21st Century Business Tools

Here are my recommendations for the most powerful, productive and cost-effective 21st century business tools.  Click on any of the software and web-based tool icons for more details...

CardScan
Capture, Organize and Manage All Your Contacts  

• Accurately capture contact information from business cards, email signatures, web sites and other electronic files
• Easily categorize contacts, search, sort, de-dupe, print labels, map addresses and much more
• Includes safe, secure online backup; web access; contact updating service
• Keep your data identical in all your devices and software including PDAs and smartphones, contact managers like Outlook.

Turn your business cards into digital contacts. Find out Which CardScan business card reader is right for you!

 Pixetell  - Create Video Messages

Project KickSart

Project KickStart is an easy-to-use project management program for everyday work projects. It includes a project planning wizard and a Gantt chart for project scheduling.

Project KickStart's planning wizard guides you through 6 steps for brainstorming and planning your project. The plan automatically displays in the Gantt chart for scheduling.

Plan your project in 30 minutes!

Project Kickstart Pro - $299

Project Kickstart for Education, Pro Version - $150

Project Kickstart for Nonprofits, Pro Version - $180

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Taming The Paper Tiger 

Find anything in your office in 5 SECONDS or less - Guaranteed!

Taming The Paper Tiger software is a powerful filing system that uses the power of your computer to help you get organized and stay organized. Thousands of associations, large companies, consulting firms, schools & colleges, financial/legal firms, government agencies, healthcare providers, non-profit institutions, real estate companies, religious institutions, small businesses, professionals and individuals have discovered a filing system that uses the power of their computer to solve their problems with paper, email and electronic files once and for all! 

GoToMeeting
Easy Online Meetings – Anytime, Anywhere

Save time and money with the easiest-to-use online meeting solution: GoToMeeting. You can present, demonstrate and meet all you want – for one low flat fee. Try it free and discover how you can use Web conferencing to:

• Give Sales Presentations and Product Demos
• Meet and Collaborate across the Globe
• Provide Online Training

Send and Receive Faxes Through Your Email with MyFax.com

• Simple: Internet fax. Easy as email.
• Reliable: Always online. Never busy or out of paper.
• Inexpensive: $10/month, includes 100 send and 200 received pages.
• Mobile:  Fax by email from work, home or on the road. Simple: Internet fax. Easy as email. Reliable: Always online. Never busy or out of paper. Inexpensive: $10/m includes 100 sent & 200 received pages. Mobile: Fax by email from work, home, and on the road.

MyFax.com - Faxing Simplified, Anytime, Anywhere! Get a MyFax Number

Soundview Executive Book Summaries

Soundview Executive core mission: to present summaries of cutting-edge ideas and hands-on, how-to information that the year’s best business books can offer. Soundview offers 3 subscription types: Online, Premium Online and Premium Audio.

Introductory Offer - for New Subscribers Only --Receive 8-page text and 20-minute audio summaries of the top 30 business books of the year in 8 digital formats, accessible anytime, anywhere in your Online Library on our website.

Subscribe today and receive 5 FREE Summaries plus access to monthly Soundview Live interactive events with top authors.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred

This tool gives small business and advanced PC users the power to create documents, reports and e-mails three times faster than most people type -- with up to 99% accuracy.

Surf the Web by voice or dictate and edit in Microsoft Word and Excel, Corel WordPerfect, and most other Windows-based applications.  Take a look.

PaperPort Professional 12

PaperPort 12 helps the home user eliminate paper, keep track of important documents, and adopt a greener lifestyle. With PaperPort 12, your home scanner or all-in-one device becomes an efficient, easy-to-use organizing machine. See the details.

QuickBooks

• QuickBooks Pro 2010 helps you easily organize and maintain your business finances, all in one place
• Quickly access key customer, vendor & employee information in a single location
• Instantly create invoices, track payments and manage expenses
• Save time and money by tracking every dollar going in and out of your business
• Get insight into your business with access to over 100 reports
• Nonprofit versions also available 

Constant Contact

Email Marketing is a must-have for building your business!

Easily create the message that's right for you. You don't need special technical or design skills to create html emails. If you can cut, paste, point and click, you're good to go! Customize it to make it look like your brand.

Build and grow your own email list. Get started with as few as 5 email addresses, then invite people to join your mailing list or refer their friends, and watch your contacts grow!

From Energized Solutions:

Focus. Organization. Productivity: Ideas for Improving Productivity in the Workplace was published by the founding members of the Network for Productivity Excellence  in 2006.

Based on the professional experience of twenty productivity consultants, each chapter addresses a specific area and gives real-world tips and pointers for improvement.

Focus. Organization. Productivity, $12.95

Also enjoy the 2nd book in the series:

Exploring Productivity - Ideas from Industry Professionals on Getting More Done in the Workplace.

Enjoy your journey through this collection of common sense ideas shared by industry experts.

Kathleen's chapter titled "Who Knew Mick Jagger was a Time Management Consultant?" will bring a chuckle along with helpful insights on how we think we manage our time.

Exploring Productivity -Ideas from Industry Professionals on Getting More Done in the Workplace , $12.95

Introducing the 3rd book in the series:

Insights on Productivity -Ideas from Industry Professionals on Getting More Done in the Workplace , $12.95

 

 

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The MOST POWERFUL Productivity Package!

The Productivity Pack - Including 3 Books

The GO System Implementation Kit from Energized Solutions is included in your GO Seminar Registration. 

 

Or, purchase the GO Kit individually and receive all three of Kathleen's books above (Focus. Organization. Productivity, Exploring Productivity and Insights on Productivity) plus all of the items listed for only $95.00. 

 

A 96-page workbook of ideas and exercises for addressing specific issues to improve focus, organization and productivity.

A step-by-step guide for implementing the GO System that includes 35 specific steps for improving productivity.

A copy of Getting Organized, a 192-page book that includes a collection of ideas addressing the six major issues that cause disorganization.

A bullet-point, quick reference reminder of key system decisions.

A wallet-size reminder card of key beliefs that support your goal to be more organized.

An initial supply of forms for effective implementation and follow-up.

A complete set of file folder tabs for immediate system implementation.

A CD with a variety of implementation resources including forms, labels and reminders.