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Prospectory Squash Event - February 2012

Friends and relations of Prospectory are welcome to join this one-afternoon tournament, at Dekker Sport in Zoetermeer (NL) on 10 March 2012. More information here [658 KB] . Net revenue this year goes to the WISH initiative from the WINS foundation (www.stichtingwins.nl), to support education and development of orphans at learning centers in Indonesia.

New subsidiary office in Groningen - October 2011

Prospectory has moved its Groningen office to the Zernike Park (Idea Center) on the north side of the city, close to the Groningen University campus area. At the same time, we are now able to use a training office in Amsterdam (called Koetshuis Sloten), which is conveniently located between the heart of Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport.

Accenture Innovation Awards candidate - August 2011

Prospectory has enrolled into Accenture's prestigious yearly contest, which is aimed at selecting the most outstanding innovative company in various categories. (our category: Media, Communications & High Tech). This is the fifth year in a row that Accenture organises this contest.

Sales support for Microsoft's Windows Azure - June 2011

Windows Azure and SQL Azure enable you to build, host and scale applications in Microsoft datacenters. They require no up-front expenses, no long term commitment, and enable you to pay only for the resources you use. Prospectory is helping Microsoft to build a program to enable a selection of partners to experience the many advantages of working with Azure's Cloud solutions.

Preparing Mystery Shopping at AutoRAI 2011 - February 2011

The Amsterdam Motor Show will take place from 12 to 23 April and Prospectory will conduct mystery shopping research to monitor the "booth performance" of several car brands. This is the 3rd time in a row that this survey enables car importers to evaluate its live communication towards visitors on a daily basis, which enables them to identify and address any issues.

Prospectory Squash Event in Zoetermeer - November 2010

To continue the tradition, we will organize the yearly Prospectory Squash Event 2010 on November 20th, at Dekker Sport in Zoetermeer (NL). This sporty event is a gathering moment for clients, partners and other (business) relationships we cherish. If you feel like hitting a ball: go ahead, make our day! More information here: English [177 KB] / Nederlands [176 KB] .

Prospectory presents at the Starters Day - October 2010

On November 6th 2010, Prospectory will be present at the National Starters Day (in Dutch: Startersdag) of the Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam. We will be presenting the MySalesCoach.nl service to new entrepreneurs, who are interested in developing their business with our sales support. More information can be found on the Chamber's website (www.kvk.nl).

Promoting Lemontree, Masters in ICT - August 2010

To further amplify its growth ambitions, Lemontree has chosen Prospectory to perform business development activities. By emphasizing Lemontree's "ICT Kenniscentrum" there is a strong value proposition to communicate to the midmarket. Lemontree offers customized ICT solutions, strong 24/7 support and extremely high levels of expertise in various ICT areas.

Launch of a new online service: MySalesCoach.nl - June 2010

With the introduction of a special new website, Prospectory aims at serving business professionals, free-lancers and sales representatives with high-quality sales coaching. Ordering a coaching session is just a couple of clicks away. Instead of long days of general sales training, MySalesCoach.nl deliveres customized support when needed.

Acquisition Practise Day for Accenture - May 2010

Prospectory is helping the Accenture Public Services management team to grow its business development qualities, by emphasizing the opportunities within the Accenture network and developing lead management skills. A very enthousiastic team of professionals ended the day with positive feedback and more sales readiness than before.

Customer satisfaction survey for NIE Singapore - April 2010

The National Institute of Education in Singapore has launched an initiative to listen to the voice of their student teachers and staff, regarding the services provided by ACIS, the Academic Computing and Information Services department. Prospectory provides survey deployment on a quarterly basis.

ICT manager presents case: connecting systems - March 2010

On March 31st 2010, mr. Hans Bastiaanssen, ICT manager of coffee and tea factory "3 Mollen sinds 1818" presented a case on connecting IT systems, using the Connected Software solution. This brief but successful event took place at the Prospectory office in Utrecht.

Sponsoring "turtle runner" at Tokyo Marathon - February 2010

In order to raise money for charity, Paul ten Donkelaar, one of Prospectory's business partners, decided to run the marathon of Tokyo. Paul who participated at several of our squash events in the past, qualified his endurance as that of an old turtle before he started preparing for the race. Much to our relief, our sponsoring was worthwhile; he finished the marathon in 5,5 hours. Well done, Paul!

Business development for Connected Software - November 2009

Dutch IT-company Connected Software has developed a solution to connect systems in an amazingly fast, reliable and affordable manner. Prospectory is helping them to promote their new product, called CS-BUS (www.cs-bus.com) by organizing seminars and other activities. The next seminar will take place on 1st of July 2010.

Bart Foundation & Jasper Against Batten supported - June 2009

The net revenue of the Prospectory Squash Event 2009 was donated to these two good causes. Read more about the one-day tournament here. Also, a number of mystery shoppers of the AutoRAI decided to give away their "reward" two these two charities - thanks for this! As we read somewhere: it takes a brain to earn money, but a heart to give it.

Mystery Shopping at Amsterdam AutoRAI - April 2009

During the latest edition of the Amsterdam Motorshow (1-11 april 2009), Prospectory conducted a mystery shopping survey for a number of car brands. Focusing on the customer experience in terms of customer centric behaviour, BMW showed the best performance in the benchmark with an average score of 8. To see the press release in Dutch, click here [57 KB] .

New training facility in centre of the Netherlands - March 2009

Prospectory has a new central training facility in the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. With state of the art equipment and plenty of parking space, this is an ideal location for focus groups, business meetings and training sessions.

Collis at Nordic Card Market Conference - January 2009

Prospectory is representing Collis (a market leading company offering industry recognized and accredited Consulting Services, Test Tools, Test Services and Training Courses for a diverse range of industries) at the major payment industry event in Northern Europe, SMi's 8th annual Nordic Card Markets conference. This event takes place at the Sheraton Hotel on January 20th & 21st in Stockholm, Sweden. More information can be found here.

eDX workshop for Dutch automotive industry - November 2008

Prospectory successfully hosted an eDataXchange Workshop for the automotive industry in the Netherlands, on 28 November 2008 at ISVW Conference Center in Leusden. More than a dozen car brands joined the Workshop, where mr. Marcus Hodgkinson, ceo of Sophus3, presented his view on online automotive trends in today's European market place. Mr. Luca Andreose gave a live demo of the new eDX system, which is one of the leading automotive online benchmark tools in the world.

Prospectory adopts the New World of Work - July 2008
Being able to work anywhere, anyplace and sometimes: anytime. This is one of the thoughts behind the New World of Work. Prospectory had adopted this philosophy; using modern technology (pda, webmeeting, chat) we can limit the use of our office and still be more effective by working from clients' locations, home offices and business lounges throughout Europe. Inspired by customers like Microsoft and HP, performance is rated by output, not by office presence - while at the same time keeping an eye on work-life balance.

Training session starring Dick Jol - March 2008
Holland's best football referee, Dick Jol, was the special guest speaker at one of Prospectory's training sessions for HP Netherlands. During his keynote, he explained that a thorough preparation is of crucial importance to being successful. Dick was voted Dutch 'Referee of the Year' in 2007/2008 and he is the only Dutch referee who has the Champions League final (2001) on his track record. No wonder that his ability to handle stressful situations sets a nice example for any professional.

Mystery shopping TERTS - November 2007
During The European Road Transport Show at Amsterdam RAI exhibition centre, Prospectory performed mystery shopping services for various automotive brands. As one manager at one of the surveyed booths stated: "this feedback is extremely valuable, not only for our sales persons, but also for us as a brand to see if we have done our best to create a customer focussed experience for the thousands of visitors who pass us by.".

Sponsoring of St. Radboud hospital - September 2007
Mayor Thom de Graaff of the city of Nijmegen received the first CD of the JCI Band. This CD was produced by members of Junior Chamber International in the Netherlands, to support scientific research for chronically ill children at the Academic Children's Hospital St.Radboud of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Prospectory (i.e. Equerya) was one of the key sponsors of this project.

Saab scores best at AutoRAI - April 2007
Prospectory did a mystery shopping survey during the bi-yearly Amsterdam Motorshow. Saab came out with the best customer performance. "It speaks for itself that we are very satisfied with the results of this survey", said mr. Kees van den Berg, General Manager of Saab in the Netherlands. "The Saab staff at the AutoRAI-booth and within our dealer network have been carefully selected and received an extensive training, not only for product knowledge but also for a customer friendly and customer oriented approach. This research by Prospectory (previously Equerya) emphasizes that we have made the right choice by doing so.".