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Learning and Concentration Tips

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Maintaining concentration levels is one of the hardest aspects of studying, especially if you don’t feel very passionate about the subject you’re learning. Concentration is one of the key factors behind exam success, however, and your concentration levels while studying will impact your performance in your exams. Here are some tips to help you improve your concentration, so you can make the most of your study time.

Create a quiet space

Make sure you choose somewhere quiet and free of distractions to study, where you won’t be interrupted. A polite suggestion is to put your phone on silent so you won’t be disturbed by other people. Set a rule for yourself to not answer any calls or text for a certain period of time.

Work out your most productive study time

Some people work better in the morning, while others work better in the afternoon or evening. Try to identify your ideal study time early on, and tailor your day around that. Often, it’s more psychologically rewarding to try and get as much done as possible early in the day; however different people will have different study habits.

Make sure you’ve met your basic needs

Sitting down to study when you’re tired, hungry, thirsty, or distracted by events in your personal life will hinder your concentration, no matter how good your study tools are. Make sure you’re well rested and have had something to eat and drink before you start studying. If you find you are thinking about people or events outside your study session or you are daydreaming, try not to get caught up in your thoughts and put them aside until later.

Break down large subject areas into smaller topics

Breaking down large subject areas into smaller topics helps make them less daunting. The iFlipTips app is perfect for this task, as it allows you to create digital flashcards containing text, audio, video, and images. Learning information in bite-sized pieces helps improve your concentration, and speeds up your learning process.

Do one thing at a time

Don’t try to study multiple subjects or topics at the same time, as you will just confuse yourself. If you’re feeling overwhelmed with the amount you have to learn, try creating a study plan, with hourly slots for each subject. iFlipTips is useful for ensuring you only study one thing at a time, as you can separate your flashcards into different folders, and keep relevant cards together. You can also use iFlipCards, a tool within iFlipTips, to test your knowledge of a single topic before moving on to the next.

Start the Hardest Subject area or Topic First

It’s tempting to leave the subjects we find difficult until we’ve learned all the easier topics first. Working on the hardest subjects before anything else, however, will give you more time to go back and make sure you’ve learned the information thoroughly. Taking a break between topics allows you to process the information you’ve learned, and test your recall. When organizing study notes in iFlipTips, especially if you’re using the folders to create a study calendar, arrange sub-folders and files with the hardest subjects first, so you’re not tempted to skip to the easier subjects and leave the hard work for later.

iFlipTips  newest additions is called iFlipTipsPro and has a iFlipTips
Calendar and multicolor notepads/iDoodleGrams called iFlipPads are perfect ways to adhere to a schedule and manipulate pictures and images for a variety of note
uses.  The ideas tool is useful for organizing and tracking notes, and other academic related activities. Use it to organize contacts of people you meet during your study or research, reminders or just creative drawings which can be shared via Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter or email.

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Creating Digital Catalogs Using iFlipTips

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iFlipTips is a new note-taking app developed by TECHtionary. It takes the concept of traditional 3×5 flashcards, and translates it into a digital tool for your iPhone and iPad. The app allows you to create digital cards, which you can then store on your iDevice, using text, images, audio recordings and video clips. The cards come in three formats: iFlipCards are question and answer cards, iFlip-Slides are slide show-style cards, while iTips-Ideas card are note-taking cards.

iFlipTips is the perfect companion for students and professionals alike, as its format makes it highly versatile, and means it can be used for a variety of tasks, from studying for exams, to keeping a digital catalogue of business stock and services. If you run your own business, you can use the iFlipTips app to create a catalogue of your products, services, or both, that you can access and share with potential customers and clients with just a few taps.

If you want to use iFlipTips to create a digital catalogue, start by organizing the folders into a system that is suitable for filing your products or services. You can add as many folders and sub-folders as you like, so you have a lot of flexibility to create a customized folder system that works for your business. Possible folder systems include organizing products and services alphabetically, and creating separate folders for different sections of the alphabet. Alternatively, you can organize products by category, for example if you sell a range of home products, you can create separate folders for each room of the house.

Once you’ve created your folders, you can start creating individual cards for each product or service. To do this, use iTips-Ideas cards or iFlip-Slides. Using the text box, provide a description of the product or service, including any information that you would want to send to clients. You can include a picture of the product in the image section, which you can take with your iPhone or iPad. If relevant, you can also record an audio description, or create a video that explains how the product or service works.

The different mediums provide you with a chance to record exactly what your business offers, and to show potential customers and clients how your product or service works in as much detail as possible. Once you’ve saved your iTips-Ideas card or iFlipSlide in the correct folder, you can share your cards with others via email, Facebook or Twitter.

iTips-Ideas cards and iFlipSlides are useful for creating a catalogue of individual items, however iFlipCards can help you in a different, but equally as important, way. Designed in a question and answer format, you can use these cards to create a Frequently Asked Questions list that you can then use to answer questions from any potential customers or collaborators. This section of the app helps you prepare for customer inquiries and presentations, and prevents you being caught off-guard by unexpected questions.

 

iFlipTips  newest additions is called iFlipTipsPro and has a iFlipTips Calendar and multicolor notepads/iDoodleGrams called iFlipPads are perfect ways to adhere to a schedule and manipulate pictures and images for a variety of note uses.  The ideas tool is useful for organizing and tracking notes, and other academic related activities. Use it to organize contacts of people you meet during your study or research, reminders or just creative drawings which can be shared via Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter or email.

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Cloud Solution for Mobile Multi-media Learning, Training and Delivery for iPhone and iPad Now Available

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Mobile Learning Development and Delivery Platform – iFlipTips Version 2.0

Cloud Solution for Mobile Multi-media Learning, Training and Delivery for iPhone and iPad Now Available

New iFlipSlides Create Corporate Presentations, Multimedia Training and Personal Notecard-Study “Flipcard” System

BOULDER – iFlipTips announced today approval from iTunes for distribution for Apple® iPhone® and iPad®.  New in Version 2.0 is iFlipSlides. Using iFlipSlides users can create ‘slide shows’ for the iPhone or iPad. Perfect for mobile training on any area such as sales, channel partner presentations and field tech tips, the app enables you to reorganize your cards, slides or tips once you’ve created them, so you can rearrange your slides and add new information at a later date.

“iFlipTips is an exciting way for professionals to create multimedia presentations and personal corporate libraries.   iFlipCards is an exciting way for professional trainers and users alike to create multimedia study ‘flipcards’ for fast access Q&A learning,” noted Tom Cross creator.

iFlipTips consists of three key programs: iFlipCards, iFlip-Slides and iFlipTips-Ideas.

iFlipTips can be created with simple, single button notecards with text, audio, video and pics.  The app is designed to help clients seeking easy and rapid ways to build mobile “self-help” and “just enough and just-in-time” tools for their sales, support channel partners and others.  iFlip-Slides is a quick and easy way to create slide shows on the go for customer presentations, personal training or technical techtips.  With iFlip-Slides you can audio, video, text as well as pics.

iFlipCards lets users make Q&A flipcards, capture audio, video, text and take/use pics and answer with pics, video, text and audio, not just text.  College students need a simple app to replace their 3×5 paper notecards writing Questions on one side and “flipping” them over to see the Answer(s).   iFlipTips can be shared/posted to Twitter, Facebook or email.  All features iFlipTips, iFlip-Slides and iFlipCards can capture information and file it fast with unlimited Library Folders and Subfolders.  In addition iFlipTips blog, tutorials, blog, newsletter and more information are available at http://ifliptips.com

Here are some user comments:

- “By having access to iFlipTips, I can get the latest sales and support tips, feature updates, bug fixes and other corporate info improving coordination and communications between with the our customers. Simply put, I am more successful and effective.”

- “This really overcomes the problem when team members say, “email, what email, I never got the email providing a tool to help them see all the steps involved in the training, event and social activity and stay organized, not just endless emails.”

- “This app is so helpful as strategically, the faster you can communicate, the faster you can change, and those corporations that change the fastest will be the most successful.”

Corporate training, slide show presentations and studying for college exams is an increasingly demanding and complex. iFlipTips was developed and will continue to be an innovative solution for trainers, customers, students and users.

On the website www.iFliptips.com also provides tutorials, webseminars, and a newsletterto help improve your use of iFlipTips, iFlip-Slides and iFlipCards – FlipQuiz’s and other ideas on sports management, social media practices and technology.

The non-cloud version is available via this link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/ifliptips/id503560086?mt=8

Please email mailto:cross@gocross.com?subject=iFlipTips Cloud Version for details on the cloud version.

iFlipTips is part of a suite of communications and collaboration tools designed to improved personal time management and customer communications.  iFlipTips Version 3.0 will have an integrated calendar and be available in August. 

Presentation Development and Improving Presentation Skills Using iFlipTips

By Hannah B. TechEditor – London-England

Good business presentation skills are crucial. We use them in our careers and our personal lives, and utilize these skills even when we might not realize it. Developing your presentation skills can have a positive impact on many different areas of your life and, for that reason; it’s beneficial to improve your presentation skills, even if public speaking isn’t a key part of your job role right now.

iFlipTips is a study and training app for iPad and iPhone that revolutionizes the way we deliver and absorb information. As well as being an invaluable tool for students of all subjects, iFlipTips can also help you when you’re teaching yourself new skills. The app avoids the traditional text-based learning style, and instead focuses on providing you with a variety of tools to help you create flashcards that increase your learning speed and help you retain and recall more information in less time.

The iFlipTips app is divided into three sections: iFlip-Slides iTips-Ideas cards and iFlipCards. Each card contains four different formats: text, image, audio, and video, so you can record and store information using different mediums. When studying and improving your presentation skills, you can use these different formats to learn new skills more efficiently.

If you’re working to improve your presentation skills, the best place to start is to evaluate where you are at the moment. iFlipTips helps you do this, as you can record yourself giving a staged or real presentation using the audio and video functions. Doing this can help you identify and improve aspects of your presentation, such as your body language and tone of voice.

The ability to record videos and audio clips means you can also capture snippets of public speakers and presenters you admire, and use the recordings to compare their style to your own practice sessions. Watching other successful public speakers, you can identify what you enjoy about their delivery, and attempt to reproduce that in your own presentations.

As you develop your skills, recording yourself can also help you prepare for live public speaking engagements. Thorough preparation helps you gain confidence in your ability to give an engaging and interesting presentation. Practice is the key to success, and using the iFlipTips video function, you can simulate what it feels like to have a live audience.

The text function can help you make key notes about presenting skills, for example that you should never start with an apology unless you’ve made an error, and that you should always credit the source of quotes you use. By saving these “notes” in ordered folders, you can easily refer back to them later to remind yourself of key messages and tips.

As well as helping you improve your presentation skills, you can also use iFlipTips to keep you on track during presentations. Use iTips-Ideas cards to outline the structure of your presentation, and record key quotes and facts you want to remember in the text box. If you want to, you can also share your notes with others via email, Facebook or Twitter directly through the app.

If you plan to include a question and answer session at the end of a presentation, the iFlipCards can help you prepare. Create a separate “question” card for each question you anticipate being asked, and then create an ideal response on the “answer” card. Avoid memory blanks and feelings of panic, and instead enjoy confidence in knowing that you’ve prepared as thoroughly as you can.

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iFlipTips along with CrossPinPoints http://crosspinpoints.com and other cloud online solutions from TECHtionary (http://techtionary.com).  Other iPhone/iPad apps include iMakeupMirror, iCompactMirror and Pictagrams all available on iTunes.  More details can be found at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/techtionary.com/id379186267

Coming soon is iPartygram (http://ipartygram.com) party invitation, pic/snap posting and calendar app for iPhone and iPad

CrossPinPoints, iSportsCal, iComcal and iREcal are all integrated MARCOM-marketing communications solutions designed for small to large business manage small to large marketing efforts.    Thomas B. Cross is the creator of unique marketing communications and an avid social media expert focusing primarily on Twitter with @techtionary https://twitter.com/#!/techtionary and @beautyapps account https://twitter.com/#!/BeautyApps, CrossTalk blog, Linkedin and CrossPinPoints (online marketing communications solution).  He posts daily to Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and CrossTalk blog. He assists businesses maximize their social media marketing and teaches professional development courses in social media which are approved by the Colorado Supreme Court for attorneys and Colorado DORA for real estate professionals via Social Business College http://socialbusinesscollege.com/.

Contact & Social Media

Contact: Tom Cross

Email: cross@gocross.com

Twitter: @techtionary & @beautyapps

Phone: 303-594-1694

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Study Planning Using Study App for iPhone and iPad

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Creating a study plan gives you greater confidence and improves your organization. Mapping out the different subjects you have to learn, and their deadlines, also enables you to study more thoroughly for exams, as you can prepare for each test in advance rather than trying to cram all the information in at the last minute.

Each student has their own way of studying, so each individual’s study plan will be slightly different. Here are a few tips to help you create a study plan that is tailored to your needs and will help you achieve the results you want in your exams.

Make a list

Write down all the subjects you need to study, as well as the date of the relevant exam. If your exams are close together, you should aim to have done all your studying by the time the first exam arrives; otherwise you can afford to start studying for the some exams now, and leave others until a later date.

Be logical

Having made your list, you might be tempted to simply start studying for your upcoming exams in order of test date. To gain the best results, however, you should order the subjects starting with those that leave you feeling least confident, and save those feel most comfortable until last. You should also think about what grade you want or need to achieve for each exam. If you need all As, you’re going to have to put in more study time than if you just need a pass, so this will affect your study plan.

Make time

Take a calendar and map out times you’re available to study. Try not to over commit yourself as this will be stressful in the run-up to your exams. Instead, be realistic and include any existing commitments in your scheduling. Depending on how many exams you have and how much time you have to study, you should aim for around 2-4 hours of studying per day.

Start early

As well as starting your studying well before the exam period, you should also try to get as much studying done as possible early in the day. It is much better for your motivation levels if you can fit in 2-3 hours of study by lunchtime, rather than leaving it all until the evening.

Create smart notes

Use the iFlipTips app to create study notes that work. These digital flashcards help you memorize information in bite-sized pieces, improving memory retention and your ability to recall information. The more you break information down into smaller chunks, the more likely you are to remember what you’ve learned.

Include breaks

Every study plan should include time for breaks. We can only concentrate for around 30 minutes at a time, so if you carry on studying beyond this you’re unlikely to remember what you’re learning as thoroughly as you would if you took a break. Schedule in five to 10 minute breaks every half an hour to give you a chance to get a drink, stretch and relax.

Be gentle

If you’re finding it difficult to stick to your study plan, be gentle with yourself. This can be frustrating, especially if you’re under a lot of time pressure to learn what you need to know quickly. Try not to beat yourself up about slipping from the plan, and instead think about why you slipped. Are you trying to make yourself learn too much in a short time period, or are you giving yourself enough breaks? Go back to your study plan, make adjustments then start again.

iFlipTips New V2 Review – iFlipTips a must-have app for your iPhone and iPad – Independent Review by Eva

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“iFlipTips is a revolutionary study and note-taking app from TECHtionary for iPhone and iPad. Easy to use, versatile and effective, this app helps students cut down their learning time by increasing memory retention and improving their information recall.

You can record information on each ‘card’ in four different formats: text, image, audio and video. The app works directly with your iPhone’s recording devices, so you can take pictures and create audio and video clips directly from the app, as well as using existing files in your photo library or voice memos. Using these different formats means that students can tailor iFlipTips to their learning style. Whether you find it easier to learn through writing, watching, hearing, or with visual aids, you can create study notes that work for you.

As well as note-taking and studying, iFlipTips is also useful for a range of other activities, such as preparing talks, creating catalogues, maintaining customer service records, and a variety of uses in the business world. The latest version of the app has the addition of iFlipSlides, which enables you to create slideshows from your flashcards. With this added feature, the app is now divided into three parts: iFlipCards, iFlipSlides and iTips-Ideas Cards.

iFlipCards

iFlipCards contain digital flashcards in a question and answer format. Simply write the question on one side of the card, then ‘flip’ it to reveal the answer. These cards are perfect for testing what you’ve learned when studying for exams. They can also help public speakers prepare for talks, and can be used during group training.

iFlipSlides

iFlipSlides are the newest addition to the iFlipTips app. Using this section; you can create individual cards to produce a slideshow. Not only is this helpful for learning, but you can connect your iPhone or iPad to a screen or monitor to display the slideshow in public. Each slide can contain text, audio, video and an image, and you can reorder the slides in each folder as many times as you need until your presentation is perfect. All slideshows are saved to your device, so this is a helpful way of creating slides and presentations while away from your computer.

iTips-Ideas Cards

The iTips-Ideas Cards are useful for creating notes and making records. It’s quick and easy to make study notes using these, so you can even do this during lessons and save yourself some study time later.

Other features

You can share all cards via email, Facebook and Twitter, enabling you to send your notes and ideas to friends, family, clients or fans. Although video and audio files are notoriously difficult to send over email, the app includes URL links to the files instead of attaching them to the message, so you can send your notes in an instant, without cluttering up the recipient’s inbox!

Each section of iFlipTips has its own folders system. Using this, you can organize your notes into your own customized filing system, so they are easily retrievable when you need them the most.

Useful for students and professionals alike, iFlipTips is a must-have app for your iPhone and iPad” – Eva (pictured).

 

iFlipTips Version 2.0 – Flipcards-Flashcards and Personal Multi-media Notecards & Slides for iPhone and iPad Now Available

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iFlipTips Version 2.0 – Flipcards-Flashcards and personal multi-media notecards for iPhone and iPad Now Available

The app is available via this link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/ifliptips/id503560086?mt=8

New iFlipSlides Create Corporate Presentations, Multimedia Training and Personal Notecard-Study “Flipcard” System

BOULDER – iFlipTips announced today approval from iTunes for distribution for Apple® iPhone® and iPad®.  New in Version 2.0 is iFlipSlides are a new addition to iFlipTips. Using iFlipSlides you can create card ‘slide shows’. Perfect for studying and giving presentations, the app enables you to reorganize your cards once you’ve created them, so you can rearrange your slides and add new information at a later date.

iFlipTips consists of three key programs: iFlipCards, iFlip-Slides and iFlipTips-Ideas.   iFlipTips can be created with simple, single button notecards with text, audio, video and pics.  The app is designed to help clients seeking easy and rapid ways to build mobile “self-help” and “just enough and just-in-time” tools for their sales, support channel partners and others.  “iFlipTips is an exciting way for professionals to create multimedia presentations and personal corporate libraries.   iFlipCards is also an exciting way for professional trainers and students alike to create multimedia study ‘flipcards’ for fast access Q&A learning,” noted Tom Cross creator. 

iFlip-Slides is a quick and easy way to create slide shows on the go for customer presentations, personal training or technical techtips.  With iFlip-Slides you can audio, video, text as well as pics.

iFlipCards lets users make Q&A flipcards, capture audio, video, text and take/use pics and answer with pics, video, text and audio, not just text.  College students need a simple app to replace their 3×5 paper notecards writing Questions on one side and “flipping” them over to see the Answer(s).   iFlipTips can be shared/posted to Twitter, Facebook or email.  Both iFlipTips and iFlipCards can capture information and file it fast with unlimited Library Folders and Subfolders.  In addition iFlipTips blog, tutorials, blog, newsletter and more information are available at http://ifliptips.com

Here are some user comments:

- “By having access to iFlipTips, I can get the latest sales and support tips, feature updates, bug fixes and other corporate info improving coordination and communications between with the our customers. Simply put, I am more successful and effective.”

- “As a college student, I can create iFlipCard Quiz and answer card easy and fast and I can have them with me anytime where I can use them right up to the exam.”

- “This really overcomes the problem when team members say, “email, what email, I never got the email providing a tool to help them see all the steps involved in the training, event and social activity and stay organized, not just endless emails.”

- “This app is so helpful as strategically, the faster you can communicate, the faster you can change, and those corporations that change the fastest will be the most successful.”

Corporate training, slide show presentations and studying for college exams is an increasingly demanding and complex. iFlipTips was developed and will continue to be an innovative solution for trainers, customers, students and users.  iFliptips also provides tutorials, webseminars, and a newsletter to help improve your use of iFlipTips, iFlipCards and FlipQuiz’s and other ideas on sports management, social media practices and technology.

The app is available via this link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/ifliptips/id503560086?mt=8

iFlipTips is part of a suite of communications and collaboration tools designed to improved personal time management and customer communications.  iFlipTips Version 3.0 will have an integrated calendar and be available in late August or September.  

Independent Product Review – Learn Faster and Smarter with iFlipTips

By Hannah B. TechEditor – London-England

iFlipTips is a versatile note-taking app from TECHtionary. This free (above 25 cards is $0.99) app enables you to create digital flashcards that can help with a variety of tasks. As well as functioning as a study aid, you can customize the app for a number of personal and business uses, for example as reading records, public speaking prompts, and product catalogues. The app is simple to use and has an intuitive interface, while still being highly effective. Using the app gives you greater information retention, and speeds up the learning process, so you can study more in less time.

iFlipTips is a divided into three sections: iFlipCards, iFlipSlides and iTipsIdeas. Each section works in a slightly different way, but all three enable you to create flashcards using text, images, audio and video clips. You can use images, audio and video already stored on your iPhone/iPad Photo Gallery, or take new images and clips directly from the app.

These different formats makes the app suitable for a variety of learning types. Whether you learn better by reading, hearing, or watching, you can use iFlipTips to create study notes and records that work for you.

iFlipCards are in a question and answer format, and are perfect for testing your knowledge in before an important exam, or preparing for a question and answer session during a public speech. You can include text, audio, video and images on each side of the card.

iFlipSlides are a new addition to iFlipTips. Using this section, you can create card ‘slide shows’. Perfect for studying and giving presentations, the app enables you to reorganize your cards once you’ve created them, so you can rearrange your slides and add new information at a later date.

iTipsIdeas cards are straight flashcards, helpful for recording information and creating an inventory or record. You can organize cards from all sections into different folders and subfolders, enabling you to create your own filing system. This is particularly useful for studying, as you can organize your notes by subject or module, making it easy to retrieve information quickly and simply. Once created, you can edit and delete folders, giving you full control over how you store your cards.

All cards can be shared via email, Facebook or Twitter, so you can send you study notes to your friends and family. The social sharing feature is also helpful for business, as you can use iFlipTips to create and run a social media campaign, uploading cards directly from the app. Promote sales, discounts and items from your catalogue with your fans and followers, without having to invest in expensive software or spend hours creating and posting content. You can also use iFlipTips to send information to your business’s mailing list. Audio and video files are stored on the iPhone/iPad.

iFlipTips also contains an archive section, which stores deleted cards and folders so you can choose to restore or permanently delete them at a later date. This helps you avoid any accidental data loss, and also enables you to store cards you don’t need right now for later.

Whether you’re looking for a tool that will help you study, help you prepare for public speaking or training, or keep track of areas of your personal and professional life, iFlipTips is an exciting, easy to use and helps you create, organize and access notes, whenever you need.

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iFlipTips along with CrossPinPoints and other cloud online solutions from TECHtionary.  Other iPhone/iPad apps include iMakeupMirror, iCompactMirror and Pictagrams all available on iTunes.

More details can be found at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/techtionary.com/id379186267

Coming soon is iPartygram (http://ipartygram.com) party invitation, pic/snap posting and calendar app for iPhone and iPad

CrossPinPoints, iSportsCal, iComcal and iREcal are all integrated MARCOM-marketing communications solutions designed for small to large business manage small to large marketing efforts.    Thomas B. Cross is the creator of unique marketing communications and an avid social media expert focusing primarily on Twitter with @techtionary and @beautyapps account, CrossTalk blog, Linkedin and CrossPinPoints (online marketing communications solution).  He posts daily to Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and CrossTalk blog. He assists businesses maximize their social media marketing and teaches professional development courses in social media which are approved by the Colorado Supreme Court for attorneys and Colorado DORA for real estate professionals via Social Business College.

 

Contact & Social Media

Contact: Tom Cross

Email: cross@gocross.com

Twitter: @techtionary & @beautyapps

Phone: 303-594-1694

 

Study Quicker-Faster Via iFlipTips

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Whether you’re just starting a new semester, or you’re already approaching exam time, it’s never too late to start develop your studying skills so you can study quicker. You can do a number of things during the school year and when studying for exams that will help you learn faster. The iFlipTips app is especially useful for studying as it helps you organize your notes, retain information with less studying, and recall information quicker when you’re sitting a paper. Here are some tips and tricks that will help improve your study time, so you can spend less time hitting the books, and more time doing the things you love.

Make Notes in Advance

Making study notes in advance saves you time when exam period arrives, and increases the rate at which you retain the information. The best time to start making study notes is during your classes. Try to approach all lesson notes with studying in mind, and style them in the same way as you would your study notes. After class, take time each evening or weekend to transfer your written notes into the iFlipTips app so you have your study notes ready and waiting when it’s time to study for exams.

Review Your Notes Regularly

The more you review your notes, the more likely you are to remember them in the long-term. Instead of waiting until exam time arrives, start reviewing your notes the weekend after each class. To prime your memory to remember the information quicker, you should also take time at the end of every month, or even mid-term, to review your notes again.

Reviewing notes doesn’t involve any actual memorizing, and is more about reading through the information to ensure you understand the content. The more you read your notes before you start studying for exams, the more likely you are to retain information.

You can use iFlipTips to order your notes in folders. Examples of filing systems might include organizing notes by subject, or using folders and sub-folders to create a calendar system. Try using a folder for each different week of the course, or creating separate folders for each new calendar month. You can then retrieve the notes you want to study from a particular week or month with just a few taps.

Study with Friends

Discussing ideas with others can help solidify the information in your mind, especially if you usually learn by reading. Talking to other students can also give you a new perspective on the topic you’re studying, and enable you to share different study tips that might be useful to others.

You can arrange study parties using the free iPartyGram app, which allows you to create customized invitations, send details to friends via email, and upload pictures. Agree with friends that you will spend a certain amount of time focused on studying, then give yourselves a reward for your hard work afterwards with a movie, pizza or similar.

Get Organized

Make sure you have everything you need to start studying before you sit down. You should have all your notes, textbooks, a computer, something to drink, and anything else you think you might need before officially starting a study session. If you have to keep getting up to fetch extra books, drinks, and so on during your study session, it will take you longer to get through the work. The iFlipTips app is a useful tool for organization, as it enables you to keep all your ideas in one place.

Test Yourself Often

Testing yourself regularly on the information you’re trying to learn will help you develop quicker recall times for when you’re taking the exam. iFlipTips is helpful for this, as you can create special cards that test your learning, without having to involve a friend, teacher or parent. Using the iFlipCards section, you can create question and answer to test yourself, helping you identify which areas you need to relearn. (image 2)

Use a Variety of Study Mediums

Different people have different learning styles, so reading from a textbook doesn’t suit everyone. Some people do learn best by reading, however others are more likely to retain information if they hear it, can associate it with an image, or watch a video associated with the topic. iFlipTips is perfect for every learning style, as it allows you to create cards with text, images, video and audio so you can choose the medium that works for you, or combine all four.

Journal – Diary Writing Using iFlipTips – iPad/iPhone App

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iFlipTips is a new study and note-taking app from TECHtionary, which enables you to make bite-sized notes that help you record information, learn more efficiently, and experience a greater retention rate.

Whether you are studying literature, or simply love to read, keeping a reading journal can be a rewarding and useful experience. iFlipTips is perfect for this kind of activity, as you can use the app to make text notes, use images, and create audio and video recordings. These different formats can be helpful for creating a comprehensive reading journal that surpasses traditional text reading records.

The iFlipTips app is divided into three different sections: iFlipCards, iTips-Ideas cards, and iFlip-Slides, a new addition to the app. Each of the sections can help you create a reading journal, and you can add text, images, video and audio to each flashcard.

Each section has its own folders system, which allows you to organize your cards in a way that suits you. The app’s filing system can be helpful for ordering your reading journal entries. You can create folders and sub-folders for different genres, or literary periods, then save each new flashcard into the corresponding folder. Alternatively, you can use the folders to create a calendar, designating a folder for each year, then a sub-folder for each month of the year, so you can keep track of how many books you read in a given month or year, and access your chronological records in just a few taps.

The most helpful sections for creating reading record cards are iTips-Ideas cards and iFlip-Slides. Using either of these two types of flashcard, you can create a card for each different book, containing a text synopsis of the book, an image of the cover; any related videos you want to include, and even an audio recording. The ability to include information in different formats opens up a range of possibilities, especially if you are studying literature and want your reading journal to double as a revision aid. You could use the audio section to include a recording of a book group or seminar discussion, and listen back to these recordings through the app later. The text section is useful for a brief synopsis and, for the purposes of studying, to include any important information that is relevant to the social and historical context of the book.

If you’re using your reading journal as a study tool, or want to test yourself on the knowledge you’ve learned through your reading, you can use iFlipCards to create question and answer cards. These cards are completely customizable so you can create cards that ask simple questions about certain books, and cards that require longer, essay-style answers. On the flip side of the card, enter the main points that the answer needs to cover, so that you can compare your blind answer to the model response.

You can share iTips-Ideas cards and iFlip-Slides with others over Facebook, Twitter or email directly from the app. Whether you want to share your notes, ideas, or opinions with fellow book group members, with classmates, or with friends, you can upload the information, or send an email containing the text as part of the body, and links to the video and audio clips. With the ability to share flashcards on Facebook, you can also use the app in place of Facebook apps that showcase your reading habits.

Campaigning – Social Causes & Politics Using iFlipTips – iPhone/iPad App

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Planning and running a political or social cause campaign is a challenging task, whether you’re working in politics, running a charitable campaign, or raising awareness of a local cause or event. Whatever you’re campaigning for, the iFlipTips app for iPhone and iPad can help.

iFlipTips is a personal organizer and study app that can help you make notes, organize your thoughts and share ideas with others. The app is divided into three sections: iFlipCards, iFlipSlides, and iTipsIdeas. IFlipCards are in a question and answer format, and function like test flashcards. IFlip-Slides allow you to create digital slides on your iPhone or iPad for help with studying, or as part of a presentation. Finally, iTips-Ideas cards are useful for making notes around a certain subject. All three types of flashcards can be organized into different folders using iFlipTips’ customizable storage system. This enables you to access your notes quickly and easily from your iDevice, whenever and wherever you might need them.

When using iFlipTips to help you plan and execute a campaign, the first step is to use the folders system to organize your notes. You can create different folders for different areas of the campaign, for example a folder for fundraising, a folder for key contacts, a folder for events, and a folder for targets. Alternatively, you can also use the folders as a personal organizer system and create a calendar for each week or month of the campaign. This way, each flashcard you create can also function as a task, so you can organize your to-do list, and keep track of which deadlines apply to which tasks too.

Each section of the app can be used in different ways for planning and running campaigns. iTips-Ideas are useful for capturing tasks and ideas associated with events or deadlines, and these fit well with the calendar folder system mentioned above. As well as using iTips-Ideas cards as a task list for yourself, iFlipTips’ sharing features also allow you to quickly and easily delegate tasks to others too.

Using iFlipTips, you can share iTips-Ideas cards and iFlip-Slides using Facebook, Twitter, or through email. iFlipTips is integrated with these third-party features, giving you a seamless sharing experience. Audio and video files can also be sent over social networks or email. Each message contains a link to any video and audio files, which are stored on the iFlipTips server, so don’t take up unnecessary space in the recipient’s inbox.

More and more, social media is becoming an important aspect of campaigning, and iFlipTips’ social sharing functions help you reach out to potential supporters or donators. Using the app, you can create a social media content calendar, and provide your followers with updates on your campaigning activities straight from the app.

Giving presentations, speeches or talks can be a nerve-wracking experience, but iFlipTips provides several tools to help you. iTips-Ideas cards is useful for creating notes that you can use in presentations or speeches. Accessible with only a few taps, these cards can boost your confidence levels and give you peace of mind that your memory won’t fail you during a crucial talk. iFlip-Slides are also a useful accessory for presentations or talks. Connecting your iPhone or iPad to a projector or television, you can use the slides to present information, images, video and audio clips to your audience, adding a professional sheen to your performance. Finally, iFlipCards can help you prepare for those important questions and answer sessions at the end of a speech. Using the app, you prepare stock answers to questions you’re likely to be asked in advance, leaving you prepared for whatever the audience might ask.

Crowdsourcing Using iFlipTips – iPhone/iPad App

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Crowdsourcing entails outsourcing projects or tasks to the general public. It is different from hiring contractors as the process involves advertising a task to the general public, then requesting people with suitable expertise to come forward and apply.

iFlipTips, the new study and note-taking app from TECHtionary, is useful in a variety of situations, not least when you’re attempting to complete a project through crowdsourcing. While this method of outsourcing work can be a helpful way of completing tasks quickly and at a low cost, it requires excellent project management skills, and the ability to keep track of which tasks you’ve designated to which people. As a versatile app that is fully customizable and gives you complete flexibility over the kind of information you record, and how you organize that information, iFlipTips can help you run a successful crowdsourcing project from your iPhone or iPad.

iFlipTips is divided into three different types of digital flashcard: iTips-Ideas cards, iFlipCards, and iFlip-Slides. Each different type of card has its own use when organizing a crowdsourcing project, depending on your needs and what kind of project you’re running.

iTips-Ideas cards and iFlip-Slides are helpful for preparing comprehensive instructions for the task that needs to be completed. On each card, you can include text, an image, a video clip, and an audio recording, that can help you describe with precision exactly what you want. iFlip-Slides are particularly helpful if you need to give a presentation or talk about the project, as you can use the slides as a visual aid by connecting your iPad or iPhone to a monitor or projector.

The iFlipCards section of iFlipTips enables you to create cards in a question and answer format. These cards are especially useful if you want to send a FAQ list to someone else who is working on the project.

The folder system for each section of the app can help you keep track of projects in progress. If you have multiple projects on the go, you can create a folder for each one, and then create sub-folders relating to specific areas you have outsourced to others. Alternatively, you can create a separate folder for each individual you have outsourced work to, so you can easily keep track of their tasks and deadlines.

IFlipSlides and iTips-Ideas cards can be shared with others via Facebook, Twitter and email. Not only does this enable you to share details of tasks quickly and easily with people hired through crowdsourcing, but you can also share tasks that still need doing on social networking websites to try and attract more interest.

When emailing individuals with details of a task, the app pastes the text into the body of the email, and provides a link to the video and audio recordings, which are stored on the iFlipTips server. This helps you avoid sending emails with large attachments and, because of the nature of the app, requires you to send information in bite-sized, memorable chunks, reducing the chance of misunderstanding and, consequently, the efficiency of the project.