community curation is not just about creating a resource for your members to access. It is an exercise that creates immense value for you and your members.

The value for members often feels clear—the ability to access trusted and vetted information quickly. A source filled with hand-picked information.

for the community builder, the value lies in the act of curation. When we curate, we can't help but learn and understand the community we serve.

Curating forces you to process what your members are sharing.

While you’re curating content, you will notice new ideas popping up and spreading.

While you’re learning, you can pass on the information to your community.

Community curation is for you first, and your members second.

Before you save anything, you ask yourself whether it is worth saving. Essentially you’re deciding if something is valuable. If it is, you capture it.

A word of caution - if everything’s special, nothing’s special.

a repository of [anything] can be helpful for anyone in a business. But the ability to connect the dots is where the power of curation lies.

Community is about helping your people, these are your members, but also potentially every employee in your company.