Posts Tagged ‘trivia events’
Taking the Terror Out of Running Huge Trivia Events
When I first started hosting pub quiz nights 5 years ago, my approach was completely low-tech. With a small crowd of fewer than 25 people, I found that all I needed was a stack of trivia questions, a pen and paper to jot down scores, and piles of answer sheets for the participants. When my…
Read MoreUsing Live Trivia for Audience Engagement & Brand Awareness: The Economist Case Study
This week, I had the honor of producing and hosting another very special trivia event with The Economist, the distinguished weekly news magazine known for broad and insightful coverage of current events, politics, economics and world history. Readers of The Economist are equally bright, intellectually curious consumers of global affairs, and in an impressive effort…
Read MoreWe’ll Be Right Back After This Short Break
I’ll be taking a short break from blogging today, in order to recover from this week’s incredible back-to-back, large-scale trivia events: A Night of Pop Culture to Support VH1 Save The Music at The Bell House, and Pub Quiz – The Economist Way. Thank you to the nearly 400 NYC trivia enthusiasts who attended both…
Read MoreEvent Recap: VH1 Save The Music Foundation Trivia Fund Raiser
What a spectacular event! By every measure, last night’s night of pop culture trivia in support of VH1 Save The Music Foundation was a huge success. Demonstrating the tremendous passion New Yorkers feel for both music education and trivia,a sold-out audience of 250 people came out to The Bell House to support the cause of…
Read MoreExpert, Schmexpert: 6 Details Even Professional Event Planners Overlook
This week, TrivWorks will be producing several large-scale trivia events in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including a fund raiser for VH1 Save The Music Foundation and a brand awareness event for The Economist. As any event planner will tell you, big events are made up of countless small details, and with the many stresses which inevitably…
Read MoreWhat Does the Perfect Trivia Team Building Event Look Like?
Ah, perfection- that most elusive of goals. For those of us who work in the live event industry, we know how hard – actually, impossible – it is to run a “perfect” event, what with so many plates spinning and balls in the air at once. With team building and corporate entertainment activities, the usual…
Read MorePartner Shout-Outs: VH1 Save The Music Trivia Night
One week from today, on Tuesday, June 14th, we are thrilled to be producing a very special trivia fund raiser for VH1 Save The Music, a foundation devoted to keeping music education in public schools. I have long been passionate about this cause, a passion which I share with my wife, a New York City…
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions About Trivia Team Building
With the rise in popularity of pub quiz has come a growing interest in using live trivia as a corporate team building activity. However, as a relatively new approach to an area long characterized by ropes courses, scavenger hunts and 3-legged races, companies probably have a few questions of their own about how trivia can…
Read MoreHumor Tricks for Struggling Quizmasters
So you’ve begun your gig as a quizmaster, hosting live trivia events at the local pub. You’re diligently armed with good public speaking skills, a happy demeanor, pens and an armload of fun, challenging trivia questions, and are ready to conquer the world. The only problem is, you’re not funny. As I’ve argued many times…
Read MoreMaking Trivia Questions Bulletproof
As a trivia theme party planner and team building event producer, I am responsible for researching and writing trivia questions which are appropriate for a wide variety of audiences: bankers, lawyers, teachers, IT professionals, nonprofits, government workers- you name it, it’s up to me to customize it. One aspect of my job, however, which remains…
Read MoreThe Art of Trivia Event Sequencing, Part 2: Questions
In yesterday’s post, I highlighted the important role of round sequencing in live trivia events. Now, let’s turn our attention to the equally important – yet also overlooked – significance of the order of trivia questions within rounds. Questions As with the order of the rounds, the progression of questions in a trivia event can…
Read MoreThe Art of Trivia Event Sequencing, Part 1: Rounds
It’s perhaps one of the most overlooked aspects of the live trivia event, yet one of the most important. What order should the questions be asked in? If you think that it doesn’t matter, think again- the sequencing of trivia is a crucial element to ensuring a fun, well-paced event. Rounds First off, we have…
Read More5 Ways to Keep a Trivia Audience Engaged
I’ve been hosting trivia for a while now, and am fortunate enough to have produced over 300 unique events. While hosting may be second nature to me now, I can still vividly recall when I was just starting out, and not sure what to do; there is no certification course to become a “quizmaster,” after…
Read MoreHitting the Right Note: Using Trivia for Fund Raising
Since becoming a blogger, I have used this space to explore the many aspects of using live trivia as a means of corporate event entertainment, employee team building or brand awareness. Today, I would like to discuss another important use for trivia events, and that is to raise funds for a good cause. Trivia events…
Read MoreGuilty Pleasures of a Trivia Event Host
Naturally, I love creating trivia events. There’s just so many things about them that provide me with an opportunity to smile, I have fun just thinking about it! I do enjoy playing pub quiz, for sure, but believe it or not I’m actually not all that good a trivia myself- nor am I very competitive…
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