SLIDE 1 Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps
Beth Wingate, AF.APMP, APMP Director of Education AppMaven@LohfeldConsulting.com Beth.Wingate@APMP.org
Here are more of my favorite handy proposal tools and apps. Many are free, and all are suitable for one‐person to multi‐department corporate proposal centers. Please email your favorites to me at AppMaven@LohfeldConsulting.com for review and possible inclusion in future presentations and articles.
PC Applications
Application Sum m ary Price W ebsite Notes
X1 Professional Client (X1 Technologies, Inc.) Enterprise-class desktop search application $49.99 www.x1.com/ products/ professio nal-client Wow! I need this! PPTools Image Export (Rindsberg Photography, Inc. dba PPTools) MS PowerPoint high-res image extraction $29.95 http: / / www.pptools.com/ index.h tml Wow! I need this! NXPowerLite (neuxpower) On-the-fly file compression $49.95 http: / / www.neuxpower.com/ pro ducts/ nxpowerlite-desktop/ Wow! I need this! WordMan Add-ins (Hiliter, Acrogen, Rextractor) MS Word 2007/ 2010 add-ins $50 each www.iamwordman.com Wow! I need this! MindJet MindManager Mindmapping $349 (30-day free trial) www.mindjet.com Wow! I need this! SnagIt (TechSmith) Screen capture utility $49.95 (30-day free trial) (Windows/ Mac) www.techsmith.com/ screen- capture.asp Wow! I need this!
iPad/ iPhone Apps
Productivity
Mail Email iPad 2 built in Cym bol Snippet editor–trademark, text, glyphs not available on standard keyboard $4.99 Calendar Calendar iPad 2 built in iA W riter Simplified word processing – concentrate on writing content $.99 Contacts Contacts iPad 2 built in GoodReader PDF reader/ organizer $4.99 iThoughtsHD MindMapping $7.99 iAnnotate PDF PDF reader/ organizer with annotation capability $9.99 Pages Word processing $9.99 PDF Reader Pro Edition for iPad PDF reader with forms support and annotation capability $9.99 Keynote Presentations $9.99 Drop I t Off Shipping resource locator $1.99 Num bers Spreadsheet $9.99 SG Project 2 Project schedule management $9.99 Priority Matrix Project planning, schedule management $3.99 Quickoffice Word processing, presentation, spreadsheet, PDF creation $14.99 TallyPad for iPad Tally counter $1.99 Buzzw ord Bingo HD Meeting sanity Free
Notes-Meeting Apps
MeetingPad Meeting management, note taking, to-do list $6.99 Sim plenote Note taking synchronized to computer/ all devices Free Notes Note taking iPad 2 built in JotBook Free Note taking – handwritten notes Free Penultim ate Note taking (handwritten notes) $1.99 I dea Boards Note taking, project planning, storyboarding $1.99 I nstapaper Save web pages for later
$4.99 I ndex Card Note taking, project planning, storyboarding $4.99 Notebooks Note taking $8.99 iMeetingPad Note taking $4.99 Dragon Dictation Voice recognition note taking, email, social networking messaging Free UPAD Lite Note taking – handwritten, PDF reader w/ annotation, photo editing Free
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Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps
Beth Wingate, AF.APMP, APMP Director of Education AppMaven@LohfeldConsulting.com Beth.Wingate@APMP.org
QuickVoice Voice recorder, note taking Fuze Meeting HD Collaborative online meetings Free (video conferencing additional) SoundNote Audio/ text note taking with audio synchronized to text $4.99 Cisco W ebEx Meeting Center Collaborative online meetings Free Recorder HD Audio note taking/ email $2.99 GoToMeeting Collaborative online meetings Free
File Dow nload and Storage Apps
Filer File management; extract RFR, ZIP, TAR, and Gzip archives $3.99 MobileMe iDisk Cloud server Free (requires MobileMe subscription) Dropbox File sync and share online and across computers Free Superstash Cloud server $2.99 Jungle Disk Cloud server Free iDow nload Cloud server $2.99
Brow ser Apps
Safari Browser iPad 2 built in Side by Side Multi-window/ app browser Free Google Search Image recognition search, voice search Free Firefox Hom e Syncs Firefox desktop history, bookmarks and open tabs Free 2 Screens Presentation Expert Browser, document manager, file viewer, whiteboard $4.99 Atom ic W eb Browser with adblock, tabs, multitouch gestures, user agent switcher, passcode lock, Facebook/ Twitter integration, save page, downloads $.99 Brow seX Browser (2 pages in one window) $.99 Read I t Later Pro Off-line webpage reader $2.99
Book Reader and Book Apps
Kindle eReader, online bookstore Free Audiobooks – 2 ,9 4 7 classics to go Free audio books $2.99 Bluefire Reader eReader, online bookstore, read Adobe DRM ebooks and library books Free Fam ous Books - Treasures of the Bavarian State Library eBook Free Barnes and Noble Nook eReader, online bookstore Free Our Choice eBook – interesting multifaceted interface (future proposal?) $4.99 Borders eBooks eReader, online bookstore Free eReader eReader Free iBooks eReader, online bookstore iPad 2 built in Pillars of the Earth eBook (future proposal format?) $12.00 Free Books – 2 3 ,4 6 9 classics to go Free public domain books Free OverDrive Media Console – Library eBooks and Audiobooks Download library books to iPad/ iPhone Free BAM Reader eReader, online bookstore Free Reading Trainer Double your reading speed (great for RFPs!) $4.99 Leatherbound ebook search cost comparison engine Free Shipley Proposal Guide Shipley Proposal Guide $19.99 The Com plete Edgar Allan Poe The Complete Edgar Allan Poe $.99 Logos Bible Softw are Bible study Free
Social Netw orking and Blogging Apps
FaceTim e Video chat iPad 2 built in Flipboard Review updates on Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, Flickr and Instagram in a magazine format Free Skype Video chat, audio chat Free HootSuite Send and schedule Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare updates Free
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Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps
Beth Wingate, AF.APMP, APMP Director of Education AppMaven@LohfeldConsulting.com Beth.Wingate@APMP.org
Tw itter Tweeting app Free W ordPress Blog management, post creation Free LinkedI n Networking Free shrinkURL Shorten URL Free Facely HD Facebook interface $.99 (free trial version) Tw eetDeck Review Twitter and Facebook feeds Free
Draw ing, Painting, and Color Managem ent Apps
Qvik Sketch Pro Drawing $.99 AutoPainter HD Turn photos into paintings $1.99 I nspire Pro – Paint, Draw and Sketch Painting, drawing $7.99 Adobe I deas Digital sketchbook $5.99 iDraw Vector drawing $8.99 VectorPro Automatic tracing $9.99 Fluid FX Special effects $.99 Color Expert ( recom m ended by com m ercial printers) Color swatch selection, color palette development $9.99 MyPANTONE X-Ref Color picker $1.99 Blasphem ous RGB/ HSB/ Hex Color picker $.99 Granim ator Wallpaper creator Free Palettes Color palette creation Free limited version, $5.99 full version
Photography/ Movie-m aking and Editing Apps
Cam era HD video camera iPad 2 built in Photo Captions HD Add captions, etc. to photos $2.99 Photos Photo management iPad 2 built in PhotoPad Photo editing Free Photo-Sort Organize photos and videos into folders $1.99 Photo Booth Photo effects iPad 2 built in ColorSplash Convert photos to black & white, then recolor details for emphasis $1.99 Photogene Photo editing $2.99 Sketch Me! Convert photos to sketches $.99 iMovie Record and edit HD movies $4.99
Magazine Apps
Zinio Magazine New sstand & Reader Magazine newsstand and reader Free app, magazines require subscriptions National Geographic Traveler Magazine Free app (complimentary magazine) O, The Oprah Magazine Magazine – monthly purchase $3.99/ issue Project Magazine Magazine Free app, magazines cost
New s Apps
CNN Live and breaking news and videos Free NBC Nightly New s News and programs Free CNBC Real- Tim e Real-time stock quotes Free PBS PBS programs and news Free BBC New s Live and breaking news and videos Free NYTim es News, blogs, video, slide shows Free ABC New s Live and breaking news and videos Free W TOP – The Glass-Enclosed Nerve App Washington, DC-area news, weather, traffic, closings radio Free Pulse New s Reader News reader Free USA TODAY 24/ 7 news Free Fluent New s Reader News reader/ aggregator Free W ash Post News Free LI FE Mobile Life magazine photos and news photos Free The W all Street Journal News Free (subscription costs) NPR NPR news and programs Free TODAY News Free
SLIDE 4 Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps
Beth Wingate, AF.APMP, APMP Director of Education AppMaven@LohfeldConsulting.com Beth.Wingate@APMP.org
Utilities Apps
Siri Assistant Personal assistant Free PrinterOn Mobile printing to PrintSpots Free 1 TapAlarm Alarm clock/ timer Free PrintCentral Printing utility $8.99 QuickFind Search multiple websites at once $1.99 DoodleCalc Calculator and problem solver $.99 Clinom eter Level and slope finder $.99 GasBuddy – Find Cheap Gas Prices Cheap gasoline locator – community- driven Free Calculator XL Calculator Free Pad I nfo iPad stats Free Digits Correctable calculator $1.99 Quick Button Create one-click buttons to contact folks $.99 Converter for iPad Unit and currency converter $.99 Pim p Your Screen Eye candy for your iPad/ iPhone (can save and load on laptop too) $.99
App Review s Apps
AppAdvice Advice and reviews of applications and info about iDevices $1.99 Appolicious Advice and reviews of applications and info about iDevices Free
Maps and Travel Apps
Maps Map iPad 2 built in MapQuest 4 Mobile by AOL, I nc. Voice-guided directions Free Packing Pro Travel packing and planning $2.99 DC Metro Map by taapuna.com Washington, DC Metro map Free TripI t Travel Organizer for iPad by TripI t Travel itinerary
Free (Pro subscription available) Next Metro DC by Daschw are, LLC Provided closest station and next train $.99 TripAssist by Expedia Travel plan management Free W ashington Metro by Presselite Find nearest Metro station $.99 Travel Guide Offline by Cityscouter City-specific offline/ online travel guides – worldwide $3.99/ guide UpNext 3 D Cities by UpNext 3D maps Free Maplets — Maps for National Parks, Subw ay, Ski Resorts and m ore by Zaia Design 4,000 international maps $2.99 W aze – Social GPS navigation, traffic & road reports by W aze I nc. Social traffic and navigation Free AAA Discounts by AAA Travel/ shopping discounts Free AAA TripTik Mobile by AAA Gas prices, maps, directions, hotels, restaurants Free DoubleMap HD by Fudog Entertainm ent View two maps concurrently Free SitOrSquat: Bathroom Finder by Densebrain Restroom finder (don’t laugh!) Free FastMall Mall maps – international Free From m er’s TravelTools by QuickMobile I nc. Travel tools Free
Entertainm ent Apps
Videos Plays videos, TV shows, podcasts iPad 2 built in Arthouse Cinem a Pocket by Bonbol Lim ited Animated and creative short movies $1.99 iTunes Download media iPad 2 built in Aw editorium by thesixtyone Music “experience” Free iPod Play music, audio books, podcasts iPad 2 built in Movie by Flixster, w ith Rotten Tom atoes – Free by Flixster Movie trailers, showtimes, reviews Free YouTube Video-sharing website iPad 2 built in Fandango Movies – Tim es & Tickets Movie ticketing app Free TED + 700 TEDTalk videos Free MovieScanner by phunapps.de iOS movie and game inventory $2.99
SLIDE 5 Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps
Beth Wingate, AF.APMP, APMP Director of Education AppMaven@LohfeldConsulting.com Beth.Wingate@APMP.org
TV Guide Mobile by Roundbox TV Guide listings Free Live from the Red Carpet by E! Entertainm ent Television Hollywood awards/ fashion show info Free Discovery Channel HD Discovery Channel shows, schedule, and news Free Netflix Watch TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix Free (paid Netflix subscription)
Education Apps
Musée du Louvre By Musée du Louvre Musée du Louvre
Free Catholic Calendar by Univeralis Publishing Liturgical calendar Free iScience by Marc Burkhardt Scientific reference (math, chemistry, physics) $1.99 MoMA AB EX NY by MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art Highlights from exhibitions Free iBird Yard Plus HD by Mitch W aite Group Bird guide $2.99 Science Glossary by Visionlearning, I nc. Glossary of scientific terms and short biographies Free GoSkyW atch Planetarium for iPad – the astronom y start guide by GoSoftW orks Astronomy guide Free Yours, Vincent The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh By Antenna Audio I nc Vincent Van Gogh letters and paintings Free km yAlgebra by Alex Kim Algebra support $.99 HistoryMaps by Seung- Bin Cho Historical maps Free
Music/ Radio Apps
Pandora Radio by Pandora Media, I nc. Personalized radio Free SRS iW OW App by SRS Labs, I nc. App for audio adapter/ music trivia Free TuneI n Radio Pro by Synsion Radio Technologies Radio $.99 Good Radio: I nternet Radio 40,000 radio stations around the world Free
Reference Apps
W iki Offline — A W ikipedia Experience by Avocado Hills Full text of all Wikipedia articles on your iPhone or iPad $9.99 W olfram Alpha By W olfram Alpha LLC Access expert knowledge. Wherever you are. Whenever you need it $1.99 Com puter Desktop Encyclopedia ( CDE) Computer concepts and terminology $4.99 Arm y Survival for iPad/ iPhone by Double Dog Studios Survival field manual $1.99 W orldFactbook CIA World Factbook (works
$1.99 BI G W ORLD by Big Hill Softw are Travel guide creator Free US Military Acronym s and Abbreviations Standard U.S. military/ allied and associated terminology acronyms and abbreviations Free Dictionary.com - Dictionary & Thesaurus – Free By Dictionary.com Dictionary, thesaurus – offline Free Military Dictionary Standard US military/ allied and associated terminology $1.99 Discover by Cooliris Wikipedia interface Free
Cooking/ Restaurant Apps
GoMealsHD by snaofi- aventis U.S. LLC Nutritional info on foods and restaurant menu items, food- tracking/ recording tool, restaurant locator Free Gourm et Live by Conde Nast Digital Food magazine, recipes Free Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List by Conde Nast Digital Recipes and shopping list creator Free I n the Kitchen: Food Netw ork Recipes, Chefs, Cooking Tools and Shopping Lists by Television Food Netw ork Recipes, shopping list generator, cooking tools $1.99
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Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps
Beth Wingate, AF.APMP, APMP Director of Education AppMaven@LohfeldConsulting.com Beth.Wingate@APMP.org
Food & W ine by Am erican Express Publishing Food magazine with recipes and videos Free Mario Batali Cooks by High Five Labs I nc. Recipes and videos $9.99 GUI NNESS Pub Finder – U.S. Pub finder (win party support) Free Martha Stew art Makes Cookies by Callaw ay Digital Arts, I nc. Cookie recipes, videos, shopping list generator $4.99 Hello Vino – W in Recom m endations by Drive Thru I nteractive Win recommendations (win party support) Free Urbanspoon for iPad by Urbanspoon Restaurant locator (U.S., UK, AU) Free
W eather Apps
W eather Dashboard Pro by Bendy Tree, LLC Weather forecast $.99 W x for iPad by Hunter Research and Technology, LLC Weather forecast $3.99 W eather Station Free by Bigsool Weather forecast– U.S. Free W eather Station W orld by Bigsool (International forecasts) Weather forecast $1.99
Shopping Apps
W indow shop for iPad ( Am azon) by AMZN Mobile LLC Amazon shopping interface Free Zappos Mobile by Zappos.com Shopping Free OPI by OPI Products I nc. Virtual nail polish tester Free Sephora to Go by Sephora USA, I nc. Shopping Free Shop Savvy Barcode Scanner & Product Searcy by Big in Japan Barcode scanner and product search Free Apple Store Shopping and scheduling for in-store help Free
Gam es
Scrabble for iPad Word $9.99 Angry Birds Seasons HD Target pigs $1.99 MONOPOLY for iPad Board $9.99 Air Hockey by Acceleroto Air hockey $.99 Shrek Kart Driving $4.99 The Treasures of Montezum a by Alaw ar Entertainm ent Matching $4.99 Venice Mystery Puzzle $1.99 Pictureka! By Electronic Arts Picture search $4.99
Other Gam es on m y iPad: aMaze! Angry Birds Rio Angry Birds Seasons HD Cassandra Cat Physics Clue S&S Conquest! Crazy Hamster Crystal Portal FUP Dizzypad HD DoodleJump FishScooper FunWithDeath iFish Pond Game of Life GregoryPhoenix Herod’s Lost Tomb HL LEGO Harry Potter Illusions iZenGarden Just Pong Kosmo Spin MuseumGaxxx World of Goo Monkey: SE Monster Dash Sudoku Joy Pocket Frogs NBTD Solitaire Newbie Chess Orba Tetris TalkingCarl Solitaire HD Pyramid HD The Rise of Atlantis HD Tumult VeggieSamuri
SLIDE 7 Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps
Beth Wingate, AF.APMP, APMP Director of Education AppMaven@LohfeldConsulting.com Beth.Wingate@APMP.org
Additional Favorite PC Applications
Software/Purpose Web Site Cost Similar tools Notes Wordle (graphic devt./word clouds) www.wordle.net/create free Wow – I need this! MindManager (mindmapping) www.mindjet.com/products/ mindmanager-9-win/overview $349 (free 30- day trial) iMindMap, $295; Inspiration, $69; Compendium, free; Freeplane, free; XMind, free, Wow – I need this! freeMind (mindmapping) sourceforge.net/projects/freemind free iMindMap, Inspiration, Compendium, Freeplane, XMind Wow – I need this! dtSearch (search tool) www.dtsearch.com $199 (free 30- day trial) ISYS Personal Edition, $99/year; Google Desktop, free; Windows Search 4.0, free Wow – I need this! Dogpile (meta search tool) www.dogpile.com free Free: Mamma, SurfWax, WebCrawler, metacrawler, search.com, ICEROCKET.com Wow – I need this! GanttProject (project mgmt., graphic devt.) www.ganttproject.biz free Dia for Windows, MS Project Wow – I need this! Dia for Windows (graphic devt.) dia-installer.de/index_en.html free Open Office Draw, free; Imagination Cubed online whiteboard, free Wow – I need this! ColorPix (color picker) www.colorschemer.com/color pix_info.php free Instant Eyedropper, free Wow – I need this! ColorSchemer (color scheme devt.) www.colorschemer.com/online.html free Wow – I need this! Adobe Kuler (color scheme devt.) kuler.adobe.com/#themes/ rating?time=30 free Wow – I need this! Periodic Table of Visualization Methods (graphic devt.) www.visual-literacy.org/ www.visual-literacy.org/ periodic_table/periodic_table.html free Wow – I need this! Google Earth (geographic locator/graphic devt.) earth.google.com free NASA World Wind, free Wow – I need this! Mike Parkinson’s Billion Dollar Graphics (graphic devt.) www.billiondollargraphics.com/busine ssgraphiclibrary.html free Information design article on Wikipedia, Edward Tufte web site Wow – I need this! Magnifier (screen magnifier) Start Button >All Programs> Accessories>Ease of Access> Magnifier Already on your PC ZoomIt, free Wow – I need this! SnagIt 10 (screen capture) www.techsmith.com/screen- capture.asp $49.95/person (30-day free trial version) Snipping Tool, free; MWSnap, free Wow – I need this! Snipping Tool (screen capture) Start Button>All Programs> Accessories>Snipping Tool Already on your PC MWSnap, free; SnagIt Wow – I need this! AcroWizard (acronym manager) www.anvillogic.com/products/ $79.99/person (free fully functional evaluation version) Wow – I need this! Acronym Finder (acronym source) www.acronymfinder.com free Free Dictionary.com, free; DoD Dictionary of Military Terms, free Wow – I need this! Computer Desktop Encyclopedia (computer terms dictionary) www.computerlanguage.com $10/year with monthly updates); $4.99 from iTunes Store for iPod Touch/iPhone Free Dictionary.com, free; DoD Dictionary of Military Terms, free; Merriam- Webster Dictionary, free
Wow – I need this!
SLIDE 8 Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps
Beth Wingate, AF.APMP, APMP Director of Education AppMaven@LohfeldConsulting.com Beth.Wingate@APMP.org
Software/Purpose Web Site Cost Similar tools Notes Merriam-Webster Dictionary www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary free online; unabridged $29.95/year; $25 hardcopy/CD Free Dictionary.com, free; DoD Dictionary of Military Terms, free Wow – I need this! DoD Dictionary of Military Terms www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_ dictionary/ free Wow – I need this! free Dictionary www.thefreedictionary.com/ dictionary.htm free Merriam-Webster Dictionary, free online Wow – I need this! ABBYY PDF Transformer (PDF converter) pdftransformer.abbyy.com/ $79.99/person (15-day/50- page free trial) Primo PDF Converter, free Wow – I need this! PrimoPDF Converter (PDF converter) www.primopdf.com/index.aspx free ABBYY PDF Transformer, $79.99 Wow – I need this! Chicago Manual of Style www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/conte nts.html $35/year for a 1-year individual subscription (free 30-day trial) AP StyleBook Online, $28.99
- n iTunes or $25/year online
Wow – I need this! Google Translate (language translation) translate.google.com/# free Babelfish, free Wow – I need this! What time is it? (time zone mgr.) whattimeisit.com free Time Zone Converter, free; The World Clock, free Wow – I need this! GoToMeeting (online collaboration) www.gotomeeting.com $49/month; $468/year (free 30-day trial) WebEx, $; Skype, free; DimDim, free Wow – I need this! Skype (online collaboration) www.skype.com free WebEx, GoToMeeting, Skype, DimDim Wow – I need this! Philips 660 Digital Voice Tracer with Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking v10 (document dictation/speech recognition) www.consumer.philips.com/c/dictaph
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lfh0660_10/prd/us/ $140 Wow – I need this! Sony eReader Reader library Overdrive Media Console (eBook software) Sony eReader: www.sonystyle.com Reader Library: ebookstore.sony.com Overdrive Media Console: www.overdrive.com/software/omc/ Sony eReader: $169–$399; Reader Library: free; Overdrive Media Console: free Wow – I need this! Lifehacker (info source) www.lifehacker.com free Wow – I need this! Papa John’s Pizza (proposal support) www.papajohns.com/ index.shtm Pizza Hut, Dominos Wow – I need this! Definitely!
