For Higher Education Providers
BoardEffect guides higher education providers towards governance best practices.
A test of UK university defences against cyber-attacks found that in every case hackers were able to obtain “high-value” data within two hours.
BoardEffect, part of Diligent, is a board management platform designed for the work of efficient and collaborative boards, to enable effective leaders. College and university executives, administrators and trustees have long relied on BoardEffect to improve board management and streamline secure communications.
The stakes are high for protecting your board’s most sensitive information. BoardEffect can help – with customers across the globe ranging from large public research institutions to small private colleges, we’ve developed our product over the past 10 years with security top of mind, to support the especially dynamic, nuanced, critically important work of hundreds of higher education boards.
With BoardEffect, your institution can:
- Enhance efficiency for board and staff
- Provide security and control for important content
- Ensure board member engagement
- Document all governance activity
- Demonstrate a commitment to governance best practices
With over 3,000 customers and a 93% customer retention rate in 2020, BoardEffect is the governance leader that puts customers first. Among our user base, almost 30% are in higher education.
“We are delighted with BoardEffect; it’s incredibly straightforward to use and the training and support from the team is excellent. Using BoardEffect has reduced our printing and administrative costs and taken into consideration the environment in terms of waste paper.”
– Michelle Eyres
EA to the Principal/Chief Executive & Executive Leadership Team
Trafford College
Board Portal Features that Empower Users While Maintaining Admin Control
Make meetings more efficient, effective and engaging with BoardEffect’s comprehensive suite of tools.
We have tailored our product to the specific needs of higher education governing bodies to streamline and improve your governance process.
BoardEffect’s broad range of intuitive and collaborative features allows for easy and elegant management of board and committee information, while also enabling board and committee members to be more engaged in meetings and more focused on achieving goals. We help make your meetings more efficient, effective and engaging for everyone.
A Feature-Rich, Easy-to-Use Platform for Board Members and Administrators
- Online meeting books
- Secure workrooms
- Dynamic agenda management
- Surveys and polls
- Full annotation capabilities
- Electronic signatures
- Single sign-on integration
- Task management
- Calendar integration
- Attendance tracking and RSVPs
- Mobile apps with online access
- User directories
- Newsfeeds
Trusted, User-Friendly Technology for Today and Tommorrow
Trustees and board members are able to work anytime, with features similar to smartphone and tablet applications in their everyday lives. For administrators, every feature is designed to engender ease, efficiency and confidence.
As the only board portal platform built on API infrastructure, BoardEffect integrates with other mission-critical systems, so board activities easily connect with fundraising, recruitment, strategic planning and more. Single sign-on integration expedites access to BoardEffect, increasing security and your staff productivity.
Our commitment to state-of-the-art security means you can feel confident that student information and other sensitive data is protected, while essential information is readily available for audits and reporting. Document-level security allows you to define user permissions to the file level – you have control over printing or downloading from the platform.
Streamline governance technology beyond board books:
- Minutes: Meeting Efficiency – Minutes enables you to take meeting minutes more efficiently and securely, and to design action items easily. Learn more.
- Messenger: Secure Communication – Messenger is a secure communication tool that’s quick to install and easy to learn.
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