If you follow this blog or my Twitter feed, you know that I'm very much into both content curation and storytelling as integral parts of communication. Curation can help you avoid getting knocked over by the information firehose, and storytelling can win over your audience and let your message flow through.
So here are some of the latest and greatest links I've found on these two topics recently. Let me know what you think, eh?
CONTENT CURATION
Where to find information to curate?
Check out this helpful list of 14 sources of content curation inspiration.
Curation tools, you ask?
Here’s a list of 57 curation tools and resources. Have fun with it.
Not to be outdone, here is a list dubbed the “ultimate” list of content curation tools and platforms. What’s YOUR favourite?
Of course you want to curate without getting in trouble. Read this article on how to curate without stealing.Feeling overwhelmed by curation?
Here are some suggestions for organizing your content for curation. Personally,
I could not live without my Delicious account.
Curation insights
Here’s a piece on what noted blogger Jeff Bullas calls
the “hot” trend of content curation.
STORYTELLING
Sometimes people tell me: “Well, this storytelling stuff is very interesting, Donna, but my company is too boring. We have no stories to share.” Really? Here are two examples of how to find engaging content, no matter what industry you’re in:
And here are some simple storytelling suggestions for you: Five tips for telling better stories
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Visit the Trafalgar Communications website for information about how we can help your organization to share its story through traditional and new media.
As always, you have shared some mighty interesting content! I agree with you, no matter what the company or industry, it has stories. Sometimes you just need to dig.
Posted by: Sue Horner | December 10, 2012 at 10:48 PM
Curating content for your business could give you a headache if you have little or no passion of the industry you are in. And in this competitive world of online marketing, you need to think of strategies to keep your audience. Thanks for the links, they have taught me some lessons.
Posted by: Caloundra Bookkeeping | April 18, 2013 at 10:51 PM