<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>About Forte</title>
	<atom:link href="http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>By Forte Partners</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:07:27 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='aboutforte.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>About Forte</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="About Forte" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Forte new location as of November</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/forte-new-location-as-of-november/</link>
		<comments>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/forte-new-location-as-of-november/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristelpeirsman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?p=250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The day has finally come. Friday it is time to pack those moving boxes and close the doors of our offices in the Voskenslaan for the last time. As of Tuesday November 2nd, we are taking a fresh start at our new location.  Easy to reach on the outskirts of Ghent The new offices are located [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aboutforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4573386&amp;post=250&amp;subd=aboutforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/forte-new-location-as-of-november/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/56e11bd90bb9c5dfba7a8af97ad6b7a0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kristelpeirsman</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http:\\www.forte.eu\write\images\GraphicHall.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Graphic Hall</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http:\\www.forte.eu\write\images\Forte Melle.PNG" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Routeplan Forte</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http:\\www.forte.eu\write\images\28b.jpg" medium="image" />

		<media:content url="http:\\www.forte.eu\write\images\Vergaderzaal Forte GH.PNG" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Vergaderzaal</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Jan Lagast teaches at Vlerick&#8217;s Executive Master Class in Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/forte-teaches-at-vlericks-executive-master-class-in-innovation-entrepreneurship/</link>
		<comments>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/forte-teaches-at-vlericks-executive-master-class-in-innovation-entrepreneurship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristelpeirsman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Master Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vlerick]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Create new businesses to grow your organisation (Oct 2010 &#8211; June 2011) Jan Lagast, Forte&#8217;s senior marketing advisor, teaches part of this Executive Master Class. The overall objectives of the programme are to: learn how to turn ideas into successful businesses; acquire state-of-the-art knowledge and best practices in innovation and entrepreneurship; understand how to create value and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aboutforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4573386&amp;post=241&amp;subd=aboutforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/forte-teaches-at-vlericks-executive-master-class-in-innovation-entrepreneurship/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/56e11bd90bb9c5dfba7a8af97ad6b7a0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kristelpeirsman</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://aboutforte.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/vlerick_emc_2010-11.png?w=219" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Vlerick_EMC_2010-11</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Share</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Agoria hosts Forte workshops &#8216;Selling in the B2B World&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/agoria-workshops/</link>
		<comments>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/agoria-workshops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristelpeirsman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agoria]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?p=228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Selling in the B2B world: are you commercially opening the right door? Or do you need an entry at a higher level in your customers&#8217; organisation? If you are a member of Agoria, you will discover the answer in the workshop given by Jan Lagast, B2B-marketing advisor for the Belgian industry since 1990. Five concrete examples from the industry, machine manufacturing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aboutforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4573386&amp;post=228&amp;subd=aboutforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/agoria-workshops/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/56e11bd90bb9c5dfba7a8af97ad6b7a0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kristelpeirsman</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://aboutforte.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/agoria.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Agoria</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Share</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Agoria to promote Forte&#8217;s B2B Doctor services</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/agoria-to-promote-fortes-b2b-doctor-services/</link>
		<comments>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/agoria-to-promote-fortes-b2b-doctor-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janlagast</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B2B Doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product launch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?p=204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Agoria is now promoting Forte&#8217;s B2B Doctor Sounding Board Session. Agoria members get a substantial member benefit, when they want to spar with one of Forte&#8217;s marketing advisors. Why they would want to do that? Because they want to get a second opinion on their B2B marketing plan. Or in order to get more grip [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aboutforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4573386&amp;post=204&amp;subd=aboutforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/agoria-to-promote-fortes-b2b-doctor-services/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0dda02edfafcdcd00d7ee89348e9d8d7?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">janlagast</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://aboutforte.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/b2bdoctor-in-agoria-online.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">B2BDoctor in Agoria online</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Share</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Vietnam Executive MBA students to learn Forte methods</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/vietnam-executive-mba-students-to-learn-forte-methods/</link>
		<comments>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/vietnam-executive-mba-students-to-learn-forte-methods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janlagast</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Beaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Four Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Senior Marketing Advisor Jan Lagast was in Hanoi (Vietnam) from June 14 until June 23. His mission was to train Executive MBA students in Customer Relationship Management. The Forte methods Four Forces (about organizational decision taking) and Customer Beaching (for defining a sales-oriented communication plan) were much appreciated by the students &#8212; and immediately [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aboutforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4573386&amp;post=194&amp;subd=aboutforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/vietnam-executive-mba-students-to-learn-forte-methods/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0dda02edfafcdcd00d7ee89348e9d8d7?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">janlagast</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://aboutforte.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/picture-061.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Picture 061</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://aboutforte.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/picture-066.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Picture 066</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Share</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>More than 1000 clients for FunkyTime</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/more-than-1000-clients-for-funkytime/</link>
		<comments>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/more-than-1000-clients-for-funkytime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janlagast</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FunkyTime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time registration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timesheet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?p=189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our daughter company Funky Development welcomed client number 1000 for its free web application FunkyTime. After hardly three months of promotion, it is clear that FunkyTime addresses a real need in the market. Some years ago, Forte started to develop its own application due to a lack of existing software that was answering our needs. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aboutforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4573386&amp;post=189&amp;subd=aboutforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/more-than-1000-clients-for-funkytime/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0dda02edfafcdcd00d7ee89348e9d8d7?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">janlagast</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://aboutforte.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/funkytimescreen.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">funkytimescreen</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Share</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Partnership between Agoria and Forte</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/partnership-between-agoria-and-forte/</link>
		<comments>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/partnership-between-agoria-and-forte/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristelpeirsman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[partnership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Agoria, the federation for the technology sector, wants to assist its members in making better use of their market potential. To achieve this, the organization recommends Forte for advice and training in the field of industrial marketing and business communication. Forte&#8217;s unique combination of marketing and technology proved to be the decisive argument in reaching [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aboutforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4573386&amp;post=182&amp;subd=aboutforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/partnership-between-agoria-and-forte/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/56e11bd90bb9c5dfba7a8af97ad6b7a0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kristelpeirsman</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://aboutforte.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/agoria.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">agoria</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Share</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Marketing Advisor at Forte</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/new-marketing-advisor-at-forte/</link>
		<comments>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/new-marketing-advisor-at-forte/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristelpeirsman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing advisor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since 4 May, Tom Vanderborght has reinforced our team. Previously, he worked as an engineer/marketer for an animal feed company where he successfully launched various products in an international B2B market. Currently, he is studying the Forte methods Customer Beaching (sales-oriented communication planning), Winsquare Messaging (win-win sales argumentation) and Effectree (effective story board in communication [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aboutforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4573386&amp;post=180&amp;subd=aboutforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/new-marketing-advisor-at-forte/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/56e11bd90bb9c5dfba7a8af97ad6b7a0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">kristelpeirsman</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://aboutforte.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/tom.jpg?w=100" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">tom</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_171_16.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Share</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>FunkyTime teaches us how to use social media for B2B</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/funkytime-learns-us-how-to-use-social-media-for-b2b/</link>
		<comments>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/funkytime-learns-us-how-to-use-social-media-for-b2b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 09:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janlagast</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free web application]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media for B2B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time & Material]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time registration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timesheet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[using LinkedIn for B2B]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our software daughter company FunkyDev is doing well with its first baby FunkyTime, a free web application for time registration and time sheet printing. More than 300 users have created an account in less than two months. That&#8217;s good news, of course. And it was also a great experience to launch a &#8220;real&#8221; product by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aboutforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4573386&amp;post=175&amp;subd=aboutforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/funkytime-learns-us-how-to-use-social-media-for-b2b/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0dda02edfafcdcd00d7ee89348e9d8d7?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">janlagast</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>More than 20% of FunkyTime users are Mac fans</title>
		<link>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/more-than-20-of-funkytime-users-are-mac-fans/</link>
		<comments>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/more-than-20-of-funkytime-users-are-mac-fans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janlagast</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FunkyTime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time registration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timesheet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/?p=170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, Forte&#8217;s daughter company Funky Development launched its new baby: www.funkytime.eu, a free web environment that allows knowledge workers and management consultants to keep track of their production time, and print time sheets. Yesterday&#8217;s statistics showed already 230 users, of which almost 40% is actively using and not just peeking - we had prognosed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aboutforte.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4573386&amp;post=170&amp;subd=aboutforte&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://aboutforte.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/more-than-20-of-funkytime-users-are-mac-fans/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0dda02edfafcdcd00d7ee89348e9d8d7?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">janlagast</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
