Below are the major links for the Cool Tools School session. You can download a PDF of the slides or view the slideshow online and you can also access resources from past AENC Technology Showcases on other pages here. And be sure to check out Deirdre Reid’s presentation on social media over on her blog.
If you have not already participated, it would be great if you would also take 10 minutes or so to fill out the Association Technology Survey at:
Respondents will get a free summary report on the results and will also be entered into a drawing for one of five $50 Amazon.com certificates.
2009 Cool Tools Highlights
Here are just a handful of the tools from the 2009 AENC Tech Showcase Cool Tools sessions that it is worth mentioning again.
- http://www.evernote.com (Great platform for taking, organizing, and sharing notes online)
- https://www.dropbox.com/ (Back up and synch your files across multiple computers using this online service)
- http://www.yugma.com/ (Great desktop sharing software with many other cool features as well)
- http://www.tweetdeck.com (One of the best tools for managing all your “tweets”)
- http://www.usertesting.com (Just can’t be beat for affordable Web site usability testing)
2010 Cool Tools
I’m grateful to the following folks for sending me their suggestions for the Cool Tools list. I’ve also noted their names beside their contributions to the list.
- Jeff De Cagna, www.principledinnovation.com
- Maddie Grant, www.socialfish.org (Also see Maddie’s great social media cool tools list on her site)
- Mickie Rops, msrops.blogs.com
- Deirdre Reid, www.deirdrereid.com
Productivity
- http://www.doodle.com (Mickie Rops) (Great tool coordinating meetings without getting lost in a flood of e-mails)
- http://www.tungle.me (Madde Grant) (Another great tool for scheduling meetings)
- http://www.xmarks.com (Deirdre Reid) (Make your bookmarks accessible online and across multiple computers)
- http://www.pdfescape.com (Jeff De Cagna | Mickie Rops) (Create and edit PDFs – including creating fillable forms)
- http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ (Jeff Cobb) (Easily remove Web page clutter and increase text size)
Communication & Collaboration
- http://www.todaysmeet.com (Maddie Grant) (Easy to use “back channel” option for your events)
- http://www.coveritlive.com (Maddie Grant) (Powerful live blogging platform with many bells and whistles)
- http://www.creately.com (Jeff Cobb) (Platform for collaboratively working on diagrams and other visuals)
Info Storage & Management
- http://www.filemail.com (Jeff De Cagna) (A way to send huge files even when e-mail won’t allow it)
- http://mozy.com (Mickie Rops) (An online back-up service. You are backing up regularly, right?!)
- http://backupmytweets.com (Jeff Cobb) (And be sure to back up your tweets, blogs, and Webmail accounts)
Internet Utilities
- http://www.dirpy.com (Jeff De Cagna) (Convert YouTube videos into MP3 audio files)
- http://www.shrinkpictures.com (Jeff Cobb) (Easily convert an image to any size you need)
- http://mytexttools.com/Random-Line-Picker.html (Jeff Cobb) (Need to pick a contest winner? Here’s an easy way to do it.)
Web Publishing & Sharing
- http://www.screenpreso.com (Deirdre Reid) (Easily take a snapshot of all or parts of anything on your computer screen)
- http://bit.ly.com (Jeff De Cagna) (Shrink those long ugly URLs into something short and sweet – and track clicks!)
- https://vr.shapeservices.com/ (Jeff Cagna) (Easily capture and publish voice recordings to Facebook and other sites)
Learning & Education
- http://penzu.com (Jeff Cobb) (A simple, elegant online journaling tool)
- http://supercoolschool.com (Jeff Cobb) (A fast way to get up and running with online education)
Hall of Fame
1. http://www.zoho.com (“Office” – and more – online)
2. http://www.skype.com (Voice over Internet)
3. http://www.delicious.com (Social bookmarking)
4. http://www.dimdim.com (Free Web conferencing)
5. http://www.pbwiki.com (Very user-friendly – and free – wiki)
6. http://www.slideshare.net/ (Slide presentations online)
7. http://www.jingproject.com/ (Screencasting)
8. http://www.moodle.org/ (Learning management system)
9. http://www.box.net/ (Online file storage and sharing)
10. http://www.wufoo.com/ (Easy online forms)
Also, access resources from past AENC Technology Showcases >>