Elephants in Main Street are a South African success story with a solid international reputation in innovative, high impact conference events and teambuilding interventions.
We would like to invite you to come and join us from 8am to 10am for one of our morning breakfasts being held around the country.
We will be launching our latest products as well as showcasing our most popular products. This is your opportunity to see Elephants in Main Street in action.
Your attendance will ensure you are in the draw to win a free teambuild for your team. There is R500 000 worth of teambuilding to be given away. Each winner will receive a voucher for a free teambuild for up to 50 people. Can you afford not to attend?
If you appreciate the importance of increasing the levels of communication within your organisation, improving the understanding and emotional connection to your brand, as well as raising morale and teamwork, then this invitation is meant for you.
Join us and allow us to share some of our secrets of how we will be able to help you engage the hearts and minds of your people.
The events happening in your area are as follows:
Johannesburg 19th October Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Melrose Arch
Pretoria 26th October Protea Hotel Waterfront Centurion
Cape Town 4th November African Pride Crystal Towers Hotel & Spa
Durban 9th November Protea Hotel Umhlanga Ridge
Port Elizabeth 16th November Protea Hotel Marine Parade
Namibia 23rd November Protea Hotel Fürstenhof Windhoek
Simply R.S.V.P. Your name, surname, position, company, mobile number and email & which event you will be attending to haveyouherd@elephants.co.za to confirm your booking. Please forward this invite to other decision makers in your company who may also benefit from attending.
We look forward to welcoming you and introducing you to our herd.
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Saturday, 17 September 2011
Did You Know?
Elephant in latin (as ele and phant) means the Huge Arch or Great Arch!
The word "elephant" has both Greek and Latin origins. This applies specifically to the elephant´s scientific genus name "Elephas". In Greek linguistics, elephos represents an antlered beast or stag. The roots of the word "elephant" in latin is divided into two words; ele means arch and phant means huge. Also, the genus name Loxodonta, for the African elephant means losenge-shaped teeth for the chewing surfaces.
The word "elephant" has both Greek and Latin origins. This applies specifically to the elephant´s scientific genus name "Elephas". In Greek linguistics, elephos represents an antlered beast or stag. The roots of the word "elephant" in latin is divided into two words; ele means arch and phant means huge. Also, the genus name Loxodonta, for the African elephant means losenge-shaped teeth for the chewing surfaces.
Monday, 12 September 2011
The Elephant & Problem Solving
Elephants are able to spend a lot of time working on problems. They are able to change their behavior radically to face new challenges, a hallmark of complex intelligence. A 2010 experiment revealed that in order to reach food, "elephants can learn to coordinate with a partner in a task requiring two individuals to simultaneously pull two ends of the same rope to obtain a reward", putting them on an equal footing with chimpanzees in terms of their level of cooperative skills.
In the 1970s, at Marine World Africa, USA, there lived an Asian elephant named Bandula. Bandula worked out how to break open or unlock several of the pieces of equipment used to keep the shackles on her feet secure. The most complex device was a brommel hook, a device that closes when two opposite points are slid together. Bandula used to fiddle with the hook until it slid apart when it was aligned. Once she had freed herself, she would help the other elephants escape. In Bandula's case and certainly with other captive elephants, there was an element of deception involved during the escapes, such as the animals looking around making sure no one was watching.
In another case, a female elephant worked out how she could unscrew iron rods with an eye hole that were an inch thick. She used her trunk to create leverage and then untwist the bolt.
Ruby, an Asian elephant at Phoenix Zoo would often eavesdrop on conversations keepers would have talking about her. When she heard the word paint, she became very excitable. The colours she favoured were green, yellow, blue and red. On one particular day, there was a fire truck that came and parked outside her enclosure where a man had just had a heart attack. The lights on the truck were flashing red, white and yellow. When Ruby painted later on in the day, she chose those colours. She also showed a preference for particular colours that the keepers wore.
Harry Peachey, an elephant trainer, developed a cooperative relationship with an elephant named Koko. Koko would help out the keepers, "prompting" the keepers to encourage him with various commands and words that Koko would learn. Peachey stated that elephants are almost predisposed to cooperate and work with humans as long as they are treated with respect and sensitivity. Koko worked out when his keepers needed a bit of "elephant help" when they were transferring the females of the group to another zoo. When the keepers wanted to transfer a female, they would usually say her name, followed by the word transfer (e.g., "Connie transfer"). Koko soon figured out what this meant. If the keepers asked an elephant to transfer and they did not budge, they would say, "Koko, give me a hand." When he heard this, Koko would help. Peachey firmly believes that after 27 years of working with elephants, they can understand the semantics and syntax of some of the words they hear. This is something thought to be very rare in the animal kingdom.
A study by Dr. Naoko Irie of Tokyo University has shown that elephants demonstrate skills at arithmetic. The experiment "consist[ed] of dropping varying numbers of apples into two buckets in front of the [Ueno Zoo] elephants and then recording how often they could correctly choose the bucket holding the most fruit." When more than one apple was being dropped into the bucket, this meant that the elephants had to "keep running totals in their heads to keep track of the count." The results showed that "Seventy-four percent of the time, the animals correctly picked the fullest bucket. An African elephant named Ashya scored the highest with an amazing eighty-seven percent … Humans in this same contest managed a success rate of just sixty-seven percent." The study was also filmed to ensure its accuracy.
Source : Wikipedia
In the 1970s, at Marine World Africa, USA, there lived an Asian elephant named Bandula. Bandula worked out how to break open or unlock several of the pieces of equipment used to keep the shackles on her feet secure. The most complex device was a brommel hook, a device that closes when two opposite points are slid together. Bandula used to fiddle with the hook until it slid apart when it was aligned. Once she had freed herself, she would help the other elephants escape. In Bandula's case and certainly with other captive elephants, there was an element of deception involved during the escapes, such as the animals looking around making sure no one was watching.
In another case, a female elephant worked out how she could unscrew iron rods with an eye hole that were an inch thick. She used her trunk to create leverage and then untwist the bolt.
Ruby, an Asian elephant at Phoenix Zoo would often eavesdrop on conversations keepers would have talking about her. When she heard the word paint, she became very excitable. The colours she favoured were green, yellow, blue and red. On one particular day, there was a fire truck that came and parked outside her enclosure where a man had just had a heart attack. The lights on the truck were flashing red, white and yellow. When Ruby painted later on in the day, she chose those colours. She also showed a preference for particular colours that the keepers wore.
Harry Peachey, an elephant trainer, developed a cooperative relationship with an elephant named Koko. Koko would help out the keepers, "prompting" the keepers to encourage him with various commands and words that Koko would learn. Peachey stated that elephants are almost predisposed to cooperate and work with humans as long as they are treated with respect and sensitivity. Koko worked out when his keepers needed a bit of "elephant help" when they were transferring the females of the group to another zoo. When the keepers wanted to transfer a female, they would usually say her name, followed by the word transfer (e.g., "Connie transfer"). Koko soon figured out what this meant. If the keepers asked an elephant to transfer and they did not budge, they would say, "Koko, give me a hand." When he heard this, Koko would help. Peachey firmly believes that after 27 years of working with elephants, they can understand the semantics and syntax of some of the words they hear. This is something thought to be very rare in the animal kingdom.
A study by Dr. Naoko Irie of Tokyo University has shown that elephants demonstrate skills at arithmetic. The experiment "consist[ed] of dropping varying numbers of apples into two buckets in front of the [Ueno Zoo] elephants and then recording how often they could correctly choose the bucket holding the most fruit." When more than one apple was being dropped into the bucket, this meant that the elephants had to "keep running totals in their heads to keep track of the count." The results showed that "Seventy-four percent of the time, the animals correctly picked the fullest bucket. An African elephant named Ashya scored the highest with an amazing eighty-seven percent … Humans in this same contest managed a success rate of just sixty-seven percent." The study was also filmed to ensure its accuracy.
Source : Wikipedia
Saturday, 10 September 2011
HAVE YOU HERD?
Elephants in Main Street are a South African success story with a solid international reputation in innovative, high impact conference events and teambuilding interventions.
We would like to invite you to join us for one of our morning breakfasts being held around the country.
We will be launching our latest products as well as showcasing our most popular products. This is your opportunity to see Elephants in Main Street in action.
Your attendance will ensure you are in the draw to win a free teambuild for your team. There is R500 000 worth of teambuilding to be given away. Each winner will receive a voucher for a free teambuild for up to 50 people. Can you afford not to attend?
If you appreciate the importance of increasing the levels of communication within your organisation, improving the understanding and emotional connection to your brand, as well as raising morale and teamwork, then this invitation is meant for you.
Join us and allow us to share some of our secrets of how we will be able to help you engage the hearts and minds of your people.
Attached please find your invitation to the event happening in your area.
Simply R.S.V.P. to haveyouherd@elephants.co.za to confirm your booking. Please forward this invite to other decision makers in your company who may also benefit from attending.
We look forward to welcoming you and introducing you to our herd.
Kind Regards
Stephen Blades
CEO
steve@elephants.co.za
083 442 4824
We would like to invite you to join us for one of our morning breakfasts being held around the country.
We will be launching our latest products as well as showcasing our most popular products. This is your opportunity to see Elephants in Main Street in action.
Your attendance will ensure you are in the draw to win a free teambuild for your team. There is R500 000 worth of teambuilding to be given away. Each winner will receive a voucher for a free teambuild for up to 50 people. Can you afford not to attend?
If you appreciate the importance of increasing the levels of communication within your organisation, improving the understanding and emotional connection to your brand, as well as raising morale and teamwork, then this invitation is meant for you.
Join us and allow us to share some of our secrets of how we will be able to help you engage the hearts and minds of your people.
Attached please find your invitation to the event happening in your area.
Simply R.S.V.P. to haveyouherd@elephants.co.za to confirm your booking. Please forward this invite to other decision makers in your company who may also benefit from attending.
We look forward to welcoming you and introducing you to our herd.
Kind Regards
Stephen Blades
CEO
steve@elephants.co.za
083 442 4824
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