Luis Suarez, a leading KM expert and blogger, is visiting Cincinnati this week. Denham Grey, S2KM’s KM teacher and a recognized KM leader himself, and I spent Sunday morning with Luis touring Cincinnati while discussing KM and Web 2.0. Luis lives on grancanaria island, off the southern coast of Spain. This week represents his first visit to Cincinnati.
Our automobile tour included a Suspension Bridge crossing into Kentucky, a look at the Ohio River from Mt. Adams, plus a drive through downtown Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati campus.
We enjoyed Over-the-Rhine (OTR) where we attended Second Sunday on Main and shared brunch at Vinyl with Melody Sawyer Richardson. Melody, who chairs Second Sunday on Main, provided a history of OTR and spoke optimistically about its future.
Although Denham and Luis have been communicating and sharing knowledge online for many years, Sunday was their first F2F meeting. As expected, our conversation focused on KM and Web 2.0 issues. Denham and Luis share core KM values and perspectives. They value people over technology and conversations more than organizing information.
Luis began our conversation with a summary of his career in
KM and also highlighted some of his current work for IBM. Other KM and Web 2.0 topics discussed:
- Mobile devices
- Social software
- Communities of practice
- Old vs. new KM
- KM’s impact on Web 2.0
- Learning challenges and strategies
- Mapping and visual communication
- Managing web feeds – Luis subscribes to more than 700!
Welcome Luis. Thank you for sharing your first day in Cincinnati with Denham and me.
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