About a year ago in this very blog, I extolled the enjoyment I got from attending the annual KMWorld conference,
meeting new folks and catching up with old friends. I say now, as I did then,
that Jane and Hugh (if you're reading this, you already know who they are) put
on a great conference. It's easily my second favorite conference of the year
(I'll let you guess which
conference is my top pick). Sadly, this year client commitments will
prevent me from attending KMWorld--but a client commitment is a good thing to
have these days, so I can't complain too much.
However, what this amounts to is akin to getting a
free upgrade to first class for everyone else attending. I was scheduled to
participate in the panel discussion. Luckily, I was able to convince our
president, Dr. Carla O'Dell, to step in and provide her insight into the future
of knowledge. What an upgrade! By the way, Darcy Lemons, our top KM researcher,
is also scheduled to speak at the conference. If you want to find out why your
lessons learned program doesn't work, be sure to attend her session.
So while I could lament my situation, I'm going to
try to make this as positive as I can. If you're going to attend KMWorld, what
is it that you're interested in learning from the conference? And even if
you're not planning to attend, what issues do you face that seem to be just out
of reach of the solutions you have? Comment here, and maybe I'll be able to
spend some time ruminating on it to feel connected while you're networking in
San Jose. In the meantime, as a life-long Cleveland Browns fan, I'll just reuse
what we are very familiar with by saying, "Wait 'til next year!"
For me it is all about best practices. What works, what doesn't. We are all brave souls working in this brave new world of KM and we need to learn as much from each other as possible as we push this world into the mature and productive culture it needs to be!
Fernando.