Kati Rittberger is Head of Sales

15. January 2013 by Myriam January 15th, 2013 9:00 amMyriam | Comments (0)

We are happy to announce that Kati Rittberger is amiando’s Head of Sales and Customer Support with immediate effect.

Kati Rittberger is responsible for amiando’s international Sales Team comprising nearly 40 employees. She is thus in charge of the New Sales, Account Management, and Customer Support teams. Additionally amiando’s branch offices in London, Paris and Hong Kong now report to Kati Rittberger.

“We are excited to have another expert join our management team,” says Norbert Stockmann, Managing Director at amiando. “With her 18 years of business and leadership experience in the field of business development, sales and CRM, Kati Rittberger is equipped with excellent qualifications within this field.”

Read the full press release here.

TOP 5 Blog Articles of 2012

10. January 2013 by Sandro January 10th, 2013 4:11 pmSandro | Comments (0)

As the first week of 2013 has passed, it’s a good time to look back at our top 5 blog articles you read the most in 2012. There were many highlights last year like the opening of our UK office, the start of our new Managing Director, the publication of our Social Media and Events Report 2012 and a lot more. Check out the Top 5 amiando Blog posts of 2012:

amiando hits the UK

In January 2012 we celebrated the opening of our London office with an exclusive party. Following Paris and Hong Kong – London is our third office outside of Germany and allows us to work more closely with our British customers and partners.

Read the full article

amiando conference2go – a new iPhone App for conferences

In February 2012 we officially announced the launch of our conference2go iPhone App. Conference2go allows us to offer our customers a mobile App which can be tailored to individual conferences. The App gives attendees easy mobile access to all the relevant information surrounding an event.

Learn more about conference2go

New Managing Director at amiando: Norbert Stockmann  

In June 2012 we announced that Norbert Stockmann will take over as new Managing Director of amiando and that our founder team will leave the company as planned. About 3 months later Norbert took up his duties and the amiando founders Felix Haas, Dennis von Ferenczy, Sebastian Bärhold and Armin Bauer left the company in style with an amazing good bye party.

Read more 

Inside amiando: Our team in numbers

amiando has grown significantly in the last years – we created an overview of the most interesting numbers about our team – for instance we have employees from 13 different countries.

Why don’t you join us? We’re still hiring!

Read more about the amiando team

Social Media & Events Report 2012: How Does the Event Industry use Social Networks?

In July we launched our Social Media and Events Report 2012. The report presents the latest developments and offers event organizers several simple and realizable tips for the successful marketing of events with social media.
The report is a great success for us with more than 10,000 downloads so far.

Learn more

That were our top 5 blog articles – if you want to stay up-to-date with amiando and the latest event industry trends subscribe to our blog.

This time we want to share with you, how amiandas and amiandos celebrate Christmas. Following some of our colleagues reveal their favorite Christmas songs, cookies and customs. - Enjoy! -

Agatha works at amiando since: Feb 2011

Agatha’s  favorite Christmas song:  Silent Night, Holy Night

Agatha’s favorite Christmas cookie: Butter cookies

Agatha’s favorite Christmas custom: Lots of Polish food +  spending time with the  family 

Stefan works at amiando since: August 2012

Stefan’s favorite Christmas song: Stefanie Werger “Amoi im Joah”

Stefan’s favorite Christmas cookie: Kokosmakronen and Dominosteine

Stefan’s favorite Christmas custom: Church on 1^st Christmas Day

Myriam works at amiando since: May 2012

Myriam’s favorite Christmas song: There is no Christmas Season without “Driving home for Christmas” from Chris Rea.

Myriam’s favorite Christmas cookie: I love the favorite swabian Springerle.

Myriam’s favorite christmas custom: Skiing in the morning and decorating the Christmas tree in the afternoon. 

Sébastien works at amiando since: April 2012

Sébastien’s favorite Christmas song: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Sébastien’s favorite Christmas cookie: Coconut macaroon

Sébastien’s favorite Christmas custom: To eat snails & fois gras

Marc works at amiando since: August 2012

Marc’s favorite Christmas song: White Christmas

Marc’s favorite Christmas cookie: coconut macaroon

Marc’s favorite Christmas custom: “Christbaum loben”

Kathi works at amiando since: September 2012

Kathi’s favorite Christmas song: Merry Christmas Everyone – Snow is falling

Kathi’s favorite Christmas cookie: cookies with coconut and chocolate

Kathi’s favorite Christmas custom: When celebrating Christmas with my family and my two little nephews we always read out loud the Christmas-story before gift giving.

Finally, the whole amiando team wishes you and your families a Happy and Peaceful Christmas Season and a Happy New Year!

amiando und die K5 E-Commerce Konferenz in den Eisbach Studios in München, eine erfolgreiche Zusammenarbeit bereits in zweiter Auflage.

K5 Konferenz

Auch in diesem Jahr waren die Eisbach Studios in München Treffpunkt für Experten aus dem Bereich Online Handel. Der Austausch von wichtigen Themen und Innovationsideen stand auch bei der zweiten Auflage der K5 E-Commerce Konferenz im Fokus. Der Branchenexperte für E-Commerce, Herausgeber des Branchenblogs Exciting Commerce und Veranstalter der K5 Konferenz, Jochen Krisch, moderierte die Veranstaltung.

K5 Liga

Rund um die K5 Konferenz hat sich eine Liga von Agenturen und Dienstleistern formiert, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt haben, den Handel strategisch und technologisch voranzutreiben. Im Rahmen dieser Gemeinschaft, wollen die Mitglieder der K5-Liga  im Jahr 2013 das Thema Dienstleister noch strukturierter angehen und bei allen Exciting Commerce Aktivitäten vorwiegend diejenigen Dienstleister einbinden, die langfristige Ambitionen innerhalb der Liga haben. Weitere Informationen zur K5 Liga gibt es hier.

amiando als Partner der K5-Konferenz

Nach der spannenden und erfolgreichen K5-Konferenz im letzten Jahr, haben wir uns ganz besonders gefreut das Ticketing und das Einlassmanagement für dieses Jahr zu übernehmen. Neben der reibungslosen Abwicklung beim Einlass der Eisbach Studios, konnten wir auch dabei behilflich sein das Event zu promoten und somit die Bekanntheit steigern. Des weiteren wurde die Eventseite der Konferenz mit Hilfe von amiando erstellt.

Schon jetzt freuen wir uns auf die Fortsetzung der K5 Konferenzreihe im Jahr 2013! Wer noch mehr über die Konferenz erfahren möchte dem empfehlen wir die nachfolgenden Berichte.

Berichte zur K5 Konferenz 2012 in München:

internetworld business:
K5 Konferenz 2012 – Wachstumsperspektiven für den Online-Handel

Valiton Meldungen:
Valiton war auf der K5 Konferenz 2012 in München – Ein Bericht

Otto Gruppe:
K5 Konferenz in München – ein Muss für Online Händler!

ADBA National Conference 2012

On December 12, the ADBA National Conference 2012 will be held in London.

Focusing on the growth of Anaerobic Digestion in a deficit-constrained economy, ADBA’s National Conference 2012 will feature key speakers from the finance, food, local authority, farming and transport industries to make the case for Anaerobic Digestion in their industry in front of government representatives and other key decision makers.

Further information is available at: http://www.adbiogas.co.uk/adba-national-conference-2012/

 5^th German-Nigerian Business Forum

The German-African Business Association, in cooperation with the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria, invite to the 5^th German-Nigerian Business Forum. The Forum will take place from the 10^th to the 11^th December 2012 at the German Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Berlin.

The two-day conference gives companies the opportunity for an exchange with numerous stakeholders from the public and private sector in Nigeria as well as with German companies operating on site.

For further information visit: http://www.german-nigerian-business-forum.de/

Press Release: Alexander Sperber is new Head of Marketing

3. December 2012 by Sandro December 3rd, 2012 4:48 pmSandro | Comments (0)

Munich – December 3, 2012 – amiando (www.amiando.com), Europe’s leading tool for online event registration and ticketing, is pleased to announce that Alexander Sperber will be the new Head of Marketing. read more »

This week, our Events of the Week blog entry exceptionally focuses solely on the LeWeb conference in Paris. The venue for the event, which takes place from December 4 – 6, will be the Eurosites, LesDocks.

amiando is proud to provide the entry management solution for the important event since several years.

What the LeWeb conference has to offer in a few paragraphs:

A Global Footprint

LeWeb brings together the most influential audience in the international internet ecosystem. Attendees come from all over the world: 76 countries were gathered at LeWeb’11 in Paris!

A Unique Experience

Leaders and influencers who shape the future of the internet gather at LeWeb. On stage, industry leaders and visionaries. In the audience, a perfect mix of entrepreneurs, large companies, influencers, VC’s and journalists.

A Platform for Ambition

Each year, the Start-up Competition brings to the forefront some of the greatest start-ups. Beyond this great opportunity, LeWeb gathers entrepreneurs, sponsors, venture capitalists, visionaries…you will all connect at LeWeb and shape the next ideas for your business. LeWeb is the platform built to support your success.

If you haven’t register yet, you can do so at: http://www.leweb.co

The roll-ups are rolled up, the laptop batteries are fully charged and of course the smilie-jelly-bears are waiting to be eaten.

Our colleagues Agatha, María, Melissa, Myriam and Reena are looking forward to meet you at the amiando booth O195.

Don’t hesitate to come by and have the chance to win an iPad by participating in our green events survey.

Don’t miss our press conference, held on Thursday 29th. Our Managing Director Norbert Stockmann will speak about:

Expand Your Event’s Horizons: Social Networking that Really Works from Those in the Know

Bitkom TRENDKONGRESS

On November 27, the Bitkom TREND – KONGRESS will take place in Berlin. Under the slogan “create. innovate. grow”, the most important players out of the fields of politics, economy and press will discuss the trends – social innovation, cloud, mobile and information in 2020.

Find out more at:

http://www.bitkom-trendkongress.de

Analytics Summit 

On November 29, the first german Google Analytics Summit will take place in Hamburg. It is an event for all google analytics users. The focus is on a knowledge exchange for businesses and marketing centered attendees as well as for software engineers.

For further information visit:

 http://www.analytics-summit.de

Future of Web Design Prague 2012

On November 27-29, the Future of  Web Design Conference will take place in Prague. It is a conference for web designers and frontend developers. This year, the Future of Web Design is for the very first time in Prague. Because of the joining forces with Future of Web Apps, it is giving you two conferences for the price of one.

Check it out: http://futureofwebdesign.com/prague-2012/

Meet us at our amiando booth at the EIBTM.

On November 27-29, the leading global event for the meetings, incentives, events and business travel industry - the EIBTM - will take place in Barcelona. This year EIBTM will be celebrating it’s 25th birthday. The event first opened in 1988 and has been committed to delivering vital business opportunities for meetings industry professionals across the globe ever since.

As in previous years, amiando will have its own booth at the trade fair (booth O195). We are looking forward to meet you there. Besides tasting our lovely amiando smilie-jelly bears, you will have the chance to win an iPad3 by participating in our green events survey.

Also, we kindly invite you to our press conference, held on Thursday 29th. Our Managing Director Norbert Stockmann will speak about:

Expand Your Event’s Horizons: Social Networking that Really Works from Those in the Know