Does 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…
Read MoreThe 3 Biggest Things to Remember When Planning Your Company Holiday Party
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…
Read MoreThe 2016 Election: A Note on Bringing People Together
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…
Read More15 Ways to Ensure Your Company Holiday Party Doesn’t Suck
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,…
Read MoreTrivia Questions For: Pat Kiernan, NY1 Anchor & Veteran Game Show Host
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…
Read More7 Ways to Keep Your Corporate Event Vendor Expenses Down
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…
Read MoreTrivia Team Building Events: What Can Your Group Expect?
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…
Read MoreTrivia Questions For: Rob Schiffmann, Corporate Trainer & Award-Winning Improv Coach
Company party entertainment ideas NYC It’s time once again to add to my “Trivia Questions For…” expert interview series, where I get the chance to ask relevant questions to leading authorities in corporate team building, workplace issues, HR topics, trivia, entertainment and more. This month I’ve been shining the spotlight on a select group of…
Read MoreContest Live! Win 2 Tickets to Brooklyn Based’s “One More Bite” Food Fair 10/23
Brooklyn Based trivia contest Hey, trivia lovers in NYC! We are thrilled to let you know about a new family-friendly food fair coming to the Borough of Kings this Sunday, October 23rd! Our longtime friends Brooklyn Based – who for the past five years have helped spread the word about TrivWorks’ Bell House trivia night…
Read MoreTrivia Questions For: Christian Finnegan, Comedian/Trivia Lover
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…
Read MoreTrivia Questions For: Ryan Oakes, Award-Winning Illusionist/Mentalist
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…
Read More6 Things to Avoid When Planning Team Building Activities for Millennials
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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