New@XING: Xpert Ambassadors and Official Xpert Groups

Come one, admit it: if you’re reading this you’re familiar with the Official XING Regional Groups. You’re not? Well, they’re groups moderated by XING Ambassadors, who also organize the Official XING Events. Around the world, over 200 XING Ambassadors head regional XING groups and organize XING Live! Events.

After the rousing success of XING Regional Groups and Events, we’ve decided to expand our Ambassador Program, now adding to the mix XING Xpert Ambassadors, whom you can spot from the purple icon next to their profile. As you might guess from the name, Xpert Ambassadors are experts in a certain industry who frequently organize industry-specific networking events.

Our first Xpert Groups include Bankingclub Online, the largest European online banking community for bank employees, financial service providers and insurance agents, IT Connect Xpert Group, which connect over 24,000 IT professionals in German-speaking countries, and the Franchise Xpert Group. We would like to extend a warm welcome and congratulations to Thorsten Hahn, Norbert Keil, and Jochen Ewald, the first XING Xpert Ambassadors!

In coming months, new industry-specific groups will be added to the rosters. In doing so, we hope to fulfill requests from our members to offer Official XING groups dedicated to specific topic areas. Our members can now exchange information with competent experts in their professional area of expertise, and further expand their offline networking activities.