This morning I learned a new word for information overload - "content fried" from a colleague at the Packard Foundation. It resonated. We have so much content in our professional lives. I'm talking about the stuff we consume daily to keep inform of our professional field. It comes speeding at us from our email boxes, social networks, kindles, and even paper and snail mail! We scan, we browse, we try to thoughtfully read the best stuff, and interact through online … [Read more...]
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Forget Coffee Spoons: I Can Now Measure Out My Life With Facebook Updates
One of my favorite lines of poetry comes from TS Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." It comes in a spot in the poem where he talking about the passage of time and mundane events. I can't resist quoting, bear with me: In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo. And indeed there will be time To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my … [Read more...]
What is the Secret to Extending the Life of your Content?
Hubspot points to a recent study from Bit.ly about the shelf life or how long a link stays alive before people stop engaging with it. It offers an estimate as follows: 2.8 hours on Twitter 3.2 hours on Facebook According to the post, it suggests that what's most important for content shelf life is the quality of the content shared, not where it is shared. I added this link to my nonprofit content curation list and discovered some conversation from other curators, including this one from … [Read more...]
Grazing on Curated Lists Is Like Sipping A Fine Wine
Earlier this week, I wrote a post called "Content Curation Is Listening and Engaging" about the art and science of curating information. It is process o f organizing, filtering and “making sense of” information on the web and sharing the very best pieces of content that you’ve cherry picked with your network. In the post I referenced a video interview with Robert Scoble by Howard Rheingold that Mari Smith highlighted in a google + post. I've been reflecting on Scoble's observation that … [Read more...]
Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?
Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange Webinar for Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart). The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn. Two grantees that work on Children's Healthcare at the national level and have experience using social media as part of an integrated campaign were co-presenters. Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner co-founder of Momsrising and Bruce … [Read more...]