Curate

 Manage Your Attention!!

The amount of information available on the Net can be overwhelming, so this session is dedicated to curation - the methods of getting filtered information sent to you + organizing that information.

Resources - SEOMOZ Curation


Advice 

• Google Alerts - if the alerts do not help you with a topic or send you a new discovery
• change the key words or add a eky search word to make the results less general

• Twitter - info in the tweets is not helpful or too general - unfollow the person tweeting
• Google Plus - too many posts or not meaningful information - remove the person from your circle
• Newsletters - repeat topics or too much advertizing - unsubscribe

You only have so much time, so what you are reading should help you with school work OR be a new discovery.  If you are spending too much time just trying to read Tweets, posts + email - start deleting!

Assignment

1. Use your class Gmail Account to sign up for Scoop.it
2. Create a Scoop.it - the basic account is free - demo here
3. Select 5 topics to follow - you may choose to follow topics in a language that is easiest for you.
4. Scoop.it take 24 hours to populate - so do not wait until the due date to get set up
   
5. Link your Scoop.it in your blog 
• Use 'add a gadget' - choose 'link list' to add the Scoop.it link on the side of your blog
• Look at the Home page of this blog - 'Hospitality Resources' is a sample of what your link should look like, in your blog 

Next

1. Set Up an Issuu
2. Choose any hotel or restaurant that interests you
3. Create an online brochure in Issuu for the hotel/restaurant you have chosen 
4. The brochure needs to be at least 8 pages + a cover page - be sure to put your name and MBA 1 A on the cover
5. Embed the Issuu in your blog, as a blog post - by the Due Date 

Discover
You can create your own Headline Kiosk with All Top

Need help with your Issuu Embed?  A YouTube tutorial