Olimpia finally forces me into a conga (she is been trying for years over several visits to Venezuela and finally succeeded). Probably the most original start to a keynote I have seen for years. Now she works in a difficult environment. She created some of the most interested KM events in Caracas for PDVSA, she was a main player in their University, a committed social worker and one of those people who can best be described as a Force of Nature, and a force for good. A powerful opening section on poverty, the economical situation in Latin America, take the road from the airport to the city in Caracas and you will see real poverty, it depresses me every time I visit.
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Her linking of KM with poverty reduction or addressing third-world / two-thirds world / majority world / southern (what do they call it now) issues was really refreshing. (So few presenters even allude to what I would consider the really big issues. Too scary/uncomfortable.) Reminds me of the months I spent living on a slum in Manila with a community development team back in the '80s. (One thing I love about social computing/networking is how it's linked me with many of my old friends from those days. Some are still working there!)
So I was left a little 'hungry' for some of the more practical applications of KM to community development, I felt this was alluded to but not elaborated. I would love to hear what people are doing at the coal face here - I've heard sporadically of different ways that technology can assist here, but not specifically KM - is it only somethign that the NGOs and visitors can use to share knowledge and stories of what works and what might be/might work? Or are there ways it can actually empower the people we seek to minister to.
Would love to hear more...
Posted by Mark Burnard | August 6, 2009 2:45 PM
Posted on August 6, 2009 14:45