Business Meetings & Conferences Succeed With xQuizit Game Shows

Rick Crams xQuizit Game Shows educate, motivate and entertain business audiences. Rick Cram is a professional broadcast host and strategic communications consultant who helps companies grow with services designed to motivate their most important audiences.

(PRWEB) July 10, 2004 -- When was the last time your people came away from one of your meetings throwing punches in the air and exclaiming, This was the best company event Ive ever been to"?

Too often, a tremendous amount of time is put into the planning and production of a business event that is supposed to engage and educate and motivate, only to have it end with the management thinking they have to find a way to improve on the next one.

According to Rick Cram, it doesnt have to be that way. Since 1991, Rick Cram has been staging and hosting customized game shows that produce the rave reviews.

He and his firm, xQuizit Game Shows, are the game show pros used by ESPN, Fidelity Investments, Verizon and many other firms for their conferences, promotions and special events. He has hosted hundreds of game shows, from Boston to Las Vegas.

For example, KEYSPAN ENERGY DELIVERY, a major utility in the northeast, enlisted xQuizit Game Shows to plan and produce their entire Sales and Marketing Kickoff Meeting. The entire affair had a TV show theme. The first half of the meeting featured the GoodDay KESPAN Show, fashioned after the Today Show, with special guests and news breaks to communicate the successes of the previous year and the goals for the upcoming year. There were no long speeches and endless slide presentations. Instead, it was an electric and energy-filled production, featuring full-scale sets, studio lights, four TV cameras and a giant screen displaying what the cameras were recording.

A short break gave the production crew time to remove the sets and curtains, and transform the venue into a broadcast quality game show studio. Then the sales and marketing staff were the stars of KEYSPANs $25 Million Challenge. xQuizit customized the show using their broadcast quality game show set, with computer-driven LED displays, TV lights and cameras. Nick Stavropoulos, president of KEYSPAN New England, said, It was absolutely the best sales meeting we ever had. Everybody left informed, and enthusiastic. We had a great time and a lot of fun." Dozens of the attendees were able to be contestants in the 75-minute show, featuring teams of five players who were asked a combination of company and industry questions, as well as survey questions (Family Feud--style). xQuizit created their own questions and surveyed over one hundred people on the streets of New England for their top five answers.

Survey questions included, Name something employees are not supposed to do at work," and Name something people talk about on a first date." Teams of players worked together to answer such questions as Who is the largest GPM customer KEYAPSN ENERGY DELIVERY serves in Massachusetts?" The staff played for points and prizes.

Rick Cram says the reasons why his game shows work so well at creating successful meetings has a lot more to do with the actual experience than with just the fun of it.

The people attending a meeting are the stars in our game shows. They have a blast, and we have their attention. The more they enjoy it, the more they'll remember. Overall, its a combination of interactive entertainment and education this is powerfully motivating," Cram said.

If you are planning a meeting and want it to be more effective and different from past events, Rick Cram has the answer. Hes based in the Boston, MA area.

For more information, go to www.xquizitgameshows.com or call Rick Cram at 508-359-0136.