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That’s why I was really excited to talk with Pune Dracker (rhymes with Moonraker ), Director of Content and Editorial Services (she manages the blog and social media), and Valerie Sheppard, Director of E-Learning (she manages the e-newsletter) for ASPCA Pro.
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When you do that sorting, sifting, and sharing, it’s called “curating content&# in today’s marketing language. But measured doses of promoting other people’s stuff is very, very good for you for the reasons I’ve mentioned above, and many others (like it saves you time, because you don’t have to create all the content yourself). If you want more on curating content right now, skip on over to Beth Kanter’s Scoop.it
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and “lack of time to produce quality content” is the biggest challenge nonprofit communicators are facing, with almost 52% of the 300+ who have taken the survey picking that answer out of a list of a dozen choices. The role of content marketing in achieving those goals.
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This morning I learned a new word for information overload – “content fried” from a colleague at the Packard Foundation. We have so much content in our professional lives. Then there’s the whole other world of organizational content that you need to consume or create to get stuff done!
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