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Prizes Announced for Pat Kiernan’s “Summer Slam” Trivia Night!
Tomorrow, July 24th is our big summer event at The Bell House in Brooklyn: “Pat Kiernan’s Summer Slam” – an entire evening devoted to summer-themed pop culture trivia, with 300 people battling it out to be declared NYC’s ultimate trivia champions! We’ll be stoking the high-energy competition throughout the evening with a huge trove of…
Read MoreSummer Movie Scene Reenactment Challenge!
In advance of this week’s “Summer Slam” trivia night with host Pat Kiernan at The Bell House on Wednesday, July 24th, we thought we’d help get you into the spirit of the event by doing a little advance audience participation game! Here’s the challenge: send us a photo or video reenactment of a classic summer…
Read MoreNote: No Friday Online Trivia Contest with Pat’s Papers This Week
Due to personal obligations, I will unfortunately not be able to run our weekly current events/pop culture trivia contest with Pat’s Papers scheduled for Friday, July 19th. Tickets ARE still available for “Pat Kiernan’s Summer Slam” next Wednesday, July 24th – however, the event IS expected to sell out. In lieu of this week’s contest,…
Read MoreEverything You Need to Know About Pat Kiernan’s 7/24 “Summer Slam” Trivia Night
In exactly one week, TrivWorks will be returning to The Bell House in Brooklyn to produce New York City’s largest trivia event – our highly-anticipated “Pat Kiernan’s Summer Slam” on July 24th! For those who have never been to one of TrivWorks’ mega public trivia nights, here’s everything you need to know: What time does…
Read MoreContest Alert: The Bell House Summer VIP Giveaway
I’d like to start the week with a plug for The Bell House, my favorite Brooklyn venue. If you are familiar with TrivWorks, you know that in addition to the NYC corporate entertainment and team building events we specialize in, we also have the unique privilege of producing the largest public trivia nights in New…
Read MoreContest! Win a Pair of Tickets to “Pat Kiernan’s Summer Slam” Trivia Night – Enter NOW!
Watch This Video to Enter Contest! TrivWorks, NYC’s specialists in trivia team building and corporate entertainment events, has the unique privilege of also producing the largest public trivia night in the city several times a year at The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Our next large-scale trivia night is coming up on Wednesday, July 24th,…
Read MoreJust Announced! Disalmanac Fact or Fiction Night
This summer, we are delighted to be presenting Fact or Fiction Night – a unique night of brain games in partnership with our friends Disalmanac, the Web’s home for fact-like facts! Join us at The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn for a fun, high-energy team trivia contest led by TrivWorks founder David Jacobson – in…
Read MoreTrivia Questions For: Will Shortz, New York Times Crossword Puzzle Editor
It’s time for another edition of our “Trivia Questions For…” blog interview series, where I have the pleasure of speaking with leading experts on topics important to TrivWorks’ audience. While focusing mainly on team issues such as morale, communication and improving the modern workplace, it’s also important to explore the creative side of brainy activities…
Read MoreWe’ll Be Right Back After This Short Break
Although only halfway over, 2013 has already been the busiest year TrivWorks has ever had – a surge in both new and repeat corporate team building clients, new public trivia night offerings and the recent addition of our newest team member, Miles Jacobson (aka “TrivWorks Intern #2”), a break is long overdue! I’ll be traveling…
Read MoreContest! Win a Pair of Tickets to “Pat Kiernan’s Summer Slam” Trivia Night – Enter NOW!
Watch This Video to Enter Contest! TrivWorks, NYC’s professional trivia company specializing in employee team building events and corporate entertainment events, has the unique privilege of also producing the largest public trivia night in the city several times a year at The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn. As we announced last month, our next large-scale…
Read MoreOffice Rituals as a Form of Employee Team Building
I was alerted to a great article today by Pat Kiernan’s Website, Pat’s Papers that appeared in the WSJ: “The Power of a ‘Project Beard’ and Other Office Rituals.” It’s a fun look at research conducted by Harvard Business School and other top universities on the power of ritual – defined as “repetitive, symbolic behaviors…
Read MoreStudy: Most Americans Unhappy at Work. How Will You Respond?
I read a depressing Gawker article last night entitled, “Most Americans Hate their Job.” While not a novel assessment, writer Taylor Berman points to a new Gallup study which shows some startling figures: 52% of respondents were “not engaged” at work, just “going through the motions” 18% were “actively disengaged” (ie: intentionally harming the business somehow)…
Read MoreThe Worst Mistake You Can Make When Entertaining Really Smart Employees
Last week, the TrivWorks team had the honor of producing a trivia team building activity in Manhattan for the executives of a highly prestigious hedge fund. Partners, senior managers and even the founder himself were present, all in NYC together for a few brief days of meetings, events, and social opportunities – as well as…
Read MoreExclusive: My Interview with Rusty the Red Panda
The Internet is on fire today with the story of “Rusty,” a red panda who has gone missing from the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Knowing that I have a good track record of speaking with escaped zoo animals, Rusty reached out to me from his voluntary exile to grant me this exclusive interview:…
Read MoreContest! Win a Pair of Tickets to “Pat Kiernan’s Summer Slam” Trivia Night – Enter NOW!
Watch This Video to Enter Contest! TrivWorks is NYC’s only employee team building and corporate entertainment company specializing exclusively in customized trivia events, however we also have the unique privilege of producing the largest public trivia night in the city several times a year at The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn. As we announced recently,…
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