Low Cost Apps and Programs to Make Your Work Life Easier
By Association
Adviser Staff
In the tech world, sometimes free really does mean free–as long as you, the
consumer, don’t get too demanding. With a little legwork, association
professionals on tight budgets can find hundreds of great Web-based products,
services, apps and collaboration tools to make your work life easier and often
more fun. It just takes time and patience to find the tools you need and to learn
how to use them.
Fortunately, there are people like Beth Ziesenis, a
blogger, speaker, marketing analyst
and self-described “complete tech geek” from San Diego
who shared some of her favorite free and low-cost tools and apps at last week’s
ASAE annual meeting and expo in Dallas.
Naylor's Kelly Donovan added some of her favorites
to the list and shared secrets for making these tools and apps effective for
small to midsize associations on a budget.
DISCLOSURE:
Neither the contributors, nor Association
Adviser, nor Naylor LLC has a financial interest or partnership interest in any
of the companies or products mentioned below
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Animoto |
Instantly create professional videos from
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CuePrompter |
Online teleprompter tool. Great for
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Tagxedo |
Create cool art from word clouds. Great for
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iStockPhoto |
Royalty-free, high-quality stock images for Kelly: iStockPhoto, though not as vast as Getty Images or Dreamstime, has many good photos for free or very low cost. Be sure to have a good idea of what type of composition you want, however, or you could wind up spending hours on this site.
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PhotoPhonia |
Low-cost photo editing tools and software. Kelly: Like Instagram, this app is great fun on your phone. Play around with some personal photos before using this app to jazz up photos you post on social media during association events and meetings.
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Pixlr |
Low-cost photo editing tools and software. |
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Gimp |
Low-cost photo editing tools and software. Kelly: |
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DaFont |
Source of cool and unusual fonts.
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Postagram |
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Create professional digital postcards, |
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LogMeIn |
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Remote access to your home or office |
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Xobni |
Inbox spelled backwards! Integrates all |
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Basecamp
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Online project management software for |
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Jing |
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For making screen shots of your websites,
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Google Voice |
One number for all your lines, plus online |
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Join me |
Instant screen sharing with up to 250
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Any Meeting
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Up to 6-way video conferencing and screen |
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FreeConferenceCall.com
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Free teleconferencing, screen sharing. |
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WuFoo |
Create online forms for applications, Kelly: If you plan |
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Signup Genius |
Free online tool for creating and managing |
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Shoeboxed |
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Scan receipts on the go and download |
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Expensity |
Scan receipts, create instant expense
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Worldcard |
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iPhone app for scanning business cards. |
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Evernote |
Keeps all of your notes, web clips, files
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Drop Box |
Free service that lets people bring their Kelly: DropBox is
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Attachments.Me
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Add in tool for Gmail and DropBox to make |
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TripIT |
Turns all your flight, hotel and rental car |
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LogoMyWay.com |
Instantly connects you to 15,000 talented |
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ScanLife |
Create, manage and track QR Codes. Scan barcodes and QR Kelly: |
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