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Digital Assets Creates New Role for L&D Pros: The Content Curator

ATD Learning Technologies

“If you can be a guide, a clearinghouse, a trusted place from where to learn, appreciate, and understand more, there is no amount of outbound links that is going to counter the magnetic force you will express to those who are interested in what you are pointing to.". Sounds simple, right? But curation can get complicated quickly.

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Why Content Curation Should be in Your Skillset

Jay Cross

Curating these items — selecting, organizing, evaluating, and sharing them widely — multiplies an organization’s return on information many times over. And, as Clay Shirky has said: “Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.”.