The volume of content published to the web is overwhelming even the best search engine's ability to help people filter out the junk and find just what they need. That represents an opportunity for organizations to become the trusted guide to the best content on topics of interest to their stakeholder audiences. It's also a form of content that fits well into the category of content marketing. This presentation was delivered to the attendees of a conference titled, "Communicating Your Company Story -- Inside and Out" presented by Ragan Communications and hosted at the Dallas, Texas headquarters of Southwest Airlines. The PowerPoint presentation is speaker support only, but you can hear an audio recording of the presentation and follow along with the PowerPoint deck at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz.

1. Content Curation:The Communicator’sNew Responsibility Shel Holtz, ABC@shelholtz hashtag: #raganswa

2. Why all thetalk aboutcuration?

3. Companies have to THINK like publishers

4. Welcometo theSplinternet

8. Impact on News Newsrooms are shrinking Top online stories change quickly Top online stories ≠ top mainstream stories Online = broader range of coverage

10. It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure. -- Clay Shirky

12. Curated Contentis Media

17. Curation Process Identification Collection Documentation Context Display

30. $ From freeto thousandsper year

31. $1,500/mo $99/mo $3,000/yr Call for pricing $3-$25K+ /yr

33. Curation Communication

38. InternalCuration “With the introduction of these tools, by volume, the amount of Web pages and Web content being created by employees quickly overwhelmed the professional publishing volume.” -- Ben Edwards VP Digital Strategy IBM

39. “Curation is a response to aworld of content abundance”

40. News about… Company Competitor Industry Marketplace

42. William says:“ The external news helps employees to better understand the external forces that affect internal decisions. It’s clear to me that our employees are much more informed as a result.” Employees say:“I believe that the timely articles, however politically charged, are useful in helping us understand where the company is headed and what winds are blowing us there.”

44. Internal Communications Company/competitor/industry/marketplace news Internal events

47. Internal Communications Company/competitor/industry/marketplace news Internal events Training

50. Internal events

51. TrainingVital professions Company positions and statements Employee blogs Projects Initiatives Wellness Sustainability Your own knowledge

52. IndividualCuration