Our Story
In today’s challenging economic environment, corporate event planners, human resource professionals and brand managers alike are struggling to find creative ways to boost employee morale, maintain client loyalty and engage their audiences, within the confines of extremely limited budgets.
Companies in New York City and beyond have been forced to reexamine their priorities, and are finding it difficult to devote the resources needed to offer quality entertainment, team building and brand awareness/engagement activities which employees, clients and brand enthusiasts have grown accustomed to during stronger economic times. It was in direct response to this growing need for unique, valuable and impactful event entertainment and team building activities that TrivWorks™ was created.
Launched in 2009 by David Jacobson, a seasoned event planner and service industry professional, TrivWorks™ is New York’s only corporate entertainment and team building company specializing exclusively in live trivia events. Following the recent economic downturn, David recognized the opportunity for companies to use live, customized & professionally-produced trivia as a highly energetic and engaging alternative to traditional corporate activities. Among the most experienced live trivia event writers and hosts in New York City, David has produced over 350 trivia events for a broad range of prestigious corporate clients, as well as created NYC’s best-rated bar trivia nights at Social Bar & Lounge in Times Square/Hell’s Kitchen, The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn and The Gael Pub on the Upper East Side.
With over 10 years of professional experience in entertainment event planning, production and client service, David worked from 2006-2012 at the 92nd Street Y, New York’s premier cultural and community center, first as a program associate and then as director of all adult education, enrichment and experiential learning programs, where he oversaw the growth of the division to nearly 600 annual program offerings and events. He has additionally worked worked at such organizations as Fleishman-Hillard Public Relations, Jazz at Lincoln Center and NYC River to River Festival, as well as with City Hunt, NYC’s leading scavenger hunt company, as an event creator, producer and host.
David holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Tufts University, a master’s degree in music & entertainment business from New York University and a graduate certificate in professional organizational leadership from Columbia University’s School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA).
