#1: When you’re in Vegas you need all the luck you can get! One way people believe you can get some is by rubbing the belly of a Laughing Buddha statue. So find the life-size statue here on the Aria grounds but instead of rubbing his belly take a fun team picture next to the Laughing Buddha while at least two team members (the more the merrier) are rubbing the bare belly of a stranger. Finding the statue might not be too tough, but finding a willing stranger to give your team some good luck using their exposed belly could take some serious selling skills!

#2: Las Vegas is home to some of the top shows from all sides of the entertainment industry. Everyone from Elvis to Britney Spears have had unforgettable performances here on the strip. Now it’s your turn! And what better backdrop for your performance than a $40 million dollar fountain that shoots water more than 400 feet in the air and has become one of the most photographed places in the United States. Get to the famous Bellagio Fountain and take a 30 second clip of your team all working together to put on a memorable karaoke or lip syncing performance (or playing air instruments if it’s an instrumental song) to the music that is blasting while the fountain show is actively happening behind you. Just like in any great performance, choosing the right song is critical, so click HERE to see the anticipated playlist for tonight and pick something that your team will rock!

#3: The theme for this week has been “Win With Focus” so this challenge will test just how focused you can be while surrounded by one of the most distracting places in the world! Click HERE to get to the brain puzzles and then select “Memory”. It is similar to the children’s toy called “Simon” where you will have to repeat the increasingly difficult color pattern from memory. Then, anywhere along the way have at least two team members achieve a score of 50 or more points. Everyone can be attempting it but only two people need to successfully get 50 or more points. Once you have your two super focused teammates, take a celebratory picture of them while they’re displaying their phone screens and the point totals are clearly visible. You can submit an additional close-up picture of the two devices to clearly show the point totals if necessary.

#4: Yesterday was National Respect For Veterans Day. Anywhere around the area find an active military person or a veteran. They could be wearing some form of military or veteran attire, have a military ID, or they could simply describe their military background while you’re completing your challenge. Once you’ve found someone, take a video of them watching your entire team doing 10 push-ups or sit-ups at their feet to honor their strength and courage. After you’ve finished recording, spend a few minutes learning more about their time in the service before you depart, as a small gesture of appreciation.

#5: The atmosphere here on the strip is always hot, for lots of reasons! The only thing hotter might be what you’ll experience if you complete this challenge! Get to Hattie B’s Hot Chicken, located just north of the Aria grounds (2nd Level, The Cosmopolitan). Once there get an order of their “Shut The Cluck Up” chicken tender. Then take a video of your team members, at the same time, all consuming a separate bite-sized piece of this extremely spicy food. Just before your bite try to show that it's actually the Shut The Cluck Up flavor on the packaging or receipt and then film for at least 30 seconds after the bite to document your reactions. Disclaimer, this will likely not be pleasant, which is exactly the point. Because a team that suffers together, grows together.

#6: Last week marked National Letter To An Elder Day. To honor this caring holiday, find a postcard that features this area in some way, or a fun greeting card, and purchase it. Then click HERE to go to the Love For Our Elders website and their letter writing project, which is focused on fighting loneliness with love, one letter at a time. As a team, choose someone from their list whose story or background resonates with you. Then on your card include a fun or uplifting message and sign it with your names or your group name. Stamp your card and take a picture with it to show you've completed your Act Of Kindness and then drop it in the mail along the way or after your event ends.

#7: Take a video of your team successfully completing the Whipped Cream Catapult Challenge (click the link at the end of this description to see it performed properly). Divide your team into pairs. Have someone squirt a dollop (small lump) of whipped cream onto the back of their hand. Have the other person stand a few feet away from them ready to catch the whipped cream in their mouth. The person with the whipped cream on their hand will swing their arm back, palm down. When that hand gets back in front of them at about waist height, they’ll strike their wrist with their other free hand, causing the whipped cream to go flying. The second person should successfully catch the whipped cream in their mouth, or at least catch some of it in their mouth and the rest on their face. To complete this challenge at least half your team should make a successful catch in the video. To understand the challenge better and to watch a video of a team successfully completing it click HERE.

#8: Your fellow team members here this week have not only come from all parts of the US, but also Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and India! To celebrate all of these diverse cultures coming together at one time, and with one goal, get your team anywhere in the area where the half scale tall replica Eiffel Tower is visible behind you. Then take a unified team picture while everyone is jumping in the air at the same time and high fiving, and the Eiffel Tower light show is actively happening in the background. So not only will you need to come together to time your jump and your high five, but you’ll need to figure out when the light show occurs so that you can capture your international photo at the perfect moment.

#9: In order to be a successful Go To Market crew member you need to listen to the people you communicate with, and understand the stories that make them who they are. Take a video of your team and any stranger that has a tattoo while they explain what that tattoo means to them or why they got it. The tattoo must be visible at some point during the video.

#10: Las Vegas has a rich aviation history filled with people who had a strong entrepreneurial spirit. In 1920, journalist Randall Henderson was the first person to land an airplane in the area, bringing his plane down on a small strip of open desert in the area now referred to as the Vegas Strip. To honor this city’s role in advancing human commercial flight, take a video of your team completing the "Paper Airplane Challenge". Basically send some team members to the 2nd level of any building, balcony, or parking garage and have them toss paper airplanes out into the air in front of them (not just dropping it straight downward). The rest of your team should be on the ground level below. Any of your team members at ground level need to catch just one plane before it hits the ground. All team members at ground level can be attempting to catch planes, but only one plane needs to be caught. To watch a team complete this mission successfully click HERE.

#11: Tomorrow is International Women’s Day! To honor the strong, powerful and brave women in our lives that have helped us become who we are, find the sculpture shown HERE, which was once featured at Burning Man and now resides here along the Strip. It was designed to celebrate the strength of a woman who is both safe and present so once you’ve found it take a powerful team picture where every team member is striking the same blissful pose as the sculpture.

#12: Get to any clothing or apparel store and find two different items with enough in stock that every team member can be wearing the same two items in their own sizes. Then take a fun team picture with everyone wearing those items. For example it may be a wacky shirt, and a pair of shorts. Or maybe some cozy slippers and a large sun hat. As long as everyone is wearing the same exact two items but in their own sizes.

#13: The original “Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas Sign” is a must hit photo spot for many of the 41 million tourists that come to this city each year. But that sign is way too far from here so don’t waste your time! Instead, find the smaller replica version of the sign seen HERE, located in a nearby retail store. Once you find it take a fun team picture with the sign while each team member is posing like any of the four crooners that are relaxing beneath the sign.

#14: Elvis may have helped popularize the phrase “Shake, Rattle, and Roll” but the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue would prefer you learn a different three word phrase. To honor the brave firefighters that protect this area, take a video of your team completing "Stop, Drop, and Roll" while any regulation/operable fire extinguisher is visible in the background. Be sure to yell each step of the fire safety technique as you all do it together and make sure the fire extinguisher is clearly visible at some point in your video.

#15: Sunday marked one of our country’s most important cultural holidays, National Potty Dance Day! To celebrate those that choreograph instead of communicate, get your entire team inside of one bathroom. It should either be a public facility that is easy for your team to briefly take over such as a Family or Uni-Sex restroom, or someone’s private bathroom in their hotel room, or a public bathroom after you have confirmed there is no one else currently using it. Once everyone is inside, take a hilarious team video while everyone is performing the hip shaking Potty Dance Song found HERE. After watching the video to learn the moves you can either have someone play the song over their device while you all perform it, or you can do it acapella. If you’re overly confident in your potty dancing skills you could try doing it at 2x speed, which starts at the 1:20 mark in the video. Either way, we guarantee you won’t be able to get this song out of your head for a while.

#16: Clara Barton established the American Red Cross when she was almost 60 years old. To honor Clara’s efforts on the battlefield as a nurse and the legacy she created with this impactful organization, find any Red Cross emblem around the area. Once you’ve found one, designate one of your teammates as an “injured soldier”. Then take a picture demonstrating the “correct way to carry an injured soldier”, as referenced in the picture found HERE by soldiers from the 1800’s. If you have a lot of people on your team you can divide up and carry multiple “victims” if you want. Or if you have a small team you can recruit strangers to help out if needed. Make sure the Red Cross emblem is visible somewhere in your picture and then gently lower your victim back down after you’re finished, just like Clara would have done.

#17: Wrap any one member of your team from head to toe in toilet paper (or multiple team members if they want to get in on the fun) leaving as few gaps as possible except around their nose/mouth so they can breathe easily. Then take a fun picture of your entire team with your newly wrapped co-worker and at some point throughout the wrapping process have each team member state one reason why the person being wrapped is a “gift” to Dremio or to them personally.

#18: Over the years, we’ve found that the teams that bond the most are the ones that do something meaningful or impactful together. So here is your chance. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which is the second deadliest cancer in the United States and the third most diagnosed cancer among men and women. To honor those, and their families, who are impacted by CRC, take a proud team picture flashing your hands once every member of your team has gotten their fingernails painted dark blue (the international color for colorectal cancer awareness) using real nail polish. For every team that completes this challenge successfully our company (Team Building Anywhere) will be donating $25 to the top-ranked charity called Fight Colorectal Cancer. Read more about this great organization and ways to prevent CRC by clicking HERE.