Blog post: Release 1.0

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+title: Lift Off - OSEM 1.0
+author: Henne Vogelsang
+image: rocket.jpg
+
+---
+
+<p>
+  We are pleased to announce the first stable release of the Open Source Event
+  Manager (OSEM), a event management application tailored to free software
+  conferences. OSEM helps your community with the paper submission/selection
+  process, registration of attendees and the marketing of your event.
+</p>
+<p>
+  The <em>1.0</em> release contains more than 1.800 inidividual contributions from over
+  30 free software hackers. It has powered the last four
+  <a href="https://events.opensuse.org/">openSUSE</a> and three
+  <a href=" https://conference.owncloud.org/">ownCloud</a> conferences with over
+  1.000 attendees and 500 paper submissions. It is a proven, stable and
+  enjoyable project that we think is more than ready for general consumption.
+</p>
+<p>
+  Read on for hightlights of OSEM 1.0!
+<p>
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+
+<h2>Communicate the value of your event</h2>
+  <p>
+    Confernces are about bringing the people of your community closer together.
+    Gathering in one place strengthens the relationships, makes communication
+    easier and will create lasting shared memories. But to get people to take up
+    travel and come to your event you need to convince them that it's woth it.
+    OSEM helps you do that by taking all the data of your event (time, place,
+    program etc.) to build a web site for your conference with all the information
+    the attendees need. Communicate the value of your event and convince people to
+    register &amp; buy tickets.
+  </p>
+  <img src="/img/posts/osem_1.0_splash.gif" class="img-responsive img-thumbnail">
+
+<h2>Inspire your community with content</h2>
+<p>
+  Your event will only be as good as the content your community presents. It's
+  the knowledge, inspiration and joy from the talks, workshops and social events
+  that people will take home with them. It's the content that will spark new
+  ideas and leap your project forward. To get the best program together OSEM
+  makes it super easy for your speakers to submit proposals and equally smooth
+  for your organizers to classify, evaluate and schedule submissions.
+</p>
+
+<img src="/img/posts/osem_1.0_event.jpg" class="img-responsive img-thumbnail">
+
+<h2>Know your conference</h2>
+<blockquote>
+  Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. - Kofi Annan
+</blockquote>
+<p>
+  It's important for you as an event organizer to know about the evolution of
+  your event. Do you have enough content to fill your schedule? How many people have registered? Do you have the <em>right</em>
+  content for your audience? Which of your blog posts, tweets, banners drove the
+  most people to your event? OSEM will help you answer these questions with a
+  data driven dashboard. Get an 30.000 feet overview or dive into all the nitty
+  gritty details at any point in time.
+</p>
+
+<img src="/img/posts/osem_1.0_data.gif" class="img-responsive img-thumbnail img-center">
+
+<h2>Get OSEM 1.0</h2>
+<p>
+  Ready to give OSEM 1.0 a spin?
+</p>
+<p>
+  <ul class="list-inline">
+    <li>
+      <a href="http://demo.osem.io" class="btn btn-xl btn-invert">Try A Demo</a>
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      <a href="https://github.com/openSUSE/osem/releases/tag/v1.0-beta" class="btn btn-xl">Download</a>
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      <a href="https://heroku.com/deploy?template=https://github.com/openSUSE/osem" class="btn btn-xl btn-heroku">
+        Deploy to Heroku
+      </a>
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+  <span class="small">
+    Need help? Read the <a href="https://github.com/openSUSE/osem/blob/master/INSTALL.md">documentation</a> or get in <a href="/#contact">contact</a> with us!
+  </span>
+</p>
+
+<p class="lead">
+  We hope you enjoy this release!
+</p>

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