Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow [email protected] [email protected]
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 [email protected] for review and possible inclusion in future presentations and articles.
PC Applications Application Type Price Website Notes Free, $59 - Cloud-based presentation $159/year for software works across web, Wow! private and prezi.com PCs, Macs, mobile devices I need this! desktop (with apps) Prezi capabilities Idea, projects, & notes Free (basic), management across web, $5/month or Wow! PCs, Macs, mobile devices www.evernote.com $45/year I need this! (iOS, Android, Blackberry, (premium) Evernote Windows) Planner & note taking software, capture text, Included in office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/meet- Wow! images, & video & audio notes most MS onenote-HA101807936.aspx I need this! across PC, web, Windows Office versions Microsoft OneNote 2010 Phone, iOS, Android, Symbian Free (2GB), Cloud storage for Windows, Pro 50 (50GB) Wow! Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, www.dropbox.com $99.99/year, I need this! BlackBerry Dropbox etc. Cloud-based in-browser research tool to find content, automatically cite sources, & Wow! Free www.citelighter.com Citelighter provide organizational I need this! framework for writing documents Task management & prioritization paradigm based $20 single Wow! on 4-quadrants method license/$50 appfluence.com I need this! (cloud sync between iPad, family license Priority Matrix iPhone, Mac, and Windows) Acronyms & abbreviations list Lite $49, Pro Wow! acronyms-master.com Acronyms Master Pro generator $85, free trial I need this! Screen, text, video capture, $49.95 (30-day Wow! markup, and management free trial) www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp I need this! SnagIt 11.0 utility (Win/Mac) NXPowerLite $49.95, free www.neuxpower.com/products/nxpowerli Wow! On-the-fly file compression (neuxpower) 30-day trial te-desktop/ I need this!
X1 Professional Client (X1 Enterprise-class desktop $49.99, free Wow! www.x1.com/products/professional-client Technologies, Inc.) search application 14-day trial I need this!
Everystockphoto Search engine for freely Wow! Free www.everystockphoto.com licensed photos I need this!
Database of 12,597,248 freely Wow! Free commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page usable media files I need this! Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons (CC) Search Search tool for accessing Wow! multiple content search Free search.creativecommons.org I need this! services
Wow! Project collaboration tool Free trello.com Trello I need this! Wow! Large file transmission Free zipsend.com WinZip ZipSend I need this! Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow [email protected] [email protected]
Application Type Price Website Notes PPTools Image Export MS PowerPoint high-res Wow! (Rindsberg $29.95 www.pptools.com/index.html image extraction I need this! Photography, Inc. dba PPTools) WordMan Add-ins (Hiliter, Wow! MS Word 2007/2010 add-ins $50 each www.iamwordman.com Acrogen, Rextractor) I need this!
$349 (30-day Wow! Mindmapping www.mindjet.com MindJet MindManager 12 free trial) I need this! Wow!
Wordle Graphic devt./word clouds Free www.wordle.net/create I need this! freeMind (Similar tools: iMindMap, Wow!
Inspiration, Compendium, Freeplane, Mindmapping Free sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/ I need this! XMind) dtSearch (Similar tools: ISYS Personal $199 (free 30- Wow! Edition, $99/year; Google Desktop, free; Search tool day trial) www.dtsearch.com I need this! Windows Search 4.0, free) Dogpile (Similar tools: Free: Mamma, Wow!
SurfWax, WebCrawler, metacrawler, Meta search tool Free www.dogpile.com/ I need this! search.com, ICEROCKET.com) GanttProject (Similar tools: Dia for Wow!
Project mgmt., graphic devt. Free www.ganttproject.biz/ Windows, MS Project) I need this! Dia for Windows (Similar tools: Open Wow!
Office Draw, free; Imagination Cubed Graphic devt. Free www.dia-installer.de/index.html.en I need this! online whiteboard, free) ColorPix (Similar tools: Instant Wow!
Color picker Free www.colorschemer.com/colorpix_info.php Eyedropper, free) I need this! Wow!
ColorSchemer Color scheme devt. Free www.colorschemer.com/online.html I need this! www.visual-literacy.org www.visual- Wow! Periodic Table of Visualization Methods Graphic devt. Free literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.h I need this! tml Google Earth (Similar tools: NASA World Geographic locator/graphic Wow! Free http://www.google.com/earth/index.html Wind, free) devt. I need this! www.bizgraphicsondemand.com/bizgraphics Mike Parkinson’s Biz Graphics On Low-cost Wow! Graphic devt. /getinitialimages.do?method=getInitialImage Demand graphics I need this! s Start Button >All Already on Wow! Magnifier (Similar tools: ZoomIt, free) Screen magnifier Programs>Accessories>Ease of your PC I need this! Access>Magnifier $49.95/person SnagIt 11 (Similar tools: Snipping Tool, Wow! Screen capture (30-day free www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp free; MWSnap, free) I need this! trial version) Snipping Tool (Similar tools: MWSnap, Already on Start Button>All Wow! Screen capture free; SnagIt) your PC Programs>Accessories>Snipping Tool I need this! $79.99/person (free fully Wow! AcroWizard (Similar tools: Acronym manager www.anvillogic.com/products functional eval. I need this! version) Acronym Finder (Similar tools: Free Wow!
Dictionary.com, free; DoD Dictionary of Acronym source Free www.acronymfinder.com I need this! Military Terms, free)
Computer Desktop Encyclopedia (Similar $10/year with Wow! tools: Free Dictionary.com, free; DoD monthly Computer terms dictionary www.computerlanguage.com I need this! Dictionary of Military Terms, free; updates); $4.99
Merriam-Webster Dictionary, free online) from app store
Merriam-Webster Dictionary (Similar Free online; Wow! tools: Free Dictionary.com, free; DoD Dictionary unabridged www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary I need this! Dictionary of Military Terms, free) $29.95/year Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow [email protected] [email protected]
Application Type Price Website Notes Wow! DoD Dictionary of Military Terms Military term dictionary Free www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_dictionary/ I need this! free Dictionary (Similar tools: Merriam- Wow! Dictionary Free www.thefreedictionary.com/dictionary.htm Webster Dictionary, free online) I need this! $79.99/person ABBYY PDF Transformer (Similar tools: Wow!
PDF converter (15-day/50- Pdftransformer.abbyy.com Primo PDF Converter, free) I need this! page free trial) PrimoPDF Converter (Similar tools: Wow! PDF converter Free www.primopdf.com/index.aspx ABBYY PDF Transformer, $79.99) I need this! $35 for Chicago Manual of Style (Similar tools: AP 1-year Wow!
StyleBook Online, $28.99 on iTunes or Style guide subscription www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/contents I need this! $25/year online) (free 30-day trial) Google Translate (Similar tools: Babelfish, Wow! Language translation Free translate.google.com/ free) I need this! What time is it? (Similar tools: Time Zone Wow!
Time zone mgr. Free whattimeisit.com/ Converter, free; The World Clock, free) I need this! $49/month; GoToMeeting (Similar tools: WebEx, $; $468/year Wow!
Online collaboration www.gotomeeting.com Skype, free; DimDim, free) (free 30-day I need this! trial) Skype (Similar tools: WebEx, Wow!
Online collaboration Free www.skype.com GoToMeeting, Skype, DimDim) I need this! Wow!
Lifehacker Info source Free lifehacker.com I need this! Wow! Papa John’s Pizza (Similar tools: Pizza Hut,
Proposal support Per item! www.papajohns.com I need this! Dominos) Definitely! iPad/iPhone Apps Productivity CloudOn MS Office in the cloud Free iThoughts HD Mindmapping $7.99
Project PDF reader/organizer with Priority Matrix planning/schedule $3.99 iAnnotate PDF $9.99 annotation capability management tool PDF reader/organizer PDF Expert – Fill forms, Microsoft with annotation $9.99 Note-taking Free annotate PDFs OneNote for iPad capability Note-taking, project Evernote Free MemClip Web clipping to Evernote $1.99 mgmt Mark up photos, Capture and share Skitch for iPad screenshots, maps, and Free Whiteboard Share Free whiteboard discussions webpages Capture and share Prezi Viewer Prezi viewer and editor Free JotNot Pro $1.99 whiteboard discussions Slideshark: PowerPoint PowerPoint converter Free Drop It Off Shipping resource locator $1.99 Presentations on the iPad Task management and Teambox HD Free X1 Mobile Search Search PC or Mac Free project collaboration Project schedule Pomodoro App for iPad Time management $5.99 SG Project $9.99 management Organize thoughts, Mindjet for iPad Mindmapping Free Index Card $4.99 storyboards
Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow [email protected] [email protected]
Productivity (cont.) Snippet editor–trademark, Diagram & flowchart Instaviz $9.99 Cymbol text, glyphs not available $4.99 sketching on standard keyboard Note taking, project Simplified word processing Idea Boards $1.99 iA Writer $.99 planning, storyboarding – concentrate on content Pages Word processing $9.99 GoodReader PDF reader/organizer $4.99
PDF reader with forms PDF Reader Pro Keynote Presentations $9.99 support and annotation $9.99 Edition for iPad capability Word processing, Numbers Spreadsheet $9.99 Quickoffice presentation, spreadsheet, $14.99 PDF creation
Notes-Meeting Apps iPad 2 built Notebooks for Notes Note taking Note taking $8.99 in iPad Free, Note taking Note taking synchronized Penultimate $1.99 Simplenote $19.99 (handwritten notes) to computer/all devices premium Outlining, mindmapping, $.99 (80% Note taking – handwritten MagicalPad JotBook Free Free note taking off sale) notes Meeting management, MeetingPad $6.99 iMeetingPad Note taking $4.99 note taking, to-do list Note taking – handwritten, Save web pages for later Instapaper $4.99 UPAD Lite PDF reader w/annotation, Free offline reading photo editing Voice recognition note Collaborative online Dragon Dictation taking, email, social Free GoToMeeting Free meetings networking messaging Voice recorder, note Cisco WebEx Collaborative online QuickVoice Free Free taking Meeting Center meetings Audio/text note taking SoundNote with audio synced to $4.99 Recorder HD Audio note taking/email $2.99 text
File Download, Storage, Compression Apps File management; File sync and share online Filer extract RFR, ZIP, TAR, $3.99 Dropbox Free and across computers and Gzip Search email, Connect to PC remotely X1 Mobile Search attachments, & docs on Free GotoMyPC (requires GoToMyPC Free desktop subscription)
WinZip Open zip or RAR files Free iCloud Cloud server Free
Browsers and Search Apps Syncs Firefox desktop Image recognition Google Search Free Firefox Home history, bookmarks and Free search, voice search open tabs Photon Flash Player Browser View Flash apps/web Puffin Web $4.99 View Flash apps/web pages $2.99 for iPad pages Browser iPad 2 built Safari Browser Side by Side Multi-window/app browser Free in Browser w/, tabs, gestures, Browser (2 pages in one passcode lock, Facebook/ BrowseX $.99 Atomic Web $.99 window) Twitter integration, save page, downloads Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow [email protected] [email protected]
Book Readers and Book Apps eReader, online Kindle Free Nook eReader, online bookstore Free bookstore eReader, online OverDrive Media bookstore, read Adobe Console – Library Download library books to Bluefire Reader Free Free DRM ebooks and library eBooks and iPad/iPhone books Audiobooks eReader, online Audiobooks – Kobo Free Free audio books $2.99 bookstore 2,947 classics eBook – interesting eReader, online iPad 2 iBooks Our Choice multifaceted interface $4.99 bookstore built in (future proposal format?) Free public domain Free Books – 23,469 classics Free eReader eReader Free books Shipley Proposal Guide Shipley Proposal Guide $19.99 Read It Later Pro Off-line webpage reader $2.99
Magazine Apps Magazine newsstand and Magazine newsstand and Zinio Magazine Newsstand & Free reader (magazines Free app Newsstand reader (magazines require Reader app require subscriptions) subscriptions)
Reference Apps Complete Encyclopaedia Create MLA, APA, Encyclopaedia Free EasyBib, for iPad Free Britannica ($1.99/month Chicago style citations Britannica app subscription) Access expert knowledge. Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus $24.99 WolframAlpha Wherever you are. $1.99 Thesaurus Whenever you need it Wiki Offline — A Full text of all Wikipedia Computer Desktop Computer concepts and $4.99 Wikipedia articles on your iPhone or $9.99 Encyclopedia (CDE) terminology Experience iPad CIA World Factbook Army Survival for WorldFactbook $1.99 Survival field manual $1.99 (works offline) iPad/iPhone Standard U.S. military/allied and US Military Acronyms and associated Free BIG WORLD Travel guide creator Free Abbreviations terminology acronyms and abbreviations Standard US Dictionary.com - Dictionary, thesaurus – Military Dictionary military/allied and $1.99 Dictionary & Free offline associated terminology Thesaurus – Free
Utilities Apps Converter for Unit and currency Digits Calculator for iPad Correctable calculator $1.99 $.99 iPad converter Nightstand Clock, alarm, lullaby, white ParkBuddy Parking spot locator $.99 $2.99 Central for iPad noise, weather, wallpaper Cox Mobile Manage phones, VM, TV, 1TapAlarm Alarm clock/timer $1.99 Free Connect DVR, etc. Search multiple Mobile printing to QuickFind $1.99 PrinterOn Free websites at once PrintSpots Clinometer Level and slope finder $.99 PrintCentral Printing utility $8.99
Calculator and problem Calculator XL Calculator Free DoodleCalc $.99 solver GasBuddy – Find Cheap gasoline locator – Pad Info iPad stats Free Free Cheap Gas Prices community-driven Create one-click Pimp Your Eye candy for your Quick Button $.99 $.99 buttons to contact folks Screen iPad/iPhone Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow [email protected] [email protected]
App Reviews Apps AppAdvice Advice and app reviews $1.99 Appolicious Advice and app reviews Free
Discovr apps Discover new apps $1.99 AppStart App guides by category Free
Maps and Travel Apps Free (Pro TripIt Travel Organizer for Travel itinerary MapQuest 4 $48.99/ Voice-guided directions Free iPad by TripIt organizer/consolidator Mobile year) iPad 2 built DC Metro Map by Washington, DC Metro Maps Map Free in taapuna.com map Travel packing and Next Metro DC by Provided closest station Packing Pro $2.99 $.99 planning Daschware, LLC and next train Travel plan Washington Metro TripAssist by Expedia Free Find nearest Metro station $.99 management by Presselite City-specific Travel Guide Offline by UpNext 3D Cities offline/online travel $3.99/guide 3D maps Free Cityscouter by UpNext guides – worldwide Gas prices, maps, Travel/shopping AAA TripTik AAA Discounts by AAA Free directions, hotels, Free discounts Mobile by AAA restaurants SitOrSquat: DoubleMap HD by Fudog View two maps Restroom finder (don’t Free Bathroom Finder Free Entertainment concurrently laugh!) by Densebrain Frommer’s Mall maps – FastMall Free TravelTools by Travel tools Free international QuickMobile Inc.
Cooking/Restaurant Apps Urbanspoon for Restaurant locator (U.S., ZAGAT Dining guide $9.99/year Free iPad UK, AU) In the Kitchen: WeightWatchers Online weight/activity Food Network Recipes, shopping list Mobile/WW Scan/WW tracking (paid Free app Recipes, Chefs, $1.99 generator, cooking tools Kitchen subscription) Cooking Tools and Shopping Lists Nutritional info on foods and restaurant Mario Batali GoMealsHD menu items, food- Free Cooks by High Recipes and videos $9.99 tracking/recording tool, Five Labs Inc. restaurant locator Epicurious Recipes & Recipes and shopping Martha Stewart Cookie recipes, videos, Free $4.99 Shopping List list creator Makes Cookies shopping list generator
Drawing, Painting, Color Management, and Fonts Apps Color swatch selection, Color Expert (recommended color palette $9.99 Colors by number Color schemes $1.99 by commercial printers) development
iDraw Vector drawing $8.99 Fonts! View all fonts on iPad Free
Qvik Sketch Pro Drawing $.99 AutoPainter HD Turn photos into paintings $1.99
Inspire Pro – Paint, Draw and Painting, drawing $7.99 Adobe Ideas Digital sketchbook $5.99 Sketch Fluid FX Special effects $.99 VectorPro Automatic tracing $9.99
Blasphemous MyPANTONE X-Ref Color picker $1.99 Color picker $.99 RGB/HSB/Hex Free, Granimator Wallpaper creator Free Palettes Color palette creation $5.99 Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow [email protected] [email protected]
Photography/Movie-making and Editing Apps Photo-Sort for Organize photos and videos iPhoto Organize & edit photos $4.99 $1.99 iPad into folders Free (in- PhotoShop (PS) Express Photo editing app PhotoPad by Zagg Photo editing Free purchases) Convert photos to black & white, then ColorSplash $1.99 Photogene Photo editing $2.99 recolor details for emphasis Convert photos to Record and edit HD Sketch Me! $.99 iMovie $4.99 sketches movies
Social Media and Blogging Apps Send and schedule Twitter, MyPad – for Facebook & Multi-user Facebook & Free (sale) HootSuite Facebook, and Foursquare Free Twitter Twitter interface updates APMP social media, mobile Feeddler RSS Reader for iPad RSS reader Free APMP feed, profile, messaging, Free and iPhone connections, search Review updates on Facebook, Twitter, Google Skype Video chat, audio chat Free Flipboard Reader, Flickr and Free Instagram in a magazine format Blog management, post Twitter Tweeting app Free WordPress Free creation LinkedIn Networking Free shrinkURL Shorten URL Free
Entertainment Apps Watch TV shows and Free PBS PBS programs Free Netflix movies (paid Netflix app subscription)
TED +700 TEDTalk videos Free iTunes U Take courses for free Free
Arthouse Cinema Animated and creative Discovr Movies Find new movies $1.99 $1.99 Pocket short movies TV Guide Mobile TV Guide listings Free Aweditorium Music “experience” Free
Discovery Channel Movie by Flixster, Movie trailers, showtimes, Discovery Channel HD shows, schedule, and Free with Rotten Free reviews news Tomatoes – Free Fandango Movies – Times & Live from the Red Hollywood awards/fashion Movie ticketing app Free Free Tickets Carpet by E! show info
News Apps Live and breaking news CNN Free USA TODAY 24/7 news Free and videos Local & global news NBC Nightly AP Mobile Free News and programs Free from AP News News, blogs, video, slide CNBC Real-Time Real-time stock quotes Free NYTimes Free shows Live and breaking news BBC News Free Washington Post News Free and videos Live and breaking news The Wall Street Free ABC News Free News (subscription costs) and videos Journal app Pulse News Reader News reader Free TODAY News Free
News Fluent News Reader Free NPR NPR news and programs Free reader/aggregator Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and Apps Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow [email protected] [email protected]
Education Apps Scientific reference iScience by Marc Burkhardt (math, chemistry, $1.99 MoMA AB EX NY Highlights from exhibitions Free physics) iBird Yard Plus HD by Mitch Science Glossary by Glossary of scientific terms Bird guide $2.99 Free Waite Group Visionlearning, Inc. and short biographies GoSkyWatch Planetarium for kmyAlgebra by iPad – the astronomy start Astronomy guide Free Algebra support $.99 Alex Kim guide by GoSoftWorks
Music/Radio Apps Pandora Radio by Pandora SRS iWOW App by App for audio Personalized radio Free Free Media, Inc. SRS Labs, Inc. adapter/music trivia TuneIn Radio Pro by Synsion Good Radio: 40,000 radio stations Radio $.99 Free Radio Technologies Internet Radio around the world Soundcloud Royalty free music Free
Weather Apps Weather Wx for iPad Weather forecast $3.99 Weather forecast $.99 Dashboard Pro Weather Station Weather Station Free Weather forecast–U.S. Free International forecasts $1.99 World
Shopping Apps Shop Savvy Barcode Scanner Barcode scanner and Free Zappos Mobile Shopping Free & Product Search product search Shopping/ scheduling Apple Store Free Sephora to Go Shopping Free for in-store help
Games Angry Birds Seasons Scrabble for iPad Word $9.99 Target pigs $1.99 HD Air Hockey by MONOPOLY for iPad Board $9.99 Air hockey $.99 Acceleroto The Treasures of Montezuma by Shrek Kart Driving $4.99 Matching $4.99 Alawar Entertainment Pictureka! By Venice Mystery Puzzle $1.99 Picture search $4.99 Electronic Arts
Other Games on my iPad: Air Hockey aMaze! Angry Birds Rio Angry Birds Space Buzzword Bingo Clue S&S Conquest! Dizzypad HD DoodleJump Game of Life GregoryPhoenix Herod’s Lost Tomb iFish Pond Illusions iZenGarden Kosmo Spin Monster Dash NBTD Solitaire Orba Pocket Frogs Pyramid HD Solitaire HD Sudoku Joy Super Monkey Ball: SE Tetris The Rise of Atlantis HD The Treasures of Montezuma 2 Tumult VeggieSamuri World of Goo