{"id":37,"date":"2019-04-30T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T01:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.praxonomy.com\/blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2021-06-03T15:31:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T07:31:30","slug":"getting-the-most-out-of-your-board-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.praxonomy.com\/blog\/getting-the-most-out-of-your-board-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get the Most Out of a Board Portal Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Board management software, or a board portal<\/a> solution, should make your life easier. Easier to do what needs to be done, easier to do what you want to do and easier to ensure that you stay compliant. So easier for whom?<\/p>\n

There are two primary user groups for a board portal \u2013 the administrator and the board member. Each of these user groups have distinctively different needs, but the one thing that they share in common is the need for the board portal to be used and deliver the value that it is capable of.<\/p>\n

Let’s begin with the administrator. The administrator is vital for setting up meetings and ensuring that the board members are well informed, engaged, and equipped to perform their role well. They also have to maintain an audit trail of past meetings along with their minutes, and ensure related action items are assigned, followed up and completed. <\/p>\n

If we look at each of these in more detail, we will start to see what we need a board portal to be capable of doing while making it easy for the administrator to execute.<\/p>\n

Ensuring Board Members are Well Informed<\/h2>\n

At a high level, each board member needs to know:<\/p>\n