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This post is a love letter to my fellow community managers, as well as a brass-tacks discussion on the practice of community management – the dark and the light side of it. Via Baochi
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A great post from +Maria Ogneva reflecting on the largely misunderstood and much under-appreciated role of the community manager (aka community facilitator). The essential ingredient for any successful community. #CoP #kmers Delete the scoop?
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More of a collecting than a curation tool for me, but some useful examples here. 
Víctor V. Valera Jiménez's curator insight,
May 17, 8:03 PM
Siempre pensamos en Twitter como una red social de microblogging en la que compartir información de una manera rápida. Sin embargo y como nos cuenta esta infografía, también puede ser una excelente herramienta de curación de contenidos. 
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May 17, 10:56 PM
By using lists lists and hash tags effectively twitter can be u useful curation tool. Storify another mentioned in this article could also be a useful tool to curate twitter content Delete the scoop?
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If you're a Flipboard user, you'll recall that the app was recently updated to let you create your own magazines. Unfortunately, this functionality was
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Flipboard's personal magazine feature (you curate your own magazine from Flipboard's content), previously limited to iOS devices, is now available for Android (hooray!).
Creating a magazine is a simple proces, just tap the plus button visible on each article inside the app or use the bookmarklet when surfing the web. You can share your magazine via SMA, email or Pinterest.
The new Android version introduces some unique features. You're able to "flip" content into your magazines using the share button built into many Android apps.
Also, the Financial Times is now available on Flipboard. Delete the scoop?
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Excerpted from article on Mashable:
Via Giuseppe Mauriello
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I think this statement captures the essence of the piece: "A curator ingests, analyzes and contextualizes web content and information of a particular nature onto a platform or into a format we can understand". I tend to think of it as the skill required to separate news from noise. #curation 
Tom George's curator insight,
May 9, 1:27 PM
Always great curation coverage from Giuseppe Mauriello. See how curation is growing. What will some cool jobs be? Any ideas anyone? 
Mathieu Bigeard's curator insight,
May 10, 5:22 AM
#SocialMedia Governance: what's the role of the Content #Curator. Good article from #Mashable
Víctor V. Valera Jiménez's curator insight,
May 10, 10:51 PM
Excelente artículo en Mashable de Stephanie Buck que nos habla de este nuevo perfil profesional que está irrumpiendo con fuerza en el marketing de contenidos, el Content Curator. Delete the scoop?
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359 million active users.
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Probably not news to most social networkers, but validates G+ as one of the runners in the three-horse race (Facebook and Twitter being the other two). Speaking for myself, I won't get locked into any one proprietary network so have a presence on all three, and generally remain wary of any service funded by advertising, where you are at the mercy of forces beyond your control! Delete the scoop?
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Via Robin Good
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I can understand where Harold Jarche is coming from on this piece, but the missing element for me is THE PURPOSE of your curation activity. Frictionless curation is perfectly sensible of it's for your own purpose - e.g. creating collections of useful content for learning or research. It's different if you are curating for the purpose of adding insight or value for others, in which case the 'sensing and sharing' becomes more relevant. Delete the scoop?
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Twitter-RSS allows you to get in RSS format the latest news of the twitter users choosen by you. Via Robin Good
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Glad to see that RSS is not dead, despite waht Google think! 
DJ Halp's comment,
April 24, 7:26 AM
anyone remember when it was easy to discover an RSS feed right from any twitter page? the source would just be based on some unique id...a string of like eight or nine numbers. that ability went away last october. this looks a lot cleaner, and it's a great find...still i wonder why simpler feed discovery isn't possible anymore.
wanderingsalsero's comment,
April 25, 12:17 AM
I'll admit I'm not really skillful with twitter and I know almost nothing about RSS but it does instantly seem apparent to me that most Twitter feeds just have so much total crap on them that saving/collecting is totally a waste of time.
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Infographics are visual representations of information, or “data viz” as the cool kids call it these days.
Here's a great article on how to create infographics, or tell a story using 'data viz.'
Translating data into a story is tough work and this article gives us some fabulous tips on how to do it.
Not a graphic designer? Don't worry -- as a business person the more you know about how to create a great data viz story, the better you can tell a graphic designer or graphic scriber what you want.
Another reason I like this article is because it actually mentions the need to create a storyline for your visual, and know before had what the key message is you are trying to deliver.
The storytelling points the article leaves out are the storytelling devices of metaphor, analogy, contrast, and sensory material that are critical to a story's and an infographic's success. These pieces are implied in the article, but need more direct discussion about.
Use this article as a great guide. And if you want more detail, go dig into "Visualize This" by Nathan Yau (although it can be pretty technical). Via Karen Dietz Delete the scoop?
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Understanding personal learning networks: Their structure, content and the networking skills needed to optimally use them 
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April 18, 4:56 AM
Networking is a key skill in professional careers, supporting the individual’s growth and learning. However, little is known about how professionals intentionally manage the connections in their personal networks and which factors influence their decisions in connecting with others for the purpose of learning. In this article, we present a model of personal professional networking for creating a personal learning network, based on an investigation through a literature study, semi–structured interviews and a survey. Delete the scoop?
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Every so often, it’s good to revisit some of the fundamentals of knowledge management and reflect on their continuing importance to the field. I've been working with several different groups on C... Via Dick Cheuk
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A good and succinct reminder of the core principles that create and sustain Communities of Practice. 
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April 10, 11:00 PM
CoP also has its own life-cycle and cannot be forced but only be nurtured. Delete the scoop?
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Digital Workplace Trends 2013 study (Image: NetStrategyJMC ) Is the social business world of digital workplace really taking off the way vendors and consultants currently imagine it?
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A useful synopsis by Rawn Shah on a much larger and detailed report (Digital Workplace Trends 2013: http://www.digital-workplace-trends.com/) by Jane McConnell, who has been looking at the evolution of the intranet over the past 14 years.
The summary identifies 5 main obstacles to the successful deployment of enterprise social technolgies:
1. There is rarely a sense of urgency ...need to focus on the items that reflect why a social workplace is critical. 2. Middle management is forgotten ...middle managers are key to making it critical and the main obstacle for early adopters. 3. No empowerment ...principles are better than formal policies. A simple example of a principle, “All employees should be able to blog.”
4. Fragmented digital environments ...where people have to look in multiple places for a single document when interacting with others in the organization.
5. WE have a lot to learn about change ...start with operational groups not organizational groups. Look for who works with whom on a regular basis regardless of what team they belong to or who their manager may be. Value: 9/10 Delete the scoop?
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Appears to be quite a slick integratoon with Wordpress. However, the $3750 per month (min) will put a lot of people off - including me! 
Josette Williams's curator insight,
April 6, 1:17 AM
A great plugin for your WordPress site called Storify. 
Valerie Thuillier's curator insight,
April 14, 2:34 AM
Dommage ? que Robin Good ne nous explique pas tout en français ^^ mais il publie dans son scoop it des billets intéressants ! Delete the scoop?
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A handy reminder, even if you are a regular user of thse services. Delete the scoop?
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Love Flipboard. This new feature opens up a whole new world for content curation.
Víctor V. Valera Jiménez's curator insight,
May 17, 7:31 PM
Ahora ya no hace falta disponer de un Ipad o una tablet o smartphone para realizar nuestra propia revista en Flipboard, ya que con el nuevo editor online en la web de esta conocida herramienta, podremos realizar nuestra propia curación desde nuestro ordenador.
Este vídeo nos da una pequeña introducción de como empezar a usar este editor en la web de Flipboard, mediante el botón o "bookmarklet" que se puede instalar en la barra de favoritos de nuestro navegador para ir capturando los contenidos que nos parezcan interesantes para nuestra publicación. Delete the scoop?
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Via Robin Good
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Opens up a new dimension for news discovery, with lots of options for user customisation. 
ghbrett's curator insight,
May 15, 11:57 AM
Have a look at Robin Good's extensive comments about Ping.it. They are very helpful and detailed. Delete the scoop?
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Google announced today an expansion of its online storage efforts with the release of a "Save to Drive" button that can be added to any website, allowing visitors to click and save files hosted on the site to their personal Google Drive accounts.
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Potentially another nail in the coffin of the traditional desktop PC, and recognition of the growing importance of Cloud stotage. Currently, to move files found on the web to your personal online storage site, you first have to save those items to your desktop in an intermediary step. But in Google’s vision, the desktop is fading away, and everything will be built on top of the web’s platform instead. Delete the scoop?
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Accuracy is fundamental to journalism, but it’s a challenge to verify information when it flows at digital warp speed from so many sources. This presentation Via Robin Good
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Some useful tips on how to rebalance the Timeliness vs. Accuracy and Quality equation for information dissemination. A must-read for any user of social media! 
JOitske Hulsebosch's curator insight,
May 9, 4:19 AM
Useful tips on how to evaluate information on the internet - mostly from a news verification perspective but can be useful in other situations as well 
Jo Paoletti's comment,
May 9, 7:19 AM
Crap detection for content curators. Is it time for everyone who shares stuff they find on the Internet to think of themselves as content curators. Beats being a rumor monger or Typhoid Mary of misinformation.
Sarah McElrath's curator insight,
May 10, 8:14 AM
Could be used when teaching evaluation of online content / critical thinking skills. Delete the scoop?
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If you need tagging, sharing and saving options built into your reader, then Feedly does the job. Delete the scoop?
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Pinterest meets Evernote. Every day you surf and find amazing things on the internet. With Keeeb you can save sentences or paragraphs, single images and vide... Via Robin Good
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Feature-rich for building and sharing collections of multimedia and media content. As a current user of Pinterest, Evernote and Pearltrees I'm not quite sure I have the stamina for creating a new repository. However, definetly worth lookig at for anyone juts starting out on their curation journey. Might alos be worth checking out the business model - how is it funded? 
Susan's comment,
May 9, 2:28 PM
I would say it's more of a replacement for Symbaloo or other bookmarking tools.
Karen Johnson's comment,
May 9, 3:48 PM
I would agree with Susan's comment. I think it is something to try instead of Netvibes.
Elizabeth Hutchinson's comment,
May 9, 4:52 PM
I think like all curation tools, you need to find what works for you. If you have time investigate the next thing if not, stick with what you know.
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FeedWax helps you curate sources covering things happening in your local area right now. Via Robin Good 
Adam Donkus's curator insight,
May 9, 1:38 PM
Curration is a hot trend now for social media and seo..local curation..never saw a tool for that..
Adam Donkus's curator insight,
May 9, 1:39 PM
Local content curration too cool..will be giving it a try.. Delete the scoop?
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RSS Reader Reimagined; Everything you want to read - news, your favorite blogs, art and more - in one convenient place designed for you. Via Robin Good
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It's good to know there is plenty of (RSS Reader) life after Google Reader is retired. Delete the scoop?
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"Google Alerts have become a critical part of my business from brand monitoring to topic monitoring, but it may be going away." Via Robin Good
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Google Alerts have been one of my mainstays for automatic search and filtering since it was first launched. If the rumours are correct that this is on Google's product anhialation lits, then I guess we should be looking for alternatives now. My own refelction on the services listed here is that - having used it - Social Mention is pretty unreliable. 
Cendrine Marrouat - www.cendrinemarrouat.com's comment,
April 20, 10:01 PM
Mention is free, as long as you are fine with "only" 500 mentions per month.
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Here’s a common scenario. Someone emails and asks about an elearning tutorial I have on the blog. It’s not always easy to find the specific tutorial buried in a given post. In fact, there are many times I either forgot that I had created that tutorial or I can’t recall where it’s at either. I know. It’s part of getting older.
Today I am going to fix that. I have listed every blog post that has a video tutorial that shows how to create something related to online learning. So, if you’re just getting started with building online learning courses (or new to the blog), now you have a handy resource with links to all sorts of rapid elearning tutorials.
Via Gust MEES
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A bold claim (World's Largest?) - but nevertheless a very useful reference for e-learning. Delete the scoop?
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HootSuite CEO describes social media's ongoing civil war.
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This is well worth a read. We've all seen the effects of the raised garden walls between the key players, making it increasingly difficult to share content across the different social networks. And the trend looks like continuing, as the big boys gobble up any independents that offer aggregation services - such as Tweetdeck (bought by Twitter), swiftly followed by emasculating some of their features that might have permitted multi-network sharing. As the author states: "While increasingly hard to come by, independent social media management systems—which offer access to all networks but are beholden to none—are the safest bet for companies hoping to get the most out of social media investments." Interest value: 9/10 Delete the scoop?
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Yesterday (20th May 2013) Yahoo! finally confirmed its all-cash acquisition of the social media platform, Tumblr.
According to latest research (Q1 2013), 73 million people have created a Tumblr account which equals 5% of the total internet users at a global level.
One of the major things Tumblr has going for it is the youthfulness of its user base, and this is certainly something that Yahoo! , with it's more 'aged' demographic, would have been attracted to.
46% of Tumblr’s active user base at a global level is between the ages of 16 and 24. This compares to roughly 30% for Google+, 27% for Facebook, and 29% for Twitter.
It will be interesting to see what level of integration will take place beyween Yahoo!’s existing services and its new aquisition. CEO, Marissa Mayer has indicated a hands-off approach, leaving David Karp to continue running the company he set up...that is once he's finished counting his $1.1 billion dollar fortune!