January 18th, 2024
Author: Simon Schaffer
How to Use Board Portals for Meetings
A board portal, also known as a governance software solution, creates an secure digital environment for directors and administrators to collaborate on confidential documents, meetings, and information. The best portals make it easier for members to prepare for and attend board meetings while managing the ongoing work between meetings. Alongside facilitating meetings preparation, modern portals facilitate simple collaboration between board members and committees and also with important stakeholders and external partners.
It is essential that the board management software is user-friendly and simple to use. Ask the vendor if their software is user-friendly and if there’s videos or other resources to help members navigate. You should also know how easy it is for directors to hold their first meeting and how the platform integrates with their calendars.
Modern board portals have been created to be as productive and efficient as the boards they represent. They improve the engagement of members and increase productivity through features like task management that make it easier for members to keep track of their responsibilities during meetings. In addition modern portals provide electronic signatures and voting for quick, secure document approval and a simple way to create and edit agenda items, documents, and minutes of meetings.
The most current generation of board portals allow directors and administrators to work in the cloud. This makes it possible for a CFO based in Chicago to update a Board Book at the same time with an IT director from Washington DC. This improves the efficiency of a board’s meeting, and ensures that all members are able to access to the most recent information.
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