TrivWorks CEO Notes: The 5 Work Modes I’m In at Any Given Time
Corporate trivia game show A little while back, I wrote a blog post describing a typical day in the life of a corporate entertainment & team building vendor CEO, which you can read here. I think that post did a good job giving a brief overview of how I spend my time, which I shall…
Read More6 Steps to a Stress-Free DIY Company Game Night
DIY Company Game Night You’ve been tasked with planning a team building event or activity for a corporate party. Great! That means somebody – possibly you – realizes how critically important it is to recognize and reward staff and boost morale in the workplace. Unfortunately, it also means you must now add “plan company party”…
Read MoreTrivia Team Building Vendor: Who Would Want This Job?? (Spoiler: Me)
Trivia team building vendor It’s not easy being my own boss. This has been my full-time gig for over six years now, planning, producing & emceeing corporate game show team building trivia events in Los Angeles, New York, and everywhere in between. Prior to that, I was doing it on the side, while working as…
Read More5 Advantages of a DIY Trivia Party
DIY trivia night In 2018, we announced a brand-new service offering: TrivWorks DIY, a downloadable do-it-yourself trivia party. This concept has been in the planning for the better part of a year, and I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am about it! (Read the full press release here). I know it must…
Read MoreTreat Your Employees Well, Period
Building teams corporate events People ask me all the time how I wound up here – how I found myself running a corporate team building event entertainment company producing trivia game shows. They naturally assume it’s because I’m a trivia lover or Jeopardy champion, but they’d be wrong – direly so. I’m actually terrible at…
Read MoreWhat I’ve Retained of My “New Yorkness” Since Moving to Southern California
SoCal team building activities Nearly two years ago, in the summer of 2016, my family and I relocated from Brooklyn, NY to Long Beach, CA. Team building, corporate entertainment & game show trivia events know no geographic bounds, after all… My wife and I saw this as a chance to offer our kids a better…
Read MoreWhy We Launched TrivWorks DIY – A Downloadable, Do-It-Yourself Trivia Package
DIY team building trivia game A couple of days ago, I had the opportunity to emcee a team building corporate trivia night in Long Beach, California. It’s been a little while since I personally hosted an event – lately I’ve found my days consumed by what I like to call “marketing mode,” “sales mode” or…
Read MoreNEWS! 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…
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