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Case Study: Joining the Team You Want to Be On
Team Building Case Studies It’s August, which means I’m marking a number of unique milestones. For starters, it’s been exactly ten years since I hosted my very first trivia event – a pub quiz in Manhattan (read the story here). However, even before I became a professional trivia host in New York City, I was…
Read MoreTeam Building for Introverts: Where to Begin?
Team building activities introverted groups Last month, we produced the second of three scheduled summer office parties hosted by NY1 anchor/professional game show host Pat Kiernan. I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with Pat for over five years now, and together we’ve created some truly remarkable special events, for both public and private audiences. During…
Read More10 Years of Trivia Events: TrivWorks Founder David Jacobson Looks Back
Trivia entertainment corporate events NYC I can’t remember the exact date, but I do know that it was in August of 2006 when I first picked up a microphone and hosted my inaugural trivia event. A decade later, I’m still doing it – professionally, as my livelihood, and very much to my surprise! When I…
Read MoreCase Study: A Team Building Professional Builds His Own Team
Team Bonding Long Beach California It’s been a month of changes for me – big changes. As people who read this blog and keep tabs on TrivWorks know, July is when I ventured out of Brooklyn to start up our new West Coast office, producing trivia team building activities and offering up corporate event entertainment…
Read MoreThe Art & Science of Writing TrivWorks-Style Trivia Questions
New York City Trivia Host This is a topic I don’t write about often on my blog. I know I own a company specializing in trivia team building, NYC and Southern California and everywhere in between. However, as I’ve also discussed here on these cyber-pages, remembering and recalling random facts isn’t really my “thing.” I…
Read MoreLong Beach, CA Case Study: How Does Change Affect the Team?
Team Bonding Activities Long Beach CA This month, after seven years operating primarily in the NYC area, TrivWorks has expanded to the West Coast by opening an office in Southern California (click here for more). I’ve personally made the move with my family to oversee this exciting growth of our brand, and for the first…
Read MoreSummer Staff Parties in NYC: Unique Challenges & Opportunities
Summer Staff Party Ideas NYC It’s summertime in the Big Apple, and as someone who lived there for the past fifteen years before moving to Long Beach, California this month, I can attest that it is its own unique animal. It’s fun, it’s spontaneous, it’s insanely hot and humid and at times unbearably miserable –…
Read MoreTrivWorks Expansion to Southern California – How’s it Going So Far?
Trivia company Long Beach California It’s been two weeks since my family and I up and moved from NYC, our home for the past fifteen years, and came out to Long Beach, California to establish TrivWorks’ new West Coast office (don’t worry, we’re still servicing the East Coast like always – just last week we…
Read MoreCase Study: TrivWorks & Broadway’s Next Hit Musical Rock EuroKera’s Team Building Day!
Creative Team Bonding Ideas Last week, we had the honor of producing an extremely special event. I received a call at the end of June from EuruKera, a prestigious global firm with its North America headquarters based in Greenville, SC. They were very specific about what they were looking for: the company’s Annual Team Day was…
Read MoreCase Study: How Low Workplace Morale Affects Customer Experience
Morale Boosting Southern California You may have noticed it’s been a little while since my last blog post. That’s because a week ago, my family and I made our long-anticipated move across the country, leaving New York City and relocating to Long Beach, CA! Demand has grown for TrivWorks corporate event entertainment and employee team…
Read MoreDos and Don’ts for Entertaining Rowdy Groups
Group Activity Ideas NYC This one’s come up a lot lately, enough that I’ve decided to dedicate an entire blog post to it. Someone will call me up inquiring about creating a staff bonding activity in New York City or elsewhere, be it for team building, morale boosting or simply as a means of employee…
Read MoreA Response to WSJ’s “Is It Ever OK to Quit on the Spot?”
Office Morale Boosters NYC My friend & trivia event collaborator Pat Kiernan was on NY1 this morning, and as he always does, he conducted his popular “In The Papers” segment. For those of you not from the Big Apple, the segment features Pat going through the major papers, literally reading to the viewers the top…
Read MoreOpening TrivWorks’ Southern California Office – How Are We Preparing?
Team Building Long Beach California In just under two weeks, we will be undergoing the biggest expansion we’ve ever done: opening a new TrivWorks office on the West Coast, to start servicing companies on both sides of the country! I will be personally overseeing this exciting move, relocating with my family to Long Beach, CA…
Read MoreTrivia Events with Magician Ryan Oakes: A Truly Unique Group Bonding Activity
Corporate event entertainers NYC I’ve been shining the spotlight recently on all of the incredible corporate event emcees I have the honor of working with, including NY1 morning news anchor Pat Kiernan, comedian Christian Finnegan and our newly-announced hosts. Today, I’d like to focus on magician/mentalist Ryan Oakes. Unlike the other hosts mentioned above, whom…
Read More4 Things I’m Wondering About Corporate Team Building in Southern California
Southern California team building activities As announced last month, TrivWorks shall be expanding our offerings to the Golden State starting this summer. It’s an unbelievably exciting step, and one which I am deeply vested in – so much so that my entire family and I shall be relocating to Long Beach, CA in a couple…
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