused of salacious, inappropriate behavior. These stories have been almost exclusively about men in…
Read MorePro Tips for Hiring Reputable Event Entertainment Suppliers
Corporate event entertainment suppliers Reputation. In my line of work, it is the end-all be all – the one thing which preoccupies the most bandwidth in my busy mind on any given day. When you are a service brand such as TrivWorks, when all is said and done it’s pretty much the only thing that…
Read More5 Simple Ideas For Making Corporate Entertainment Events More Fun
Fun corporate party entertainment ideas This past weekend, I threw a surprise birthday party for my wife. It was such a blast, not just the event itself, but the planning as well. You see, it was a complete surprise for her! I took great pains to keep the fest under wraps for at least a…
Read More3 Things to Remember About Your Audience When Selecting Company Holiday Party Entertainment
Corporate holiday party ideas Today is the last day of October (Halloween!) meaning that starting tomorrow, it will officially be Holiday Party Season. From November through January (and event later, on rare occasions), people seeking unique corporate holiday party entertainment ideas will be reaching out to me, looking for fun and engaging ways to entertain…
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