Board meeting tools streamline the scheduling, execution, and follow-up of board meetings making them invaluable tools for all organizations. These tools are typically stocked with features that improve the collaboration, security and user-friendliness. However, the ideal solution for your organization will depend on the needs of your organization and budget.
It is important to have a robust board management program to maximize the effectiveness of your meetings, and increase their value. It can help you cut out numerous emails that bounce back and forth, organize board materials, and streamline the agenda of your meetings with the click of a button. The right solution gives you detailed reports on the activities of users (views and log-ons ) as well as edits, annotations and votes) to help you spot and solve issues quickly.
Some of the most important features that make a portal one of the top ones are:
Meeting Management Tools: Help in the preparation and scheduling of your meetings by automating redundant tasks. This saves you time and eliminates errors. A good tool will let you easily record and distribute meetings, agendas and minutes. Some solutions allow you to monitor the actions and decision-making made during your meeting by using an action item log. This will help keep your board’s work on track and will help you ensure that all decisions are implemented. Other helpful tools include a voting system that allows for quick and simple consensus, a virtual voting function, and the ability to get electronic signatures for previously agreed-upon actions or documents. This eliminates the need to send lengthy emails, and ensure that all parties are on the same agreement.
