am compiling a list of social media surveys, research reports and scoring methodologies with the objective of curating the best research on consumer behavior and brand initiatives on social media. Tracks usage of social media activities like social networking, blogging, photo-sharing, video-sharing, podcasting and commenting. Other studies (like Rajorfish and Edelman) measure the share and sentiment of social media conversations related to the brand based on conversation analysis. Do share your insights in the comments below. What do you think? For more, read my bio. MORE >>

Brass Tack Thinking Make Things Happen Home About Amber Naslund Tamsen McMahon Contact Speaking Amber Naslund Tamsen McMahon Brass Tack Reading Archives 5 Objectives for Social Media Measurement June 16, 2010 | by Amber Naslund View Comments Measurement and analysis of social media can mean many things. One of the most important pieces of putting together any kind of sound analysis strategy around social media is figuring out what, exactly, you’re trying to diagnose and determine. Add your experiences and ideas to the comments. or “did we do our job?&# MORE >>

It has (7) comments , the latest of which was on December 4, 2009. Curating, not moderating, the flow of content and participation Categories: Corporate , Education , Legal and Professional Services , Media and Publishing , Public and Third Sector Tags for this entry: aggregation , climate , climate change , cop15 , copenhagen , curation , flow User generated content is, for many media companies and other organisations, more of a problem than a solution. The editorial layer allows curators to highlight specific pieces of content. love your widget idea as well. MORE >>

Print this article Real-Time News Curation - The Complete Guide Part 5: The Curator Attributes And Skills What skills do I need to have if I want to be an effective real-time news curator ? What makes a great news curator stand out from those who do automatic aggregation or from bloggers who create simple news stories lists? have also spent some time illustrating some real-world examples of both automated aggregation and human curated news content. Unless you are deeply passionate about something it is next to impossible to become a valid curator for others. MORE >>

Print this article Real-Time News Curation - The Complete Guide Part 3: Types And Real-World Examples Whats more important? To save editors time and abilities in finding and reporting the most relevant stories so that they can dwell more on content production, or to leverage to-the-max the power of new media technologies such as automated aggregators, search engines, or social analysis tools, to extract on auto-pilot the best content and news available out there? As I wrote, " aggregation is automated, curation is manual ". Types of Curation 1. magazine in 2006. MORE >>