Posts Tagged ‘competition’
Nobody Likes Hard Trivia Questions
Most trivia enthusiasts pride themselves on their ability to tackle challenging questions. If you or someone you know is a diehard buff, than you know that the buzz received from puzzling, pondering and ultimately retrieving the correct answer to a query is highly rewarding and satisfying. Perhaps, though, what is even more fulfilling when correctly…
Read MoreWhy New York City Team Building Events Are Tops
New York City corporate team building events are awesome. That may seem like a rather broad, stereotypical NYC-centric statement, but it’s true. Our city is really like no other in terms of diversity, density and sheer variety of options for truly everything imaginable, and team building activities are no exception. Prior to starting a professional…
Read MoreDon’t Take Trivia Nights Too Seriously
There are a lot of reasons why bar trivia nights have become so popular in recent years. People love a good mental challenge, which combined with some competition, the chance to socialize & blow off steam after work, and the opportunity to have a fun time making trivia an ideal weeknight activity. Bars of course…
Read MoreDoes “Winning” Help or Hurt Team Building Activities?
The recent Charlie Sheen saga included a tweet about “Winning,” which served as fodder for late night TV show host, but got me thinking about an interesting topic. There are myriad “team building” activities out there, ostensibly designed to facilitate group interaction and bonding, foster collaboration and leave a lasting positive impact. Many of these…
Read MoreAnatomy of a Trivia Team Building Event
In an earlier post, I explained general terms how trivia may be used as a corporate team building activity. Now I would like to describe the live trivia event in further detail, in order to illustrate its value for this unique purpose. The first step is customizing the trivia questions themselves, to tailor them specifically…
Read MoreTrivia vs. Scavenger Hunts as a Team Building Activity
Prior to starting TrivWorks, I had the unique pleasure of working for two years as a freelancer for one of New York City’s most reputable – and busy – scavenger hunt companies (yes, there really is such a thing). Companies would hire out the scavenger company to create/host team building, client entertainment, branding and experiential…
Read MoreHow Trivia Can Be Used for Team Building
Probably the most valid question I am asked when people learn what I do is, “how is live trivia a team building activity?” To understand the answer, let’s look at both items on their own: Team Building According to the source of all knowledge (Wikipedia) team building is defined as “a wide range of activities…designed…
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