How Do You Customize a Corporate Trivia Event?
My job is producing and hosting corporate trivia events, both as engaging entertainment and for team building activities. I’ve been doing this for a long time – over fifteen years! What I do is unique, not just because I specialize in trivia events, but because I work exclusively with corporate and private clients. In addition…
Read MoreWhy Do So Many Corporate Team Building Activities Suck?
Imagine you open up an Email from your boss, or the head of HR, or the company president. Inside you find the agenda for an upcoming meeting, retreat, offsite, or similar function. As you skim through the events of the day, your heart sinks. There it is, first thing in the morning: “Team Building Activity.”…
Read MoreTrivWorks Emcees on TV!
It’s one of the main things that sets TrivWorks apart from other trivia companies: I only work with seasoned, professional corporate emcees. I won’t be sending a local bar quizmaster or actor from Craig’s List to lead your event, but rather a pro. Someone who has been hosting company trivia events for years. Someone who…
Read MoreTrivWorks CEO: What’s it Like Having the “Best Job Ever?”
Recently, my two kids (ages 11 & 13) found me preparing one of our newly-announced TrivWorks Escape events (corporate team trivia with an escape room twist). They looked at me on the floor, materials splayed out before me while I stuffed clues into lock boxes and wrote secret messages with invisible ink. After a moment,…
Read More5 Keys to Successful Onsite Corporate Entertainment Events
You’ve been tasked with throwing an event onsite at the company office. Perhaps it’s an employee recognition and reward party, a loyalty event for your top clients, or a bonding event for your interns. Whatever the cause for celebration, you’re faced with the challenge of creating SOMETHING fun and enjoyable, in the less-than-thrilling environs of…
Read MoreWhy Would I Hire a Professional Trivia Company?
You’re planning a company event. Maybe it’s an office party, or an all-hands, or perhaps a retreat or conference. It could even be a structured team building activity. The point is, you have an event you need to program with some fun and engaging content. You meet with your planning committee, and trivia is floated…
Read MoreWhy Do People Love Trivia Events?
It’s a new year, and I’m really excited to be blogging regularly again—one of the things I told myself I’d do in 2025 is to get back on the writing horse, which I didn’t do as much in 2024 as I’d have liked…but that ends now! To kick things off, I thought I’d start with…
Read MoreIntroducing: TrivWorks Emcee Bureau!
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…
Read MoreHow Does TrivWorks Decide Which Clients to Take On?
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…
Read MoreThe Best Advice I’ve Heard Recently As a Corporate Entertainer
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…
Read MoreIt’s 2024: Does Anyone Need Professionally-Written Trivia Anymore?
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…
Read MoreIs TrivWorks Right for YOUR Corporate Event? Let’s Find Out!
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…
Read MoreHow Finding a Corporate Entertainment Vendor is Like Using a Dating App
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…
Read MoreCovid Finally Hits TrivWorks’ CEO – But There Were Upsides
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…
Read MoreHow a Professional Trivia Emcee Commands an Audience
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…
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