KMI Grads and Instructors in the News

Grads Rachel and Brittany recently launched "Not Another KM Prodcast" and they've been busy!

From their podcast page:

Never fear - Brittany and Rachel are here. Not Another KM Podcast wants to save you from death-by-PowerPoint and endless “best practices” slides. Our tagline says it all: “KM without the snooze button.” We roast the buzzwords, side-eye the frameworks, and interview the experts who help us breathe life into knowledge management conversations. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner, KM-curious, or you’ve just nodded through a slide deck while questioning your life choices one too many times, we’ve got you.

KMI Top Blogger (and CKM Grad) Ekta Sachania is back to writing for the KMI Community and we are excited to post her latest article:

From Content Libraries to Intelligent Knowledge Systems – Leading the Future of KM

Ekta earned the Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM) in Dec, '22, and the Certified AI Manager in Oct, '25.

KM Instructor Barisa Abdifatah is a featured speaker at APQC Connect 2026.

This year’s theme—Bridge. Streamline. Flow.—is all about smoothing complexity, improving collaboration, and unlocking smarter performance.

Join us April 21–22.

KMI Grad Konstantinos Christodoulakis recently posted a new article:

What a Knowledge Management Strategy Must Be Today

Konstantinos lives in Belgium and earned his CKM Certification in July, 2024, and he just earned his CAIM (Certified AI Manager) Certification in March, 2026.

CKM Grad Brittany Persinger just posted her first article as a Guest Blogger:

What's in Your KM Go Bag? (Spoiler: It's Not a Chatbot)

The article also links to the Knowledge Summit Dublin - where she presented on the article's theme.

Brittany Persinger is a KM expert and mentor with 11 years of experience developing and leading knowledge management initiatives and programs with international organizations, most recently with the UN World Food Programme.

Connect with Brittany at LinkedIn here...

Meet our new Instructor! We are excited to add Barisa Abdifatah, CKM, MLIS to the KMI Instructor Team.

Barisa is the Director of Knowledge Management at STRATactical International, where she drives strategy, operations, and client solutions that deliver measurable impact. She applies proven KM practices—such as Knowledge Cafés, Communities of Practice, and Organizational Network Analysis—to drive collaboration, innovation, and better decision-making.

With over twenty years of global experience in academia and professional settings, Barisa has worked as an educator, administrator, translator (English/Arabic), and librarian. She is passionate about building people-centered KM frameworks that unite process and technology for sustainable value.

Barisa teaches CKM Certification training for KMI's Arab clients in the Gulf Region, as well as classes in North America.

KMI Grad Elizabeth McLean will be presenting: Local AI in Action - Evaluating Global Examples of Indigenous and Low-Resource Language LLMs.‍

The KM Triversary Forum 2025 has the very important theme of “Bridging the research-practice gap in knowledge management (KM)” and is taking place on 14-15 October 2025. It’s free (no fee) and fully online,
with sessions across the world’s time zones.

Click here for event details...

Elizabeth also earned her CKS (Specialist) in KM & Enterprise AI and CKS in Business Taxonomy and Ontology.

We are excited for another KMWorld show in November and KMI is represented well!  
The largest annual KM Conference worldwide is taking place in Washington DC at the JW Marriott, Nov 17-20. FYI: as a longtime Sponsor, KMI subscribers get a 30% discount on your registration!

Details and Registration...
Use Code: VIPKMI
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Speakers and Topics:
CKM Grad Dr. Rachel Teague: Enterprises, KM, and Agentic AI; User-Centric KM Systems

CKM Grad and Instructor Jess DeMay: Enterprises, KM, and Agentic AI.  
Jess co-teaches KMI's "KM & User Engagement" Certification.

KMI Instructor Stephanie Barnes: Creativity, Cooking, & Collaborating: Knowledge Sharing & Building Skills; plus: Radical KM: Adopting KM Strategy for the Future of Work. Stephanie teaches KMI's "Creative KM" Certification.

KMI Instructor Katrina Pugh: KM & AI Bring Collectivity, Nostalgia, & Selectivity.
‍Kathryn teaches KMI's "Knowledge Capture" Certification.

KMI Instructor Dr. John Lewis: Beyond Storytelling: Using Story Thinking for KM & AI Strategies. Dr. Lewis teaches KMI's "Innovation Management" Certification.

KMI Instructor Dr. Anthony Rhem: AI for Stakeholders.
‍Dr. Rhem teaches KMI's "Information Architecture" Certification.

[Left to right: Dr. Rachel Teague, Jess DeMay, Stephanie Barnes, Katrina Pugh, Dr. John Lewis, and Dr. Anthony Rhem]