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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been using Inspiration since I was a student in high school more than a decade ago. Now I use it for my web design business to make outlines of website pages for my clients. It is the best flow... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

As a teacher I found Inspiration raised achievement for all pupils at all levels. I even had a Head of English at a leading state school tell me his students grades had increased by a full grade just... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I purchased Inspiration 9 in 2012 and have used it happily ever since in many ways: presentations, proposals, lessons, concept maps of my learning, and my favorite—brainstorming ideas and organizin... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I'm not sure of all the aspects of the upgrade, but I wish you would have set it up so that older files could still be accessed. I no longer have access to 10 years worth of previous materials that I... See more

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Inspiration 10 is a simple but powerful visual thinking tool for creating mind maps, concept maps, graphic organizers, outlines and presentations with ease! The Inspiration software makes it easy to capture ideas, structure thoughts and visually communicate concepts to strengthen understanding with the Diagram and Map Views. To take notes, organize information and structure writing plans for papers and reports, use the integrated Outline View to clarify thinking in written form. Finally, you can effortlessly transfer your diagrams and outlines to Word, PowerPoint, PDF or as a graphics file. Inspiration 10 encourages strong critical thinking skills and helps you build conceptual understanding, map out your knowledge and supports the writing process.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had to unlicense an install on a dead…

I had to unlicense an install on a dead computer. Support was quite helpful and had it done in now time at all.

10 August 2022
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Thank you for you review. Always happy to help!
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Creative

Useful tool for constructing concept maps, relatively easy to use.

14 July 2022
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Thank you for your review.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

So far I am very satisfied.

So far I am very satisfied. I have used outline for a 27 page document. Excellent Ease to use and figure out.

12 June 2022
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Thank you for your review. It is fantastic to hear how you are using Inspiration for larger documents in Outline View.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I am impressed with this program.

I am impressed with this program.
As an inspiring writer this software will help greatly to organize backstory notes. Outline novel scrapbook notes. Possibly the diary of publishing a book

10 June 2022
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Thank you for your review. Good luck with your writing, we would love to know how this develops using Inspiration!
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I purchased the program and installed…

I purchased the program and iwith the help of my school tech person he was able to get around the firewall which was blocking the installation of the program. Am enjoying showing the teachers the program and all the great features.

7 June 2022
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Hi, many thanks for your feedback. We've also received your helpdesk ticket. The error code you are receiving generally means Inspiration 10 was unable to reach our licensing server to activate the licence, due to a firewall or proxy server that may be blocking communication. Configuration changes to your firewall/ proxy server to allow communication to our licensing server should fix this issue.

Typically, whitelisting secure.softwarekey.com will allow Inspiration 10 to connect to the server. Upon successful connection, the software will activate.

We've replied to your your help desk ticket, including some further details on how to troubleshoot the issue. Please reach out again if you've not received the email.

Warmest regards
The Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A must have communication tool.…

I have used Inspiration for years as it is very useful at easily capturing ideas and developing them. It is a very intuitive program that has quite a bit of depth to it as well. If you are developing software or writing a book or report or just trying to organize your own thoughts, this is a must have communication tool, even if you're simply communicating with yourself.

6 May 2022
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Thank you for your review, it's fantastic to hear that you have found Inspiration so useful over the years.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been using inspiration for years…

I have been using inspiration for years and it is very intuitive and great at thought/project organization. I highly recommend it if you are creating anything of complexity.

21 April 2022
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Thank you for your review and for recommending Inspiration.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Installation on New Laptop

When I purchased a new laptop I contacted the TechEd Marketing support team to help me install Inspiration 10. I had already activated this software on two previous computers and when I contacted the support group, I was given the information I needed to complete the installation with minimal effort. My questions were answered and I received clear instructions on how to proceed.

I have always received excellent service and I highly recommend Inspiration software and the support team.

17 April 2022
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Thank you for your review, Diana. We're always happy to help!
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been using an outline since…

I have been using an outline since "More" on the early Macintoshes. It is crucial to the way I work. I bought Inspiration when I switched to Windows working for Intel in 2000. Couldn't really work without it. Everything goes in there; song ideas, daily tasks,lists of all kinds. Thanks for all your good work.

13 April 2022
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Thank you for your review and for your continuous use of Inspiration.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I love Inspiration

I love Inspiration! It is a great visualization tool--powerful yet easy to learn.

10 April 2022
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Thank you for your review.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Inspiration has a user friendly…

Inspiration has a user friendly interface which allows users to create diagrams or mind maps in just a few minutes. It has enough functions to ensure quality and flexibility is not compromised, but not too many that the software becomes overloaded confusing to use.

16 March 2022
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Thank you for your review. This is exactly what we aim for: simplistic, yet powerful and effective.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Inspiration is a crucial tool for me

Inspiration is a crucial tool for my students to develop thinking, writing and presenting skills. I cannot think of a better tool to promote visual thinking, design and focused oral communication skills prior to writing and presenting. Fabulous.

15 March 2022
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Thank you for your review. It is fantastic to hear how important Inspiration is to your students.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The Concept is Great with hyperlinked…

The Concept is Great with hyperlinked diagrams. It´s so old in its Ux, so if you want me to remain as a user, you have to modernaize.

I see also a problem when i am diagramming then the text will appear very odd. There must be a feature wher I can use text in my own disposition independently of the entities in my diagram.

r/Pelle

15 March 2022
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Reply from TechEdology

Thank you for leaving a review. We are continually developing Inspiration which has included cosmetic updates to the interface and symbols library. I'm pleased to say more will follow in future updates, as it is part of our development roadmap.

On your second point, are you able to send us more details to support@techedmarketing.com as to what you are trying to achieve. We will be more than happy to be of assistance.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The product itself is great --…

The product itself is great -- essential for me in thinking about things, brainstorming with groups, maintaining focus in meetings, writing (pre-writing principally) -- it is great in this Windows version (major improvement over 9.2 in that it now supports unicode for people who write things in languages other than English) and I hope soon for a MacOS version that just as good (but better since it's not on Windows!)/.
Beyond that, the supporting customer service is outstanding. I had some transition issues and the technicians engaged with me and thought seriously about my issues and maintained a conversation until all was resolved.

14 March 2022
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Thank you for your kind and thorough review. We greatly appreciate you taking the time to give your feedback.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Inspiration is so useful across education and work

I always found Inspiration to be an excellent tool for students - helping them to organise their thinking and write better essays! I still use it - though I am not teaching anymore - it is incredibly useful to brainstorm ideas and then sort them onto some cohesive presentation - I love it in my work.

13 March 2022
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Thank you for your review! We are extremely pleased to hear that you find Inspiration so useful for students and yourself.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent preliminary pd with very good…

Excellent preliminary pd with very good links to demos. Still a bit confused about how to make good power point visuals with some of the inspiration visuals

8 March 2022
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Thank you for your review - our 100th one!

We do have a number of short how-to videos about using the Presentation Manager, which you can find on the relevant section of this page: www.inspiration-at.com/inspiration-for-windows-how-to-videos

If you do have any further questions, please do get in touch at support@inspiration.com

Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Prompt response to my question

Prompt response to my question. Easy installation. Enjoying having access to mind mapping software that facilitates the gathering of ideas and the use of space to clarify relationships, before starting the structuring step.

7 March 2022
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Thank you for your review. Happy to hear you are enjoying using Inspiration.
Best wishes,
Inspiration Team

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