BoardEffect a Diligent Brand vs. Wolters Kluwer ActiveMeetings

BoardEffect is well-suited for larger organizations and companies. I think it makes sense for people who have multiple boards, groups, or committees. I don't think it makes sense if it is a small board that doesn't meet frequently and doesn't share documents online. I think there are many features unnecessary for smaller boards/groups.

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ActiveMeetings works well when you want to conduct pre-scheduled meets with a clear agenda and want to get inputs from stakeholders to close things quickly. It's not really so useful for general chit-chat or catchups with teammates as the extra features aren't useful in the scenario. It also has some friction when doing cross-org collaboration.

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• Houses all the information needed for meetings.
• Holds all the older information so we can access it if needed.
• It's fairly easy to use for all our members.
• That it is portable is a great bonus!

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• Setting agenda for the meets
• Getting real-time inputs from meeting participants
• Seamless collaboration during meets

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• I would love to see BoardEffect work toward a more integrated collaboration system. For example, we have a master tracking document for recruiting new Trustees. It is helpful for everyone to have editing access to this document so that it can be routinely updated ahead of committee meetings.
• It would be helpful if we could message workroom members through the platform while making the email/message appear as if it came directly from my account.
• It would be useful for members of a workroom to be automatically notified when an event is created.

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• The UI interface could be much cleaner
• The cost of the software is high considering the value many free softwares provide
• Not everyone has ActiveMeetings so cross-organization collaboration has some friction

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It’s very easy to use for both the author and the participants.

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BoardPaq was pretty clunky software and didn't have many capabilities. BoardEffect has been easier to use and has templates for reoccurring meetings.

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ActiveMeetings offers much more power in terms of setting the course for the meeting, getting real-time inputs from stakeholders, and closing things on the go compared to Zoom or Google Meet. However the interface of ActiveMeetings isn't as clean as intuitive as it is with Zoom, and especially with Google Meet.

Incentivized

• It is saving me so much time that I do not have to mail or email materials to our members.
• It is saving us money because we do not have to rent AV equipment at our meetings because people can look in BoardEffect a Diligent Brand on their laptop/tablet.
• It's environmentally friendly! No paper!

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• Meetings have become much more meeting with ActiveMeetings prompting for an agenda every time you set a meet
• You can club all relevant documents for the meet in one single doc which is really useful to avoid clutter and confusion
• This is still a hindrance when collaborating with people from a different organisation

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