Your board can focus on making important decisions by coordinating meetings with no paper using a secure platform. Board members enjoy the ability to access the materials for their meetings and other information in one place so they can make well-informed decisions quickly and efficiently. Both Aprio & BoardPaq offer meeting agenda features to help you plan meeting materials efficiently. They offer templates that you can download and the ability to upload folders that include multiple files. Aprio also has a message board to facilitate communication with your entire board. With real-time annotation of PDF files, collaborating with your board is easy and convenient.
You need to make sure that your board’s documents are concise, clear and focused when planning, managing and executing meeting of the board without paper, as well as committees and leadership. It is crucial to set dates for the submission of your board documents, so that your Board will have enough time to review and accept them prior to the date of the meeting.
Boardpaq, which was founded in 2012 was an online application that allows users to plan and conduct board meetings without paper. The company’s headquarters is in Saint Charles, Missouri. BoardPaq’s management software for boards includes meeting management, news announcements, polls, document discussions, and task management. It also offers strengths of, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis tools to help accelerate strategic planning. The central database aids in improving memory for the organization and allows electronic workflows for logging, activity reporting, resolution voting and minutes of board meetings. Members can use mobile applications to view board materials and meetings, record them and take notes.