Consultants need cool tools to work more efficient, collaborate with their collagues or clients or just cross barriers from their laptop to their client’s computer.  Here is a list of some of our favorites.

Work smarter with this software

Collaborate

 

Brainstorm ideas, take notes or track tasks with mind-mapping:

http://www.mindjet.com/

 

Secure workspaces to share files and collaborate in the cloud.

https://www.huddle.com/

 

Create and work on mind maps together with clients and colleagues.

https://www.mindmeister.com/

 

Impress

 

Make beautiful diagrams:

http://creately.com

 

Visualize data.

http://www.dataviz.org/

 

Generate “word clouds” from text you provide. Words that appear more frequently in your text will be shown bigger:

www.wordle.net/

 

Create unusual presentations:

https://prezi.com/

 

Make beautiful charts and change them easily in Powerpoint. (Some consultants even buy it out of their own pocket because they love it so much)

https://www.think-cell.com/

 

Share

 

Share your docs, photos and videos while storing them.

https://www.dropbox.com/

 

Transfer big files to your client or colleague for free.

www.wetransfer.com

 

Another software to send large files (up to 8GB):

www.dropsend.com

 

Save

 

Back up files to the cloud:

www.carbonite.com

 

 

Create

 

Make online web forms without coding (great for contact forms, online surveys, event registrations).

www.wufoo.com/

 

Create and publish online surveys – with graphically beautiful and real time results.

https://www.surveymonkey.com

 

Shorten your URLs.

https://bitly.com/

 

Create, publish and sell an ebook, book or magazine. Print on demand or offset printing possible.

http://www.blurb.com/

 

Make PDF files from any printable document, rearrange pages and make PDF forms.

www.cutepdf.com/

 

 

Do you have any recommendations for software for consultants? Please let us know in the comments below.