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Board Portal Buyer's Guide
The right board management software can improve governance and board efficiencies while allowing board members to collaborate within a secure platform.
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Capture Minutes and Actions
- Automatically register the date and time of your meeting, recording attendance and absence
- Use agenda-driven templates or previous documents to reduce the time spent formatting your minutes
- Digitally link and assign action items to individuals or groups and record motions
- Export your document into other software formats such as Word or Excel
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A Secure Environment for Collaboration
- Invite multiple individuals to review and collaborate on minutes at the same time
- Avoid version control issues with a single, centralized document, housed on a secure user-friendly platform
- Use track changes to review, accept or deny edits
- Share action items amongst team members and monitor progress
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Finalize Your Minutes for Sign-Off
- Invite multiple individuals to review and collaborate on minutes at the same time
- Avoid version control issues with a single, centralized document, housed on a secure user-friendly platform
- Use track changes to review, accept or deny edits
- Share action items amongst team members and monitor progress
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Enhance Your Board & Leadership Processes
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WHITEPAPER
Seamlessly create, update and share agendas. Assign contributors or action items and set automated prompts for follow up.
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Whitepaper
Seamlessly create, update and share agendas. Assign contributors or action items and set automated prompts for follow up.
Related Insights & Resources
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Taking minutes at board meetings is an important responsibility. Board meetings are high-profile events in the corporate calendar and the minutes of the meeting form part of the company’s official legal record;
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BLOG
The right board management software can improve governance and board efficiencies while allowing board members to collaborate within a secure platform.
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WHITEPAPER
As the governance landscape continues to evolve with the hybrid environment, it is becoming increasingly important for board members and leaders to collaborate, have the right oversight to monitor the impact of return-to-office plans and make quick decisions.