Rely on your curators
There’s one thing to be gained from the avalanche of information transmitted by social media. If you pick your sources carefully, a lot of the things you want to know will turn up in one convenient location.
In another recent article, Steve Rosenbaum pointed out how associations can curate content for their members. You can save a lot of time and energy by relying on a few trusted sources for your news, especially if that news is consolidated into an RSS Feed or a newsreader like Pulse.