Post on 15-Jan-2017
Why curate content for Learning?
We all want to learn and stay smart.But there’s too much content and too little time
Curation:
Finding, filtering and sharing Recent and relevant content for learners
(so they don’t have to)
How do you and your team currently find and curate content?
How do you and your team currently find and curate ontent?
Takes time and effort Good stuff gets missed Most people won’t do it Most won’t share what they find
How can we make curation easier?
Bring automation to your curation
Automated CurationBased on your rules:
Keywords, domains, Twitter influencers, RSS
Manual curationHand picked by you
from automated briefings and anywhere on the web
Bring automation to your curationAnd put it where it’s needed
Automated CurationBased on your rules:
Keywords, domains, Twitter influencers, RSS
Manual CurationHand picked by you
from automated briefings and anywhere on the web
Quick Demo
What are you trying to achieve with your curation?
12 Practical Use Cases For Content Curation
• Monitoring industry developments
• Tracking specific developments
• Supporting blended learning:– Keeping staff engaged– Essential reading and
updates• Supporting social learning
• Latest thinking from quality sources
• Tips on new products & technology
• Performance improvement tips
• Competitor tracking• Project research• Researching customers• Keeping customers updated
Monitoring Industry Developments
• Curation across multiple sources saves time• Add value with comments & context
Tracking Specific Developments
• More focused, niche topics• Less content but more relevant
Tracking Specific Developments
• More focused, niche topics• Less content but more relevant
Blended Learning: Recommended reading & updates
• Manually curate the most important content• Add context and commentary• Set must-read lists ahead of live events
Blended Learning: Keep people engaged
• Embed practical content as calls to action: can you apply these?• Provide regular content, e.g. one tip a day as micro-learning• Set curation assignments: teams pick top articles and explain why
they’re relevant to our challenges
Social learning: Start and sustain the discussion
• Share relevant, controversial content • Ask for views: risk, opportunity, threat to us?
Latest Thinking from Quality Sources
• Whitelist specific sources eg domains/feeds/authors• Filter by specific topics
Tips on New Products & Technology
• Takes time to use new technology efficiently• Community builds a body of knoweldge
Performance Improvement Tips
• Encourage continuous learning and improvement
Competitor Tracking
• What content is your competitor publishing?• What is being written about them?
Project Research
• Emerging trends• Very latest articles from all sources
Customer Research
• Latest news on prospective clients• View latest articles from all sources or select cources
Where should curated content go?
We deliver this filtered content to your learning platform via an API or plugin.
For example:
Managers might see latest articles and tips on leadership from top blogs on an academy site.
Sales staff might see competitor and client news on a sales portal.
Put content where learners need it and will find it.
Example Content displayed on a Moodle LMS
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Learners get latest content from briefings
Teams stay smart by upvoting, commenting, flagging and saving content
Notifications on most valuable content
Login with unique ID
Go where learners go: Optional App
Chrome Browser ExtensionClip and save any URL into briefings
Curate from within your browser
What can you offer your clients?
Add services to support curation• Curation strategy and design
– Help clients decide what, how and where to curate– Plan where and how to use curation in blends and wider learning
• Curation set up – Scope and create briefings and boards for clients – Map to existing performance needs, courses, blends, academies
• Technical integration– Use plugin or API to integrate with client platforms or apps– Design layout and location for curated content
• Ongoing management– Actively curate new content, monitor and maintain briefings– Train clients to create briefings and curate to boards – Measure engagement and adjust briefings to bring in fresh sources
Pricing: Embed API (use with Totara plugin) Plan Number of live briefings /
curated boardsPrice per Month Price Annually
Free 8 preset briefings FREE FREE
Trial 3 briefings, 2 boards FREE for 14 days Free for 14 days
Intro 3 briefings, 2 boards £19 £195
Pro 20 briefings, 10 boards £99 £999
Enterprise Custom level Contact us
Create briefings and boards in Anders Pink platform, send to LMS. Access to iPhone and Android App and chrome extension included.Free version comes with 8 preset briefingsAll pricing is per instance i.e. different API key needed for each client Totara/Moodle.
Full APIAPI level
Number of live briefings / Boards
Price per Month Price Annually
Level 1 25 £299 £2990
Level 2 50 £499 £4990
Level 3 100 £699 £6990
Create briefings using API, no need for Anders Pink platform. Create new apps and integrate with any platform.All pricing is per instance i.e. different API key needed for each client Access to iPhone and Android App and Chrome Extension included
• Enhance your platform and services Provides new, rich and engaging content to support continuous learning. Support your clients to make curation work.
• Fresh content in the right placeContent is delivered alongside other learning content on your
platform. No SSO/logins required. • Keep teams smart with continuous learning
Content refreshed every few hours. Team stays smart in less time as no longer searching and visiting multiple sites.• Reduce curation effort
Easier for L&D and curators to highlight relevant content. • Drive micro-learning
Provide micro-learning opportunities through short articles.• Drive social learning
Trigger collaboration– discussions around relevant content.