NEWS! Introducing TrivWorks DIY – A Downloadable, Self-Hosted Trivia Party Package
TrivWorks DIY Some exciting news to share! We have just released a brand-new product: TrivWorks DIY! We know that not every event calls for high-priced entertainment, and that customization, professional emcees and staffing aren’t cheap. Designed with corporate and private event planners on EXTREMELY tight budgets in mind, this downloadable, do-it-yourself trivia party package is…
Read MoreCommon Misconceptions About a Corporate Trivia Company Founder
Corporate team building game show “You do WHAT?” If I had a dollar for every time I heard this when explaining what I do for a living, I wouldn’t have to work at all. Yes, it’s true: my full-time job is running trivia parties and game show events for corporate and private groups. I really…
Read MoreTrivWorks Has NEVER Cancelled an Event – But When Might We Have To?
Entertainment corporate events cancellation policy It’s the nightmare scenario. You book a vendor to produce a corporate event entertainment or team building activity, and they back out on you at the last minute. Now you’re left holding the bag, scrambling to find a replacement or, even worse, explaining to your attendees why there’s now a…
Read MoreWhat’s MY Favorite Part About Corporate Trivia Events?
Corporate Trivia Events Southern California Every time I have a sales call with a prospective client, I’m always focused on their needs – as I should be. I zero in on what it is they’re looking for, be it team building activity, company party entertainer, intern entertainment, conference game show or what have you. What…
Read MoreYour Event is Important. I Know it Is – Believe Me
Corporate game show conference entertainment I had an interesting experience recently, which I’d like to share with you. A prospective client called me up, looking for a trivia host to emcee a corporate game show for a conference in New York City. Now, I field calls like this all the time, and have done so…
Read MoreSoliciting Client Feedback: The Most Important Part of the Event Process
Corporate trivia party entertainment Well, it’s finally over. After weeks or months of careful planning – contracts, customization calls, researching & writing customized trivia questions, assigning staff, putting out fires and everything else I do – the corporate entertainment event, team building activity or office trivia party has finally happened, and seems to have gone…
Read MoreNEWS! TrivWorks Welcomes Comedian Ophira Eisenberg as Event Emcee
Corporate Trivia Event Emcee Ophira Eisenberg Today, we are honored and thrilled to announce Ophira Eisenberg as TrivWorks’ newest event emcee! Recognizable to audiences nationwide as the host of NPR’s popular trivia, game show and puzzles program Ask Me Another, Ophira is an acclaimed standup comic, writer and live event host. A frequent guest on the…
Read MorePreparing for the Worst: Avoiding Corporate Entertainment Disaster
Corporate trivia entertainment supplier I’ve always been interested in safety and emergency preparedness. I have no idea why, but it’s just who I am, and who I’ve always been. What does this mean, exactly? It means I have a heightened awareness of safety issues, and hyper-sensitive protective instincts. I want to keep everybody safe: my…
Read MoreWhat I Learned From Bad Previous Jobs to Make TrivWorks a Success
Corporate team building event entertainment As I wrote about in another recent blog post, my path to finding a job I truly enjoy and excel at was anything but straight. I didn’t just land where I am today, producing team building and corporate entertainment trivia events. It was a long, arduous process, involving about a…
Read MoreHow TrivWorks Expanded from a Local Business to a National Brand
Corporate trivia event company First off, an apology is in order. It’s been over two weeks since I published my last blog post – which, if I am not mistaken, is a new record for the seven years I have been blogging. It’s not a milestone I am proud of, to be sure; it’s actually…
Read More“Training Magazine” Case Study: Using Team Trivia as a Conference Kickoff Activity
Conference entertainment ideas team trivia I was really dragging earlier this week. Not because of my 5:15am wake-up (which I do most weekday mornings), nor because one of my kids woke me up from a deep sleep two nights in a row (which they did). No, the reason I was tired was because I had…
Read MoreWhy I Will Never Again Go to a Restaurant on Valentine’s Day
Dinner entertainment ideas NYC This is a bit of a detour from my usual blog posting about producing corporate trivia nights, company event entertainment, employee team building activities and after dinner entertainment in New York City and beyond- however, seeing it’s Valentine’s Day I couldn’t help but jump in on a subject which I feel…
Read MoreWhat Does the WRONG TrivWorks Client Look Like?
Team building activities New York City I started this morning feeling great. Fresh off a break after a whopping nine corporate trivia events across the country last month, I decided to set my alarm for even earlier than my usual 5:15am wake-up, and hit the gym. Now, this is a bigger deal than it sounds.…
Read More2018 Off & Running – It’s a Busy Time at TrivWorks!
Team building trivia supplier It’s been almost two weeks since I last published a post here on my blog. Readers who follow me know that this is highly irregular; in fact, since I started blogging seven years ago, I can’t think of a single time I’ve gone this long without putting something up. Why haven’t…
Read MoreA Few Thoughts on Corporate Trivia Events and Smartphones
Trivia event corporate group Can you remember a time when we didn’t have smartphones? When people didn’t walk around with a pocket-sized portal to the information superhighway on their person? Honestly, I can’t either. And they’ve only been around for a decade! Since their introduction and subsequent ubiquity, those of us who host and produce…
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