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“ Creating content for multiple platforms each and every day can be taxing for even the most skilled copywriter. It means coming up with fresh, interesting content constantly to provide great resources” Via Jeff Domansky, Suvi Salo, Mika Auramo 
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If you are looking for inspiration when it comes to content curation, here is a great example at work.
Elearning Examples is a curated collection of "examples" from the real world of online communications in the areas of "multimedia journalism", "infographics" and "html5" among others.
The design of the site and the quality of the work "examples" being showcased make this a good example of what good "content curation" is.
Clearly, the work produced by this site, produces no noise or regurgitation of information, but rather offers a better way to make sense and discover the communication areas being curated on the site.
Thanks to David Anderson, an e-learning designer & community manager at Articulate for having created this excellent curated set of galleries.
Inspiring. 9/10
Look: http://elearningexamples.com/
David Anderson's blog: http://multimedialearning.com/
His Twitter channel: https://twitter.com/#!/elearning
(Reviewed by Robin Good) Via Robin Good, janlgordon, catspyjamasnz
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This piece was brilliantly written by my fellow curator, Robin Good.
Sorry my commentary is so long but this was so thought provoking, I just couldn't help myself:-)
The headline draws you in and the material more than delivers on that promise. What makes a great curator is clearly demonstrated in this piece. Bravo Robin!
I'm not going to repost what Robin has said but add my own comments, just as if I were in a conversation with him.
In Robin's own words - A great curator does the following:
"Optimizes, Edits, Formats, Selects, Excerpts, Writes, Classifies, Links, Personalizes, Vets, Credits, Filters, Taps, Suggests, Searches, Scouts, Hacks Filters and Searches, Is Transparent, Recommends, Crowdsources"
As you read this article, pay attention to how he has done all the above. He creates a standard, he gives you some criteria so you can understand what makes someone great and what makes someone no so great.
****He is responding to an article he read in Forbes about curation which talks about the importance of keywords. Robin stresses the importance of "human curation" adding your personal touch and bringing added value to what you're curating and not trying to fit what you're saying into keywords that will draw traffic from the search engines.
These are my comments..........
**** Curation is new and is evolving. Water rises to its own level. The people who know why they're curating, who their audience is, how they consume information and what they need, and then act on this, will become great trusted sources.
Some people just want information. Others want to engage by adding comments or another layer of context. There's a rhythm to this and it takes time to find the right balance.
I think a great curator is a good listener and a keen observer who selects content that "speaks to the audience's listening". Paying attention to this and fine tuning your approach takes a lot of work but it's worth it. I'm inserting a direct quote from Robin:
"One point: I believe that curators, as I see them, should rarely if ever be driven by analytics data or statistics but to their personal experience and viewpoint. Their goal is not in fact to go after the broadest and most numerous audience but have the humbleness and vision to serve a very specific need and tribe."
If you're passionate and knowledgable about the topic you're curating, and you are committed to serving your readers, you will be great.
In business you have to have a unique sales proposition. Adding context to what you curate will set you apart from others and make you great. This is your place to contribute something new, perhaps you disagree with what was said and you bring a new perspective. Anything you can do to expand the piece and add dimension to it is valuable to others.
Robin produced this video in 2009 with Gerd Leonhard, a highly respected media futurist. It is excellent. The title speaks for itself: "The Relevance Of Context In Content Curation" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDo6YrJKaoM.
There is also another piece "Context Not Content is King" by Arnold Waldstein I posted this some time ago. It is very relevant today and hopefully sheds more light on what will set you apart from people who are just aggregating links.
Last but not least......
Robin also has a view point and invites us into a conversation when he discusses the scoring system which you will see when you read the article. It makes me want to respond, it's a two way dialogue between him and me, he's not just talking at me by reposting content without adding anything else.
I happen to agree with him about this but that's a whole other discussion.
Curated by JanLGordon covering "Content Curation, Social Media and Beyond"
This is only a taster. To see the full article by a true master-curator at the top of his game, click here Via janlgordon
Robin Good's comment,
November 6, 2011 11:44 AM
Exactly Beth!
I couldn't have said better. Thanks for clarifying this further. 
Nancy White's curator insight,
March 10, 2017 4:37 PM
Oh my - all of my favorite thought leaders on curation in one spot! This immediately caught my eye and introduced a new way for me to look at curation- as a way to "find your tribe."
Duncan Cole's curator insight,
March 11, 2017 2:59 PM
If you are looking for some good advice and insight into how to develop into a great content curator, this is a great article from a few years ago from Robin Good. The additional insight from other curators adds another dimension, and I would suggest looking at this in some detail. It is clearly more effort to curate well, but then high quality work usually does.
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Pawan Deshpande, CEO of HiveFire has written this interesting post about content curation and how to match your personality to the type of curation that best suits you. Interesting observations:
Excerpt:
Personality type can play a big part in your content curation style, from the types of content you share to where you share it and how you go about the process.
Many marketers are now adding content curation— the act of finding, organizing and sharing online content to engage customers and prospects—to their job descriptions. As with other marketing strategies, personality type can play a big part in your content curation style, from the types of content you share to where you share it and how you go about the process.
What’s your curation type? Match your own personality to the qualities below so you can embrace your inner curator.
http://www.adotas.com/2011/08/what-kind-of-content-curator-are-you/ Via janlgordon
Tom George's comment,
August 26, 2011 9:43 AM
Hi Jan, good morning. Are your prepared for the hurricane coming our way?
janlgordon's comment,
August 26, 2011 9:51 AM
We're right on the water, lots of windows, we're prepared as much as we can be. It's definitely going to be challenging to say the least, hope for the best:-)
Robin Good's comment,
August 27, 2011 3:22 AM
Hi Jan, great job so far. Love what you do. Thanks for sharing it.
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janlgordon's curator insight,
November 9, 2013 11:10 AM
Angela Dunn has written a great piece on one of my favorite topics, curation - it was the lead post on our launh of Curatti last night. What makes a good curator? "You need to have the eye of an editor, a sense of taste like a chef, and your own unique Point of View. It is this Point of View – your taste – that can lead to authority and influence". Jan Gordon:
Curators who are driven by passion and purpose will be very important to the business community in their chosen niche - it's crucial that we preserve this information for the future. That is why the future of curation is definitely evergreen. Here are some highlights that caught my attention: The amount of content is growing exponentially, but our time is limited. Curators are our filters for information overload – the editors of chaos. The slew of content curation tools that emerged gave way to algorithms. Can a machine have a Point of View? Machines can influence your Point of View. The danger is they can also create a filter bubble. It is human insight coupled with machine results that can define the very best information edited from a trusted curator’s Point of View. Evergreen posts, such as “Curating Content for Thought Leadership”,, written by Angela in 2010 are important in that they stand the test of time. All good blogs need some such articles. The above, along with all of Angela's posts on the now defunct Postereus, have evergreen links due to a new tool for archiving the web – Permamarks. Selected by Jan Gordon for Curatti covering Curation, Social Business and Beyond Read more here: [http://bit.ly/1ewOFR1]
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Robin Good: The Institute for the Future and the University of Phoenix have teamed up to produce, this past spring, an interesting report entitled Future Work Skills 2020.
By looking at the set of emerging skills that this research identifies as vital for future workers, I can't avoid but recognize the very skillset needed by any professional curator or newsmaster.
It should only come as a limited surprise to realize that in an information economy, the most valuable skills are those that can harness that primary resource, "information", in new, and immediately useful ways.
And being the nature of information like water, which can adapt and flow depending on context, the task of the curator is one of seeing beyond the water, to the unique rare fish swimming through it.
The curator's key talent being the one of recognizing that depending on who you are fishing for, the kind of fish you and other curators could see within the same water pool, may be very different.
Here the skills that information-fishermen of the future will need the most:
1) Sense-making: ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressed
2) Social intelligence: ability to connect to others in a deep and direct way, to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactions
3) Novel and adaptive thinking: proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or rule-based
4) Cross-cultural competency: ability to operate in different cultural settings
5) Computational thinking: ability to translate vast amounts of data into abstract concepts and to understand data-based reasoning
6) New media literacy: ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms, and to leverage these media for persuasive communication
7) Transdisciplinarity: literacy in and ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines
8) Design mindset: ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomes
9) Cognitive load management: ability to discriminate and filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximize cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniques
10) Virtual collaboration: ability to work productively, drive engagement, and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team
Critical to understand the future ahead. 9/10
Curated by Robin Good
Executive Summary of the Report: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapolloresearchinstitute.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffuture-work-skills-executive-summary.pdf
Download a PDF copy of Future Work Skills 2020: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapolloresearchinstitute.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffuture-skills-2020-research-report.pdf Via Robin Good, janlgordon
Beth Kanter's comment,
December 20, 2011 7:34 PM
Thanks for sharing this from Robin's stream. These skills sets could form the basis of a self-assessment for would-be curators, although they're more conceptual - than practical/tactical. Thanks for sharing and must go rescoop it with a credit you and Robin of course
janlgordon's comment,
December 20, 2011 7:56 PM
Beth Kanter
Agreed. It's also one of the articles I told you about....good info to build on:-)
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Karyn Campbell wrote this piece for Sparksheet - Great Observations and so true!
Intro:
"Before news aggregators, content curators, and Google’s omnipotent algorithm, the world’s information was sorted by real human beings."
Here's what caught my attention:
It comes down to trust
The web has offered us incredible options for how we buy products, talk to our friends, or experience media. Remember that adage “quality over quantity”? We can take that phrase literally online – quantity won’t go away; quality will just sit atop.
Sometimes we want someone to tell us, consistently, what’s true and what’s good. No wonder YouTube just relaunched its music page, enlisting writers for Vice, Spin and other major vloggers to curate its featured content.
**As Steve Jobs more radically put it, “It’s not the consumers’ job to know what they want.”
It comes down to trust. Because we are all so well trained in the art of branding, arguably at the expense of crafting things worthy of distribution,
**it becomes hard to trust the advice of a Wild West web.
Still, we’ll continue to take the word of our favourite industry insider, celebrity or uncle.
**Likewise, the smartest companies in this space will calibrate expertise with automation, math with emotion.
**Whether she’s a kid writing code or a poet in-the-making, look for the next generation Steve Jobs to carry on building, hiring, and perfecting these filters.
Absolutely!
http://sparksheet.com/return-of-the-editor-why-human-filters-are-the-future-of-the-web/ Via janlgordon
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Julia McCoy offers 17 excellent curation tools with several that may be new to you. Recommended reading. 9/10
"Content curation is vital to any content campaign because it can help you get incredible content pieces to share with your audience, as well as helping you figure out new topic ideas"