How to Evaluate an Online Board Portal

How to Evaluate an Online Board Portal

A board portal online is a comprehensive, secure and user-friendly platform that increases the effectiveness of board meetings. It also helps to facilitate collaboration, enhances governance practices and keeps organizations in compliance with laws.

There are a variety of providers of board management software. However, choosing the best one is a difficult task. To ensure that you select the best solution for your specific needs, you should consider asking these questions during your evaluation.

Is the system scalable and flexible? Does it allow the addition of users or features as your organization grows? How does the system handle backup and security of data? Does it use a reliable cloud-based platform that complies with the highest industry standards?

How do you communicate changes to your system and update all users? Does the vendor offer simple-to-follow training materials and support? Is the support available all hours of the day, every day?

Increased Productivity — Streamlines the preparation for meetings of committees and boards by allowing instant access to the most up-to-date reports and analytics. This allows for more time discussing and making decisions.

Better Governance Better Governance — Documents, votes and discussions are stored securely in the portal, rather than in individual email inboxes. This reduces security risks and protects your privacy.

Seamless Remote Meetings Facilitates seamless collaboration between participants regardless of location through video board meeting conferencing and real-time document sharing, page synchronization, and laser pointer tool. Action items are also automatically synchronized with participants’ calendars online, and meeting notes can either be made during the meeting or after.