This presentation discusses content curation and provides an overview of common tools used for curation. It defines content curation as identifying, organizing, and sharing relevant online content on a specific topic. The presentation describes different types of curation and classifies popular tools like Diigo, Scoop.it, and Paper.li. It provides guidance on choosing tools, strategies for effective curation, and a three-step process of discovery, analysis, and sharing curated content.

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Social content curation
Alberto Nantiat
ATiT

2. Content curation
• identify, organise, and share the best and most
relevant content on a specific topic or issue online
• information overload content curation
• not a replacement of your content
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3. Types of curation
• Many classifications: action, output, aim, etc.
See a classification of the tools by Robin Good: http://
www.mindmeister.com/55395228/the-news-and-content-curation-tools-universe
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4. Tools - Diigo
• Highlighting, sticky notes on web pages
• Bookmarking & Saving
• Search and share
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6. Tools – Scoop.it
• publishing platform: topics, contents, interactions
• scoop and rescoop content
• Community
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8. Tools – Paper.li
• publishing platform: topic based newspaper
• Daily automatic publication
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10. Other tools
… and tons more. Among the most used:
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Quora Storify Zite List.ly
Bundlr Pearltrees Eqentia Trap.it
Delicious Netvibes Pinterest Percolate

11. Strategy for content curation
• First question is: does curation fit well in your
communication plan?
• A few factors worth considering:
• Some choices to make
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 Goals  Audience  Time
 Type of curation  Tool(s)  Topic (focus)

12. How to pick the right tool
Things to consider:
The Inputs (data source the tool can access)
The Organization (how the tool let me organise the
content)
The Venue (how and where the content is shared)
Have you decided? Have a try at similar tools too!
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13. Curate your content in 3 steps
1)1) DiscoveryDiscovery
It is the stage in which you search the Web for
content on your topic
Ideas:
aggregators
other people’s curation channels
online newspapers and magazines
Tip: find good sources and follow them
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14. Curate your content in 3 steps
2) Analysis2) Analysis
It is the stage where you decide if something is
actually worthy of sharing
You don’t need metrics: it’s your channel.
Tips:
establish some general criteria/requisite
quality information
“the less is more”
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15. Curate your content in 3 steps
3)3) CurationCuration
It is the stage where you actually share the content
Tips:
add value: commentary, insight
gives credit where credit is due
vary your content types
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16. Useful links
• Content curation manifesto -
http://www.rohitbhargava.com/2009/09/manifesto-for-the-content-curator-the-next-big
• Content Curation World - http://curation.masternewmedia.org/
• Content guide to understanding Newsmastering and content
curation -
http://www.mindomo.com/it/mindmap/content-curation-tools-the-newsmaster-toolkit-b
• The ultimate list of content curation tools and platforms
(70+ tools) -
http://www.youbrandinc.com/ultimate-lists/ultimate-list-content-curation-tools-platform
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