Content Curation for Cooperative Extension Webinar was presented for County Leaders of Oregon State Cooperative Extension. Dave King helped lead the conversation with Anne Adrian and Kevin Gamble. The recording is https://oregonstate.adobeconnect.com/_a827349107/p3rgcxgwj1m/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

1. The Role of a County Leader as a Convener
and Curator of Ideas and Information
Kevin Gamble @k1v1n
Anne Adrian @aafromaa
September 11, 2015
Conversation with middle managers with Oregon State Extension
Webinar recording

2. A Content Curator
Cherry-picks (discovers) the most
interesting and relevant content on
the Web, adds value (provides
context), and shares with their
community.
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3. Why Should Extension Professionals Curate?
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4. Tools for Content Discovery and Management
Myriad of curation tools (https://getpocket.com/)
Feed reader-- blogs (feedly.com)
Google Alerts (google.com/alerts)
Other content curators
Evernote (use for collecting and
organizing content)
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5. Tools for Sharing Curated Content
Mailing Lists
Blogs
Social Media (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook,
Pinterest, Google+, Reddit, Instagram…)
Dedicated curation sites (Rebelmouse,
Tumbler, Storify, Curata, Pearltrees…)
Newsletters
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6. Examples of Curation
David Doll https://twitter.com/thealmonddoctor http://thealmonddoctor.com/
Eric Stafne https://msfruitextension.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/EStafne
Alice Henneman
http://www.slideshare.net/alicehenneman
https://twitter.com/alicehenneman
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