How to Evaluate an Online Board Portal

A board portal online is an extensive and secure platform that helps make board meetings more efficient. It also assists in facilitating effective collaboration, improves governance practices, and helps keep organizations compliant with regulations.

While there are many different providers that offer board management software, picking the most appropriate one can be a difficult task. By asking the following questions during the process of evaluation will help you to choose the best solution for your needs.

Is the system scalable and flexible? Does it allow the addition of users or features as your company grows? What are the features that the system handles for data backup and security? Does it utilize cloud-based infrastructure that is compliant with industry standards?

How does the system communicate updates and changes to all users? Does the vendor provide user-friendly training materials and support? Support is available all hours of the day, every day?

Increased Productivity — Streamlines the process of preparing for meetings of the board and committee by allowing instant access to the most recent reports and analytics. This means more time for discussion as well as more efficient decision-making.

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

Seamless Remote Meetings – Allows seamless collaboration among participants, regardless of their location, through video meeting, real-time document sharing and page synchronization. Laser pointer tools are also available. In addition the action items are automatically synchronized to participants’ calendars on the internet and meeting notes can be written at any time after the meeting.