London 2012 blog

When I left Heathrow on Friday 13th en route to Rio for the XV Pan American Games I was not sure quite what to expect as this was my first trip to South America and my first experience of the Pan American Games.

Rio is renowned as being one of the most beautiful cities in the world with its beaches, lagoons, mountains and forests. It is also well known for the annual carnival, the figure of Christ who surveys the 8 million Cariocas who live in the city below and of course football - the other religion of the Brazilian people.

However Rio is also infamous for the gangs that roam the enormous sprawling shanty towns (Favelas) which provide homes for millions of people but also provide refuge for the the warring gang members. So which side of Rio would I discover and what would I make of it all?

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The first ever IOC publications and editorial services workshop took place in Vancouver last week.

Facilitated by the Head of Media Operations for the IOC, the primary objective was to give the publications teams from the Vancouver, Beijing and London Games the opportunity to learn from Torino and Sydney, as well as to discuss and debate the future strategy around publications e.g. electronic vs hard copy print.

It was a great example of the Olympic Games Knowledge Managment (OGKM) in action.

The OGKM was introduced in Sydney 2000 and is a comprehensive handover of data, information, lessons learnt and recommendations based on invaluable Games-time experience.

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