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PlanPlus in New Version 7 Offers a Robust Planning System That Plays Well as Software Plug Enhance Your Current Use of Microsoft Outook

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If you use Microsoft Outlook to do most of your planning and scheduling, then you need FranklinCovey PlanPlus for Outlook.

Outlook by itself does not offer enough features by itself for many of our most important needs. However adding another software program for planning, scheduling, project management, task-prioritization, delegation and long term goal setting often makes life more complicated rather than simpler. 

PlanPlus does not replace Outlook, but rather allows you to seamlessly integrate FranklinCovey planning methods directly into Outlook. And in the its new Version 7, PlanPlus is more robust than ever.

Longtime readers of this blog know the story of how I started using personal information managers with the very first version of the program that has morphed into PlanPlus.

I found the first version  -- a program called Ascend -- while attending the huge Comdex  convention way back in 1993. Ascend was one of the first planning programs and ran in Windows 3.1.

I got into the habit of using Ascend regularly and eventually featured the software in the Mindware Catalog, a personal development catalog which I published at that time.

Jump 16 years into the present day and you find that the seventh generation of PlanPlus is lightyears ahead of its venerable ancestor. Here are some of the new features of this highly worthy upgrade to PlanPlus:

• Expanded Home Page Customization - customize your Home View to fit your personal planning style
• Franklin-Covey Planning Themes - add color and style to your planning screen
• Task Productivity Report - stay on track with a report showing progress on specific tasks
• Handheld Updates - new apps for BlackBerry phones

Here is a screenshot of the advanced Task Management Features in PlanPlus Version 7

For complete information about PlanPlus, please visit FranklinCovey here.

Free Your Mind from the Box -- Neuro-Programmer III -- The World's Best Mind Transformation Software In A Bold New Version

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About Neuro-Programmer III

In August of 2004, a few months after I started this blog, I posted my reactions to a new software program I had just tried in a post  New Software Gives You the Power to Program Your Mind. Neuro-Programmer was the name of the new software and it delivered on its promise of harnessing a variety of mind-changing technologies and putting them at your fingertips.

Developed by the appropriated named company Transparent Corp (perhaps the most honest and reliable company in the self improvement industry), Neuro-programmer came with membership to the company's website where you could download add-ons and a variety of audio, visual and video media which can be used with the software.

In one of the earliest post on this long-running blog, I wrote:

WhiteSmoke 2010 Writing Enrichment Software for Windows Promises Perfect English for Everyone Who Writes -- Special Sale 80% Limited Time Offer

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Become a Better Writer -- WhiteSmoke Writing Enrichment Software for Windows Can Help --  Special  Sale 80% Off --Limited Time Only!

WhiteSmoke is a windows software program designed to enrich your writing. The program offers a 30-day evaluation of the full version of the software and so I recently took them up on their offer.

Maybe some day we will get to the point where all we do is think and the words appear on the screen as we imagine them. However we are not at that point I am sorry to report.

Microsoft Word and other word processors have a built in grammar and spelling checker. But most of us know that while helpful, this does not do the entire job. Past Word's simple checking you are on your own when it comes to putting the words down and editing them. So software tools like WhiteSmoke (and some others that I talk about on this blog) are welcome in making the writing process a bit smoother.

You can use WhiteSmoke in a variety of different programs including the MS Office programs and Internet Explorer. A convenient hotkey can activate the program . You can also install an optional toolbar.

Brainiversity Provides Mind Stimulating Fun for the Whole Family

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Brainiversity is a game designed to stimulate your prefrontal cortex with 16 different activities covering language, memory, math and analysis.

Sounds hard but Brainversity does a good job of making it fun.

The activities include First & Last, Spelling Bee, Word Maker, Sort It, Shopping List, Remember Me?, Phone Numbers, Visual Memory, Add It Up, Shape Count, Math Grid, Math Function, Alphabet Soup, Find Me, Perfect Match and Stroop Test.

At the beginning of the program, you are introduced to Edison, a "talking" light-bulb who welcomes you to the Brainversity, and gives you your first Daily Exam. Unlike the occasional sourpuss every school has on its teaching staff, Brainiversity isn't grim and serious.

Edison keeps you informed of your progress, makes jokes and offers interesting facts. During one late-night session, he even asked if I shouldn't be in bed. Since there's no story to propel you forward, Edison gives Brainiversity a much-needed shot of personality.

You can also earn up to ten different Stamps, giving children and other users something for which to shoot.

Through the charts and the stamps, Brainiversity does a good job of tracking your progress and highlighting your strengths and weaknesses. The option to print out the results would be a welcome addition, though

After completing this exam, - and earning your 100 Brain Bucks for the first day - you're sent to the game selection screen. Like before, there are four categories to work with: Math, Language, Memory and Analysis.

As you progress, different games are unlocked. You get a daily test each day composed of 4 tests. At the end it is recorded on your own private graph. Then you can play all the games individually and each one is recorded on your own private graph for the individual games, too. You can then play again as much as you want, so you can improve your scores with some extra practice.

Some of the excellent features found in Brainversity

• 4 different training categories: Language, Memory, Math and Analysis
• 16 unique activities, 4 in each category
• 10 different Stamps to earn
• Practice mode to hone your skills
• Daily Exam mode to test those skills
• Daily Chart visually tracks your progress
• Up to 6 people can play on one computer
• Hosted by Edison, the funny little light bulb
• Unlock Practice games by playing Daily Exam

Brainiversity is fun, easy to pick up, and perfect for the whole family. The target audience is adults who wish to keep their brains sharp as they get older, but young children, and anyone in between can enjoy these simple exercises as well. It is never too early to start training your brain and keeping it young and fit.