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The Ideal Blogger's Workflow for Effectively Curating Online Content

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From langwitches.org - June 15, 2014 4:29 AM
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What are the key steps that a blogger should follow to effectively curate content online?


Silvya Rosenthal Tolisano shares her personal workflow to curate content as a blogger, by highlighting the seven key steps she suggests to go through when preparing content for a blog, 


  1. Find & Acquire
  2. Select & Filter
  3. Group, Organize & Arrange
  4. Editorialize, Contextualize & Annotate
  5. Create, Present, Transform & Remix
  6. Engage & Customize
  7. Share 


and by reminding those already doing it

a) not to "copy - paste" entire long passages from articles "as they are", but to rather share short portions to which personal commentary, evaluation or extra value must be added,


b) not to confuse long list of links or resources, for which there is often very little verification and analysis, let alone commentary and added value, with curation.  


The key element of curation is adding value, not collecting large amount of items on a topic. That's what a collector does, not a curator. 



Useful. Informative. Great illustration. 8/10



Original article: http://langwitches.org/blog/2014/06/15/blogging-as-a-curation-platform/ 


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Mommy of Boys's curator insight, June 19, 2014 10:55 AM

Great information for creating content. 
PaolaRicaurte's curator insight, June 19, 2014 11:59 AM

An excellent perspective about blogging as content curation.
christa appleton's curator insight, June 25, 2014 6:18 AM

Great visual representation of blogging as curation
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Curation vs. Blogging: The Difference Is In The Focus

Curation vs. Blogging: The Difference Is In The Focus | Content Curation World | Scoop.it
From www.kitsch-slapped.com - June 19, 2012 8:30 AM

Robin Good: If curation is all about finding and sharing great content, what's the difference with what so many bloggers have been doing until now?

The difference, according to Deanna Dahlsad at Kitsch-Slapped, is in the focus. While bloggers often cover just about anything that intercepts their online wanderings, curators are characterized by a strong focus on a specific topic.  


Here is a key passage from her article: "Many bloggers spend their time selecting what they consider the best of what other people have created on the web and post it at their own sites, just like a magazine or newspaper.


Or they provide a mix of this along with writing or otherwise creating their own content. Not to split hairs, but curation involves less creation and more searching and sifting; curation’s more a matter of focused filtering than it is writing.


Because content curation is expected to be based on such focused filtering, it begins far more based on topic selection.


This is much different from blogging, where bloggers are often advised to “just begin” and let their voice and interests accumulate over time to eventually reveal a primary theme.


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Some collectors just collect what they like as they stumble into it. …Sometimes, collectors just keep piling up stuff, no matter what it is. Even if this isn’t hoarding, it’s not-so-much of a purposeful pursuit.


But professional curators, those who manage collections for museums or other organizations, and serious collectors, they maintain a specific focus.


And rather than stumbling into items, they continually seek for specific items.


The definition dictates the curation — and everything from funding to their continued employment is based on how well their collection meets the collection’s definition.


While blogging success may be thought of in many different ways, the success of content curation lies in how well you define, search/research, and stick to your subject."


Rightful. 8/10


Full article: http://www.kitsch-slapped.com/2012/06/facts-questions-on-blogging-curating-collecting/ 

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Robin Good's comment, June 19, 2012 4:21 PM
Thank you Deanna for writing it!
AnneMarie Cunningham's curator insight, March 14, 2013 2:13 PM

another explanation of curation
Everett Hudson's comment, March 22, 2013 10:50 AM
you have great ideas. more please!
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