Curation Nation: How to Win in a World Where Consumers are Creators Ebook

Praise for Curation Nation:

“We need guides, we need filters, we need value. Curation Nation is the primer for how information is going to be processed in the future and how information businesses are going to prosper.”
Michael Wolff, author of Burn Rate_and The Man Who Owns The News_

" Curation Nation hits the bull’s-eye in exploring what matters in our digital world; who is going to create information and who is going to help us find it. An important topic which Rosenbaum handles thoroughly and authoritatively."
Jon Miller, Chief Digital Officer, NewsCorp

“Steve Rosenbaum simply gets it right. Curation Nation is the instruction manual for organizing the data of our post-digital world. Curation is indeed the most valuable tool to organize-and extract meaning from-the astonishing amount of new information being created daily. In this new world, each of us filters, analyzes, and shares meaningful data; we work for one another for free and all our minds get richer, faster. Curation is pattern-recognition put into practice.”
Jason Silva, writer, filmmaker and founding host/producer for Al Gore’s Current TV

“Steven Rosenbaum has given us a guide for how the digital world will evolve in the next decade. Curation is the only way to narrow the firehouse that keeps pouring onto my screens into an interesting, manageable, and useful flow of relevant information. The practical guide to becoming a curator should spark many of today’s digital natives into effective careers that will help all of society. From Reader’s Digest to the Huffington Post, Steven has shown how any why we need and crave curation. Read it.”
Howard Morgan, Partner IdeaLabs, Partner, First Round Capital

" Curation Nation gives me hope for the future of the Information Age. Rosenbaum argues for the growing importance of people-creative, smart, hip-who can spot trends, find patterns, and make meaning out of the flood of data that threatens to overwhelm us."
Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive_and A Whole New Mind_

“Curation, not creation, is king and Rosenbaum shows you why and what you can do with this knowledge. This is a great piece of research and analysis.”
Guy Kawasaki, cofounder, Alltop, and author of Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

“In Curation Nation , Rosenbaum provides a wealth of real-world examples of how businesses can use the Web to give their customers a valuable curated experience.”
Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com, and #1 New York Times_bestselling author of Delivering Happiness_

“In this sprawling survey, true pioneer Steve Rosenbaum has assembled big ideas, bigger egos, and more than enough information to catch you up in a hurry.”
Seth Godin, author of Linchpin

“Curation is fueling the conversations that transform consumers into creators and ultimately into influencers. _ Curation Nation_ is a map that leads brands to relevance in the next web.”
Brian Solis, author of Engage!

“Steve Rosenbaum has lived curation as a business value for several years. You need this information in your consideration set for the new marketing world.”
Chris Brogan, president, Human Business Works, LLC, and author of Trust Agents

“Read this book. Embrace curation and you’ll be ready to ‘crush it’ with your focus and passion in the noisy new world of massive data overload.”
Gary Vaynerchuk, author of Crush It

“Curation is how we’ll make sense of our confusing new world. And Steve Rosenbaum makes sense of curation for you.”
Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do?

“From food to music to news to deals, Rosenbaum paints a vivid picture of the essential skills, tools, and necessity fo