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Beth Wingate’s Favorite Proposal Software Tools and AppsBeth Wingate, AF.APMP, APMP Director of Education

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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 Summary Price Website Notes X1 Professional Client (X1 Technologies, Inc.)

Enterprise-class desktop search application

$49.99 www.x1.com/products/professional-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.html

Wow! I need this!

NXPowerLite (neuxpower)

On-the-fly file compression

$49.95 http://www.neuxpower.com/products/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 Cymbol

Snippet editor–trademark, text, glyphs not available on standard keyboard

$4.99

Calendar Calendar iPad 2

built in iA Writer

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 It Off

Shipping resource locator $1.99

Numbers 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 Buzzword Bingo HD

Meeting sanity Free

Notes-Meeting Apps MeetingPad

Meeting management, note taking, to-do list

$6.99 Simplenote Note taking synchronized to computer/all devices

Free

Notes Note taking iPad 2

built in JotBook Free

Note taking – handwritten notes Free

Penultimate Note taking (handwritten notes)

$1.99 Idea Boards Note taking, project planning, storyboarding

$1.99

Instapaper Save web pages for later offline reading

$4.99 Index 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



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 WebEx Meeting Center

Collaborative online meetings Free

Recorder HD Audio note taking/email $2.99 GoToMeeting

Collaborative online meetings Free

File Download 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 iDownload Cloud server $2.99

Browser Apps Safari

Browser iPad 2 built

in Side by Side

Multi-window/app browser Free

Google Search Image recognition search, voice search

Free Firefox Home

Syncs Firefox desktop history, bookmarks and open tabs

Free

2Screens Presentation Expert

Browser, document manager, file viewer, whiteboard

$4.99 Atomic Web

Browser with adblock, tabs, multitouch gestures, user agent switcher, passcode lock, Facebook/Twitter integration, save page, downloads

$.99

BrowseX Browser (2 pages in one window)

$.99 Read It Later Pro

Off-line webpage reader $2.99

Book Reader and Book Apps Kindle

eReader, online bookstore

Free Audiobooks – 2,947 classics to go

Free audio books $2.99

Bluefire Reader eReader, online bookstore, read Adobe DRM ebooks and library books

Free Famous 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 – 23,469 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 Complete Edgar Allan Poe

The Complete Edgar Allan Poe

$.99 Logos Bible Software Bible study Free

Social Networking and Blogging Apps FaceTime

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



Twitter Tweeting app Free WordPress

Blog management, post creation Free

LinkedIn Networking Free shrinkURL

Shorten URL Free

Facely HD

Facebook interface

$.99 (free trial version)

TweetDeck Review Twitter and Facebook feeds Free

Drawing, Painting, and Color Management Apps Qvik Sketch Pro

Drawing $.99 AutoPainter HD

Turn photos into paintings

$1.99

Inspire Pro – Paint, Draw and Sketch

Painting, drawing

$7.99 Adobe Ideas Digital sketchbook $5.99

iDraw Vector drawing

$8.99 VectorPro Automatic tracing $9.99

Fluid FX Special effects

$.99 Color Expert (recommended by commercial printers)

Color swatch selection, color palette development

$9.99

MyPANTONE X-Ref Color picker

$1.99 Blasphemous RGB/HSB/Hex

Color picker $.99

Granimator Wallpaper creator

Free Palettes Color palette creation Free limited

version, $5.99 full version

Photography/Movie-making and Editing Apps Camera

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 Newsstand & 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

News Apps CNN

Live and breaking news and videos

Free NBC Nightly News

News and programs Free

CNBC Real-Time

Real-time stock quotes Free PBS PBS programs and news Free

BBC News Live and breaking news and videos

Free NYTimes News, blogs, video, slide shows Free

ABC News Live and breaking news and videos

Free WTOP – The Glass-Enclosed Nerve App

Washington, DC-area news, weather, traffic, closings radio

Free

Pulse News Reader

News reader Free USA TODAY 24/7 news Free

Fluent News Reader

News reader/aggregator Free Wash Post News Free

LIFE Mobile Life magazine photos and news photos

Free The Wall Street Journal

News Free (subscription costs)

NPR NPR news and programs Free TODAY

News Free



Utilities Apps Siri Assistant

Personal assistant Free PrinterOn

Mobile printing to PrintSpots Free

1TapAlarm Alarm clock/timer Free PrintCentral

Printing utility $8.99

QuickFind Search multiple websites at once

$1.99 DoodleCalc Calculator and problem solver $.99

Clinometer Level and slope finder

$.99 GasBuddy – Find Cheap Gas Prices

Cheap gasoline locator – community-driven

Free

Calculator XL Calculator Free Pad Info

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 Pimp Your Screen Eye candy for your iPad/iPhone (can save and load on laptop too)

$.99

App Reviews 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, Inc. Voice-guided directions

Free

Packing Pro Travel packing and planning

$2.99 DC Metro Map by taapuna.com

Washington, DC Metro map

Free

TripIt Travel Organizer for iPad by TripIt

Travel itinerary organizer/consolidator

Free (Pro subscription available)

Next Metro DC by Daschware, LLC

Provided closest station and next train

$.99

TripAssist by Expedia Travel plan management Free Washington Metro

by Presselite Find nearest Metro station

$.99

Travel Guide Offline by Cityscouter

City-specific offline/online travel guides – worldwide

$3.99/guide UpNext 3D Cities by UpNext

3D maps Free

Maplets — Maps for National Parks, Subway, Ski Resorts and more by Zaia Design

4,000 international maps $2.99 Waze – Social GPS

navigation, traffic & road reports by Waze Inc.

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 Entertainment

View two maps concurrently

Free SitOrSquat: Bathroom Finder by Densebrain

Restroom finder (don’t laugh!)

Free

FastMall Mall maps – international Free Frommer’s

TravelTools by QuickMobile Inc.

Travel tools Free

Entertainment Apps Videos

Plays videos, TV shows, podcasts

iPad 2 built in

Arthouse Cinema Pocket by Bonbol Limited

Animated and creative short movies

$1.99

iTunes Download media iPad 2

built in Aweditorium by thesixtyone

Music “experience” Free

iPod Play music, audio books, podcasts

iPad 2 built in

Movie by Flixster, with Rotten Tomatoes – Free by Flixster

Movie trailers, showtimes, reviews

Free

YouTube Video-sharing website

iPad 2 built in

Fandango Movies – Times & Tickets

Movie ticketing app Free

TED +700 TEDTalk videos

Free MovieScanner by phunapps.de

iOS movie and game inventory

$2.99



TV Guide Mobile by Roundbox

TV Guide listings Free Live from the Red

Carpet by E! Entertainment 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 official application

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 Waite Group

Bird guide $2.99 Science Glossary by Visionlearning, Inc.

Glossary of scientific terms and short biographies

Free

GoSkyWatch Planetarium for iPad – the astronomy start guide by GoSoftWorks

Astronomy guide Free Yours, Vincent The

Letters of Vincent Van Gogh By Antenna Audio Inc

Vincent Van Gogh letters and paintings

Free

kmyAlgebra by Alex Kim Algebra support $.99 HistoryMaps by Seung-

Bin Cho Historical maps Free

Music/Radio Apps Pandora Radio by Pandora Media, Inc.

Personalized radio

Free SRS iWOW App by SRS Labs, Inc.

App for audio adapter/music trivia

Free

TuneIn Radio Pro by Synsion Radio Technologies

Radio $.99 Good Radio: Internet Radio 40,000 radio stations

around the world Free

Reference Apps Wiki Offline — A Wikipedia Experience by Avocado Hills

Full text of all Wikipedia articles on your iPhone or iPad

$9.99 WolframAlpha By Wolfram Alpha LLC Access expert

knowledge. Wherever you are. Whenever you need it

$1.99

Computer Desktop Encyclopedia (CDE)

Computer concepts and terminology

$4.99 Army Survival for iPad/iPhone by Double Dog Studios

Survival field manual

$1.99

WorldFactbook CIA World Factbook (works offline)

$1.99 BIG WORLD by Big Hill Software

Travel guide creator

Free

US Military Acronyms 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 Gourmet Live by Conde Nast Digital

Food magazine, recipes

Free

Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List by Conde Nast Digital

Recipes and shopping list creator

Free In the Kitchen: Food Network Recipes, Chefs, Cooking Tools and Shopping Lists by Television Food Network

Recipes, shopping list generator, cooking tools

$1.99



Food & Wine by American Express Publishing

Food magazine with recipes and videos

Free Mario Batali Cooks by High Five Labs Inc.

Recipes and videos

$9.99

GUINNESS Pub Finder – U.S.

Pub finder (win party support)

Free Martha Stewart Makes Cookies by Callaway Digital Arts, Inc.

Cookie recipes, videos, shopping list generator

$4.99

Hello Vino – Win Recommendations by Drive Thru Interactive

Win recommendations (win party support)

Free Urbanspoon for iPad by Urbanspoon

Restaurant locator (U.S., UK, AU)

Free

Weather Apps Weather Dashboard Pro by Bendy Tree, LLC

Weather forecast $.99 Wx for iPad by Hunter Research and Technology, LLC

Weather forecast

$3.99

Weather Station Free by Bigsool

Weather forecast–U.S.

Free Weather Station World by Bigsool (International forecasts) Weather

forecast $1.99

Shopping Apps Windowshop for iPad (Amazon) by AMZN Mobile LLC

Amazon shopping interface

Free Zappos Mobile by Zappos.com

Shopping Free

OPI by OPI Products Inc. Virtual nail polish tester

Free Sephora to Go by Sephora USA, Inc.

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

Games 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 Montezuma by Alawar

Entertainment Matching $4.99

Venice Mystery Puzzle $1.99 Pictureka! By Electronic Arts

Picture search $4.99

Other Games on my 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



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


dtSearch (search tool)

www.dtsearch.com $199 (free 30-day trial)

ISYS Personal Edition, $99/year; Google Desktop, free; Windows Search 4.0, free


Dogpile (meta search tool)

www.dogpile.com free

Free: Mamma, SurfWax, WebCrawler, metacrawler, search.com, ICEROCKET.com


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


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


Periodic Table of Visualization Methods (graphic devt.)

www.visual-literacy.org/ www.visual-literacy.org/ periodic_table/periodic_table.html


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/businessgraphiclibrary.html

free Information design article on Wikipedia, Edward Tufte web site


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


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)


Acronym Finder (acronym source)

www.acronymfinder.com free Free Dictionary.com, free; DoD Dictionary of Military Terms, free


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 online




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


DoD Dictionary of Military Terms

www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_ dictionary/


free Dictionary www.thefreedictionary.com/ dictionary.htm

free Merriam-Webster Dictionary, free online


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


Chicago Manual of Style

www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/contents.html

$35/year for a 1-year individual subscription (free 30-day trial)

AP StyleBook Online, $28.99 on iTunes or $25/year online


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


GoToMeeting (online collaboration)

www.gotomeeting.com $49/month; $468/year (free 30-day trial)

WebEx, $; Skype, free; DimDim, free


Skype (online collaboration)

www.skype.com free WebEx, GoToMeeting, Skype, DimDim


Philips 660 Digital Voice Tracer with Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking v10 (document dictation/speech recognition)

www.consumer.philips.com/c/dictaphone/speech-recognition-edition-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


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!

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