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Board-Portallösung für Unternehmen aller Größen, um Papierprozesse, die Planung von Meetings, das Erstellen von Umfragen und vieles mehr zu automatisieren.
The drag, drop and copy features makes the software super easy to use and I can set up meetings & agendas quickly. My Board members have found the software extremely easy to use.
Board members complain that they get logged out during board meetings.
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Great Board Portal for Non-Profits!
Kommentare: This has been a great asset for our Board, as they are all busy business people in the community and we needed to be able to have everything in a more centralized location. Having it electronic, especially for voting and signatures, has helped us conduct business faster and with more communication.
Vorteile:
I love that this is available on all devices-web browser, tablets, and an app-so that Board members can log in from anywhere at any time. As an administrator, it was simple and easy to set up my Board and had all the features I needed. My Board members could easily navigate the portal right from the beginning and had no problems with getting the notifications. I had responses right away!
Nachteile:
It took a while to get everything going, as response time from the team was slow. But once I was set up, everything has been smooth.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 6 Jahren
Hi Carina, Thank you for your positive review of BoardBookit! It's so wonderful to hear that our platform is an asset to your board and you're loving the anytime, anywhere, any device access! The fact that you can now conduct business faster with our Voting feature is fantastic! Thanks again!
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Working well for a 12-member board
Vorteile:
Keeps everything in one place, securely. I particularly like that, e.g. access to committee meeting agendas or related documents are automatically restricted to committee members. BoardBookit has good functions for managing meeting agendas, and new ones like votes, polls, and tasks have been added since we started using the product.
Nachteile:
There are two functions I would like to see added or adjusted. One is that there is no way to post a link individually or in a group, e.g. to share relevant articles with board members, or to link to a shared Google doc or drive. Links must be added to a document and then posted. The second is that for ease of management, ability to write notes on, etc., all uploaded/posted documents including Excel files are converted to pdf format. But sometimes I want to securely share other types of files with the board, e.g. financials in a spreadsheet to be manipulated by other committee or board members.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 5 Jahren
HI! Thank you for reviewing BoardBookit. It is wonderful to hear that you enjoy the agenda, votes, polls, and task functionality! The ability to embed URL's into BoardBookit is on our roadmap, expect to see it in the future. I will be sure to pass your other request on to our team. Thanks again!
Safety Director
Kommentare: Overall, I have to say I’m pretty happy with Govinda
Vorteile:
Simple to use an easy access for all other members of our board to get documents
Nachteile:
Sometimes things don’t process as fast as I would like it to
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Govenda Review 2022
Kommentare: Great
Vorteile:
User friendly and effective. It is easy to add and delete documents. I like that users outside of the administrator isn't prompted by all notices when changes are made.
Nachteile:
My Board members have a problem suggesting amendments and making notes on documents. I suggest a box option to add comments to minutes and documents and a share options so it can be seen and or accessed by members
Antwort von Govenda
vor 2 Jahren
Hi Mauricia, thank you so much for taking the time to review Govenda. We love hearing how effective and user friendly our board portal is for our customers. We appreciate and have taken note of the comment box suggestion as we are always looking for ways to make board management easier for our customers!
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Feature-Rich, Best in Class
Kommentare: Excellent, absolutely excellent. The sales process was terrific, onboarding was phenomenal, ongoing training and support are top-notch, and feature development is continuous. The BoardBookit portal itself is exactly what our Board members and the Board liaison needed, easy to use and feature-rich. The price point is also excellent for our organization, with BoardBookit, onboarding, support, and training included in the annual subscription price. Excellent tool, excellent company.
Vorteile:
BoardBookit has top-notch, US-based support 24x7 for admin users and Board Member/end users. All support calls by our organization have been handled excellently. Training sessions are provided by BBi professionals directly to end users, anytime, anywhere. BoardBookit is a women-owned, women-led company whose sole focus is on meeting the needs of Board managers and Board members. The BBi end-user interface is accessible via computer, tablet, or mobile device; our Board members find it easy to access and intuitive to use. Our Board Liaison is able to set up, configure, and administrate BBi without assistance from internal IT support. This is an AMAZING testament to BBi's ease of use and excellent product design.
Nachteile:
BoardBookit is always adding and developing features and functionality, their product road map is full of great enhancements. The reporting and survey features are relatively new to BoardBookit, which we are happy to have available. Both surveys and reporting deserve more robust functionality, which I believe is already on the BBi road map.
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Excellent value for the price
Kommentare: This has been an excellent way to streamline our governance operations and keep sensitive documents secure.
Vorteile:
This software does an excellent job at providing a high amount of functionality with an intuitive interface, on both the user-facing end and on the admin-facing end. This is very important because many of our users are late adopters to technology. The designers of the software clearly had a keen understanding of their audience and what their needs are. This software meets our basic needs and at a fair price.
Nachteile:
The software's functionality is, in many ways, "silo-ed." So, for instance, if you upload a document to one area of the board portal, you also have to upload it to every other place you'd like for it to appear. In other words, you can't effectively link to or refer to information stored on different parts of the portal. Also, we have two affiliate companies under an umbrella company -- there's no real way on the portal to delineate this on the portal; it is primarily set up for one sole organization.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 5 Jahren
Hi Desiree! Thank you so much for taking the time to review BoardBookit. Thank you for the wonderful compliment to our user experience and developers regarding the intuitive interface. I will definitely pass that along. I will also pass along your feedback regarding the silo-ed feel of the portal. Thanks again!
Game Changer
Kommentare: We had looked at different options - password protected portal on website (too cumbersome to keep updated); Google docs (cumbersome, and not easy to manage); Boardable - cost/features were limited
Vorteile:
Given the remote nature of my board members, this tool has proved indispensable! They receive alerts, notices, access to all documents and meeting schedules from any device. Storage of historical documents has saved me so much time in not having to respond to one-off requests. Easy to use/learn.
Nachteile:
I would like to be able to have tracking in emails sent/opened; ability to edit offline votes; tasks are cumbersome to enter/manage; esignatures are very limiting -ie: I need one approval, and could be any one of three signers, but requiring all three to sign is cumbersome.
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My worklife is soooo much easier!
Kommentare:
The best experience -- right from the beginning -- is the support. If we can't figure it out on email, someone calls and we set up an appointment to get it right.
Everyone has been friendly from the very beginning.
Vorteile:
1) "Cloning" meetings and agendas 2) Emailing right from the site to our Board members 3) All of our Board members took to the site at the first meeting 4) Presentations are done right from Bookit now instead of working back and forth with Powerpoint and printed materials; we just project Bookit to the screen 5) No more dealing with Adobe; which is not always user friendly with Excel documents
Nachteile:
1) Agenda formatting; but we have a workaround; I wish there was a way to reduce/increase font size, margins, and the ability to put spacing inbetween agenda items.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 5 Jahren
Hi Jacki! Thank you for the BoardBookit review. We absolutely love to hear that our Support Team has been able to provide you such good service. It is also great to know that you are enjoying the portal functionality, I will be sure to pass on your agenda formatting suggestions to our team. Thanks again!
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Best Online Portal!
Kommentare: BoardBookit has given us the tools to distribute our board materials and documents; not only electronically but safely! The system has also allowed our managers to E sign materials before deadlines. It has truly been as great addition to our organization.
Vorteile:
Ease of Use Security PDF Sharing capabilities
Nachteile:
I don't really have any cons just a suggestion about the time entry on the agenda if it could update with the hour and minutes. For example if I place 10 minutes unto the time frame it would put 9:00am-9:10AM on the agenda. We manually type this out but other than that this system is great!
Antwort von Govenda
vor 5 Jahren
Hi Phyillicia! Thank you for your kind words. We love to hear that you are enjoying the ease of our portal. It is also great to hear that our functionality and security have been good assistance for your organization. Thanks again!
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Great Platform
Kommentare: Govenda has been a terrific option for us to host Board meetings and obtain e-signatures on secure documents. The customer service team is super responsive (usually within an hour) and are quick at providing me answers or solutions to my questions.
Vorteile:
The product is super easy to use with very short implementation timeframe. I love that I'm able to control the company settings on my own (as a super user) rather than having to rely on the helpdesk to add, delete or change things. The drag, drop and copy features makes the software super easy to use and I can set up meetings & agendas quickly. My Board members have found the software extremely easy to use.
Nachteile:
Dashboard view only shows the next 3 meetings rather than ability to scroll to see all upcoming scheduled meetings with published agendas.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 3 Jahren
Hi Alana, thank you for your feedback! We are always working hard to meet expectations like yours, and we're happy to hear about your positive experience with Govenda!
Makes Life Simpler
Kommentare: Amazing. Quick to respond to questions.
Vorteile:
Govenda makes organizing Board meetings easy and simple. The CS is outstanding!
Nachteile:
The need to post separate Pdfs. This makes it sometimes difficult when posting large documents
A board meeting in the comfort of my chosen venue saves time, money & is safe
Kommentare: Fantastic andxrevolutionary
Vorteile:
It enables virtual meetings as demonstrated during disaster. Has redefined business continuity during disasters and pandemics
Nachteile:
Sometimes it fails to save annotations and they get lost without warning
Pros and Cons of Govenda
Kommentare: We signed the proposal for the Govenda (aka Boardookit) in March of 2020 when the Pandemic hit so we had to implement the software process to staff and Board members immediately. Customer service was outstanding, they were right there scheduling several training sessions for the admin users and Board members. The implementation went smoothly and we were able to acclimate admin users and members to the software in such a timely manner that we were right on schedule with our meetings. The combination of user friendly software, a Zoom/Govenda interface and having the board files in one location helped our staff and Board members resume business as usual during a difficult time.
Vorteile:
The implementing of Govenda for our Board & Committee management was an essential tool for our organization. Going from large packets of hard copies to digital has saved our organization money and made our time more efficient. The secure platform allows our directors to distribute confidential meeting materials in one location and the user friendliness of the software has been essential to our Board members, now they can access the materials virtually from wherever they are, using their devices, even those that are technology challenged.
Nachteile:
I have no complaints about the software and have not heard any complaints from admin and/or members users. My only complaint would be that you have to now pay another fee for some of the upgrades (i.e. Calendar integrations, Native file storage and Topics).
Antwort von Govenda
vor 2 Jahren
Hi Linda, thank you for taking the time to review Govenda. We are thrilled to hear how our platform has become an essential tool for your organization. We look forward to continuing to serve you and your board!
Keep Board Processes Clean and Professional
Kommentare: It has been excellent!
Vorteile:
Non-profit boards are often heavy-laden volunteers trying to keep an organization going strong. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] helps the board function professionally and keep records clean. The platform prompts boards to move through an agenda, post minutes and keep things moving along in an organized manner.
Nachteile:
It really is fantastic other than a few tweaks!
Antwort von Govenda
vor 2 Jahren
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, Heather. We love hearing how our platform is contributing to your board's success!
Review of BoardBookIt
Kommentare: We wanted to improve access to information for our Board and Staff. BoardBookit helped us accomplish this.
Vorteile:
It has become a great archive of information for our Board and Staff. The product is easy to use, both from the administrator and client standpoints. BoardBookit presents information in an easy to access manner. Board Members who attend meetings by phone now have an easy way to see the same information being discussed in the meeting location.
Nachteile:
As a public agency, all of our information is subject to North Carolina Public Information Law. BoardBookIt does not offer a feature where members of the general public can easily access the information we present in board and committee meetings. We been forced to duplicate our work in BoardBookIt to place the same information on our corporate website.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 6 Jahren
Hi Michael, Thank you for reviewing BoardBookit! We're happy to hear that we have improved access to information for your board and staff members. We'll also pass along your comments to our engineering team for future updates and enhancements. Thanks again!
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Life can be easier!
Kommentare:
Preparing Board Book become easy!
Making an Announcement to all the members are quick!
Voting, sending ballot, annotation, etc. were extraordinary!
Vorteile:
Save your time and energy! Very easy to prepare an Agenda for the board meeting, even if it changes in very last minutes. Easy to manage multiple Board Meeting too. Boardbookit is the only Portal System that give you all the benefit of Board Portal System with affordable price. It is really a blessing for us as a non-profit company. Thank you Boardbookit! Keep do it!
Nachteile:
When preparing meeting agenda our custom is to leveling the items with Romans capital first, then Capital Alphabet then numbers for example: I. Minutes 1. 2. II. Report 1. ......... I wonder if I can customize it. thanks
Antwort von Govenda
vor 5 Jahren
Hi Pramastuti! Thank you for the wonderful review. It is great to hear that you find our portal easy to use and that it saves your time and energy. Someone from BoardBookit will be reaching out to you very shortly to address how you are able to change the numbering of your agenda. Thanks again!
Recommended Highly
Kommentare: See answers above. All in all a very positive experience and a very helpful too.
Vorteile:
Board Bookit is a powerful tool for managing and supporting non profit boards. It is easy to use and makes communication with Board members efficient. It has also been invaluable during the COVID-19 pandemic as we used Board Bookit during virtual committee meetings as well as our large our Annual Meeting. We particularly like that we don't have to send out packets of paper information that will only be left behind at the end of the meeting. Board members are able to peruse materials before and after meetings at their leisure.
Nachteile:
While we can make former Board members inactive and invisible to new Boards, it would be nice to be able to archive former Board members so they don't remain in the ever growing user list that is seen by the administrator. In just a few years this list will become very large and difficult to navigate. I have shared this concern with consumer representative, but received no response.
Greatest Time and Resource Saver
Kommentare: We are a large company with multiple committees and boards. We first utilized BoardBookit for the Board of Directors of our parent company, reducing costs of photocopying, binding and distributing meeting packets. When we saw how well it works, we quickly migrated all of our board and committee materials to BoardBookit. Everyone loves it.
Vorteile:
This software is very user friendly and adaptable.
Nachteile:
We honestly haven't found anything to not like about BoardBookit.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 5 Jahren
Hi Sandy! Thank you for taking the time to review BoardBookit. It is wonderful to hear that you find our portal user-friendly and adaptable. We are so glad you were able to quickly migrate all of your materials to BoardBookit. Thanks again!
Better and less expensive Board documents solution
Kommentare: Basically, BoardBookit makes it easy for Board members to prepare for meetings (and review what happened at previous meetings). And it saves staff time and money. Definitely worth a try if you’re a Board member or a staff person frustrated with your current Board documentation process!
Vorteile:
I have been a Board member of for-profit companies and not-for-profit entities. Some of them compiled all their Board materials by hand and distributed them in hard copy and/or by email. Some of them used the Diligent software. For the staff, BoardBookit is far easier to implement and use than Diligent and is more efficient and secure than the old-fashioned manual process. And it costs less! For Board members, the BoardBookit interface is far more intuitive than Diligent and because it is designed to work on phones and iPads (whereas Diligent really is made for desktops or laptop computers), BoardBookit allows me to get all the materials when and where I need them.
Nachteile:
It would be nice to have the ability to search within the text across a folder full of documents (maybe that is possible, but I haven’t figured out how).
Antwort von Govenda
vor 6 Jahren
Thank you for your positive and honest review of BoardBookit! It's wonderful to hear that a diverse professional as yourself thinks so highly of the BoardBookit platform. We're happy to provide you and your board with fully functional mobile solutions so your board materials are always available! We will pass along your suggestion regarding document searches within folders to our engineering team for future updates and enhancements! Thanks again!
BoardBookit definitely helps us conserve a few resources
Kommentare: We save an enormous amount of time putting together our board meeting materials, our annual meeting materials and our orientation materials. Our trustees are very happy with the ability to access organizational materials on the fly. We do feel that added expenses is money well spent!
Vorteile:
The fact that we have substantially reduced the need to print and mail materials; the ease with which staff can put together meeting agendas and materials. The portability of materials has been a plus for our trustees who are spread around the state.
Nachteile:
The process to join and review the documents has proven to be difficult and it is too easy for user to get kicked out and then the struggle to rejoin becomes disruptive to the meeting. Really wish you could use it to poll trustees for meeting dates. Also, it would be really nice if notes that folks makes on the materials could be shared.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 6 Jahren
Hi Jessica, It's so wonderful to hear that BoardBookit has made it easier for you to compile and distribute board materials! Also, you actually can poll trustees for meeting dates. So, feel free to contact our Customer Success team and they can walk you through this functionality! Thanks again!
BordBookIt is Fantastic for Sharing Important Informaiton
Vorteile:
BoardBookIt has changed the way we run our board meetings and share important documents with our Board of Directors. It is quick and easy to share reports, plan meetings and find relevant documents. BoarBookIt has streamlined many processes for our team and we no longer spend time searching for documents and re-sending them, everyone can find whatever they are looking for with ease.
Nachteile:
It would be nice if there were sub folders in the financial documents section. I called support regarding this topic and the representative was able to help us with a work around. So this con is not not a big deal.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 5 Jahren
Hi Susanne. Thanks for the BoardBookit review. It is so exciting to hear that our portal has saved you time and has increased your Board efficiency. It is also great to know that our Support Team was able to assist you. I will be sure to mention your suggestion for the financials section to our team. Thanks again!
Overall review
Kommentare: It has made like a lot easier now that I have everyone working on one system
Vorteile:
We have all the meeting through out the bank in one place and it is easy to locate documents needed.
Nachteile:
Converting agenda to minutes not user friendly at all you can not make them look good unless you copy and paste into a word document everything starts getting out of order need to be able to easily change positioning on the minutes.
DGC Alberta District Council - Governance
Kommentare: The benefits I have noticed is there is one portal that you need to deal with anything related to your board and committees.
Vorteile:
For years we have had problems trying to keep everything related to the board and committees at the tip of our fingers. When taking on my new position with the ADC one of the first tasks I took on was trying to bring a stronger sense of governance. I looked and tried several different types of software. We choose this software because of its ease of setting up. Once you have this completed the biggest problem is getting your board and committees on program.
Nachteile:
The features I feel the software is lacking is tracking emails sent through the site to members.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 6 Jahren
Hi Robert, Thank you for your review! It's awesome to hear that BoardBookit has proved easy to use for your board members and helped you create a stronger sense of governance! We'll be sure to pass along your suggestion regarding email tracking to our engineering team for future updates and enhancements!
User Friendly Board Portal that has Revolutionized our Board Process
Vorteile:
BoardBookit allows us to store all our governance documents and communicate with our Board and staff all in one place. Setting up meetings and creating a Board agenda is so much easier with this software. We have also really appreciated the document signing and voting functionality. I also appreciate the willingness of the BoardBookit team to entertain new product enhancements.
Nachteile:
The calendar in Board Bookit only shows meetings currently. I wish the software had a calendar that allowed Board tasks (e.g., review of the 990, budget review, etc.) to be listed on a published calendar. While larger organizations might not need something like that, for a small organization like ours, it would be helpful for all the members to see what’s coming up for the Board.
Antwort von Govenda
vor 6 Jahren
Hi Catherine, Thank you for your review! It's great to hear that your board is better organized and engaged with BoardBookit! We're also happy that you're loving our voting and eSignature functionality! We'll also pass along your suggestions to our engineering team for future updates and enhancements!
Great Board portal
Vorteile:
Very easy to set up meetings and add/update content. Broad capabilities to store reference documents, do polls/surveys. Well liked by even our non-techie Board members. Very responsive customer support. Haven't yet used some of the other capabilities (e.g., live meeting presentation) but has everything we will need
Nachteile:
The impact of settings isn't always clear (e.g., publishing an agenda vs publishing the meeting) so sometimes leads to a disconnect between what thought was sent to recipients vs what they got. Also many of our Board members still like printing a hard copy for travel and then join the meeting via conference call; unfortunately BoardBookit doesn't focus much on the printed book so makes it a bit more challenging (e.g., no page numbers in agenda)
Antwort von Govenda
vor 5 Jahren
Hi Carl! Thank you for the BoardBookit review. It is great to hear that you find our portal easy to use! We love to hear that your board members really like our product and that our Customer Support is able to assist you! Keep in mind that when you create an Agenda as a PDF it does include page numbers and the same for when you create a board book as a PDF. If you are struggling to see where that may be, please reach out to BoardBookit Support. Thanks again!