It was probably the first time the value of the arts and a strong arts industry was articulated convincingly in the context of improved economic benefits for this country. The document identified creativity as a valuable intellectual commodity. Since then, exploring the characteristics and applications of creativity has attracted researchers and business worldwide; the focus on creativity as a path to improvement and its perceived role in superior problem-solving, thinking and entrepreneurial success has become an industry in itself. Unfortunately, governments and bureaucracies (including education) see creativity primarily as a process, a tool for a solution, rather than something far ...

Between websites, blog posts, tweets, video, white papers and more, content has become the currency of the social Web. According to research conducted by AOL® and Nielsen®, nearly one-quarter of all social media messages and one-half of industry-specific social messages contain links to content. The newest Blue Paper™ and podcast from promotional products retailer 4imprint, takes a look at how businesses and marketers can harness the power of content to build relationships and offer value to target audiences.

Content publishers are always on the lookout for better tools to help them find and work with content for their curated articles. Several tools now exist as hosted solutions for reading the news, but there are limitations for publishers who need to port the content they curate to their blogs’ editor for easy publishing.

Content Curation — this is often the easiest form of content production for people, especially those who are more research oriented. Content curation primarily involves consuming other sources of content — blog postings, social media updates, webinars, online videos — and distilling them to separate the good from the bad With no barriers to publishing online, there is plenty of misleading information available, and there is value when someone is consistently able to collect and editorialize the useful information.

What the average social media marketer does is “like” and share what others have already shared.

"What's different with Thoora? Well, it used to be that we served up the daily news based on what the world was talking about. Now, we're harnessing the science behind that concept and giving you the power to choose what content you want based on the topics you create. We bring you a continuous stream of fresh, relevant content on your topics, and our engine learns from your behavior, so your content stream is personalized to you."

As the web becomes more and more inundated with blogs, videos, tweets, status updates, news, articles, and countless other forms of content, information

Learn more about the content curation tools that are currently available online. These tools not only help you collect content, but they also allow you to present what is found in many different ways.

Tweet Steady, smart content curation can grow your audience on lots of social media outlets. It's list building, social media-style: You help folks find and filter other people's good stuff.

September always seems to be a month of new starts, new learning and new challenges for me—and probably more so than the New Year. I tend to spend all summer preparing for it, too! This summer, I dove into a large pile of books, and I wanted to share them with you in hopes that you’ll find them as interesting, motivating, and inspiring as I did!

Curation, which is something I do, I think, is gaining steam. The term has caught on in social media networking circles. This is good, and bad. You can find a bounty of articles about why curating will help your brand, but you may not just be interested in curating for your brand. If you are looking for a deeper look into curating, it can be found.

Developing a Social Search Strategy – Content Is King | Content Curation, Social Media and Beyond | Scoop.it

A content curator is more than someone who re-posts links, quotes sources and aggregates content from feeds. A content curator uses their own passion for the topic to filter and give meaning to the content they select.

A content curator is more than someone who re-posts links, quotes sources and aggregates content from feeds. A content curator uses their own passion for the topic to filter and give meaning to the content they select. They also add their own information and ideas to the updates.

Conference organizers need to take some cues from museum curators. Their techniques and principles can inform how to create rich learning experiences.