Xpressdocs Team Building Adventure Southlake Town Square, TX

#1: Today is National Brand Day (it’s true, look it up), which is meant to remind businesses to celebrate their brands and express gratitude and appreciation for the partners they work with that help them grow their brand. Since Xpressdocs is always striving to build better brands while providing a superior customer experience, complete this Act Of Kindness Challenge to increase your brand awareness to the businesses here in the Square that may want to partner with you. Find any vending machine (either with food, drinks, kids trinkets, etc) and put enough money into it that any one item could be purchased. Don’t select anything but instead leave a note that says “Any item of your choice on us! Love, Xpressdocs”. Then take a picture of your team so that the vending machine, the deposited amount (if applicable), and your note are all visible if possible.

#2: Get every team member a large (16 ounces or so) open-top paper, plastic, or foam cup and fill it with water. Then somewhere outdoors, line up shoulder to shoulder and balance a full cup on each team member’s head. Once everyone’s cups are balanced, hold hands with the team members on either side of you and take a video of your team working together to all take 10 steps forward without anyone touching their cup or having it spill. If someone’s cup spills make sure to encourage them and then refill any spilled cups and start again as a team. After your team successfully travels 10 steps together dump the cups to prove they were full, and celebrate!

#3: To celebrate Xpressdocs being based here in Texas, and how important you are to brands spread out across the country, find any location around the Square where an American flag and a Texas flag are flying within 100 feet of each other. The flags should be authentic flags made of fabric, flying or displayed for the public to see, and not a miniature version found in a gift shop, image on a poster or shirt, etc. Once there, take a video of your team working together to complete the Group Sit & Stand Challenge. Basically, your team members will all be standing shoulder to shoulder in a tight clump/circle with your backs all facing in and your arms interlocked. Slowly lower the entire interlocked group to the ground until you are in a seated position with your butts on the ground, and then slowly stand all the way back up while remaining interlocked the entire time. At some point in your video be sure to show the two flags. To watch a video of a group successfully completing this challenge click HERE.

#4: Texans are known for loving food with a bit of a kick, and the Square has plenty of incredible places to eat that specialize in keeping it spicy. Anywhere around the area, take a video of your team members all at the same time consuming separate spoonfuls of any brand of hot sauce (the hotter the better). Make sure to show the bottle or packet of hot sauce in the video so it can be confirmed that it's actually hot sauce you're consuming. Disclaimer, this will likely not be pleasant, which is exactly the point. Because a team that suffers together, grows together.

#5: Building a recognizable brand often starts with a name. And starting your name with an X is a good way to stand out. In a big Square like this with so many businesses you may think you’re the only one that begins with an X, but that’s not the case. Find another business here in the Square that begins with the letter X and take a picture in front of their sign with each team member crossing their forearms in front of their body to form an “X”.

#6: Get to EVO Entertainment and find their Skee-Ball lanes. Once there, divide up into three small groups and each take a separate lane, if they are available. Then take a video of all three groups competing against each other to see which is the first group to roll a ball into either of the top corner holes in your lane (usually labeled 10,000 points depending on the machine). Rotate who is rolling balls within your small group to give everyone a chance at winning it for your team, and make sure everyone is rolling them from the standard location at the end of the lane.

#7: Earlier this month we honored Veterans Day and Texas is proud to have one of the strongest and largest military presence in the country. 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.

#8: 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.

#9: Xpressdocs fulfills 3,000+ orders every day and mails over 1 million pieces each week, but that can’t be done successfully without an incredible attention to detail. This challenge will test your ability to notice some of those kinds of details, even while you’re surrounded by lots of distractions. Take a team picture with any parked vehicle that has a license plate which contains numerical digits that add up to 10, no more, no less. So if the plate were "CF2H 5K3" it would be acceptable because those numbers add up to 10 and there aren't any additional numbers.

#10: Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the world’s major aviation centers, growing from the early small air fields to become the home of the world’s largest airline, the world’s biggest low-cost carrier, and the fourth-busiest airport in the world based on operations. To honor this area’s role in advancing human flight, take a video of your team completing the "Paper Airplane Challenge". Basically send some team members to the 2nd level of any building 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 sidewalk or grass 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: Located somewhere around the Square, find the logo seen HERE. Once you’ve found it, take a video of your team all “Crab Walking” at least 10 feet forward or backward while the mystery logo is visible in the background. To learn how to properly crab walk you can click HERE.

#12: The Southlake area is said to have a number of haunted places, and many believe the ghosts of infamous gangsters Bonnie and Clyde, who terrorized this area, still roam these parts. To pay homage to the history Southlake has with the spirit community, 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 team picture with your new "mummy” co-worker!

#13: To raise awareness for, and support the extraordinary men and women firefighters who protect the Southlake community, 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.

#14: The Cowboys have started the season as one of the best teams in the NFL. To help them get psyched up for a possible Super Bowl run, find a logo of the Dallas Cowboys anywhere around the area being proudly displayed, worn, flown, etc. Then take a video of your group pretending to spike an imaginary football and immediately breaking into your very best celebratory touchdown dance while the logo is clearly visible in the background. If you need some inspiration for your performance you can click HERE.

#15: 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.