Connecting Up and TechSoup are proud to be partnering with OnBoard, a virtual board, committee, and leadership meeting management tool by Passageways. OnBoard empowers boards, executives, and administrators with all the tools they need to govern confidently, from anywhere. A central hub for all board and committee activities OnBoard helps you bolster governance, improve engagement, and drive strategy focused meetings.
Through the TechSoup New Zealand marketplace, qualified charity and NFP members can get 70% off OnBoard.
An All-in-One Board Management Solution
OnBoard provides nonprofits with a comprehensive suite of secure meeting tools to make the time your board has together more productive. OnBoard centralizes all board and committee activities like board book building, board meeting preparation, meeting execution, board communication, votes and approvals, and all historical board information in one platform. By centralizing all of your activities OnBoard allows nonprofits to reduce time spent on administration, realize significant cost savings, and allow them to focus on strategy and their mission.
Capabilities of OnBoard That Enable Effective Governance and Better Outcomes
Advanced Meeting Preparation
Last-minute changes and reports that come in at the 11th hour create uncertainty, leading to wasted meeting time spent getting everyone up to speed. OnBoard systematises meeting preparation and ensures that reliable and accurate information is available at all times across all devices.
Share and update information as it is available, ensuring everyone arrives prepared to focus on what’s important in your nonprofit meetings. The centralized board book and agenda serve as a cornerstone for their meeting discussions.
OnBoard combines a board book and agenda builder that is compatible with all file types, removing the hassle from board book building. Moreover, co-authoring helps you take the stress out of meeting preparation by delegating permissions to collaborate on meeting agendas and resources allowing you to build board books faster than ever.
Easy Access To All Information
Ditch the inbox with OnBoard's dynamic platform. Replace your shared drive and text messages, emails, and to-do lists with OnBoards secure hub. Bring pertinent information front and centre with a dashboard customisable to groups and individuals. Everything in OnBoard instantly syncs to the Cloud – allowing everyone to access up-to-date information in OnBoard from any device. Granular permissions ensure only the individuals and groups with access can leverage the information. The unlimited repository compatible with all file types allows you to build a powerful historical archive of all past meetings, policies, documents, decisions, training materials, and any information you need to provide access to your teams.
Centralize Communication Including Your Zoom Meetings
OnBoard enables you to meet virtually and stay connected using the native web conferencing integration with Zoom and the built-in messenger from within the same application. With open channels of communication, individuals can connect outside of meeting time and participate from anywhere while helping you drive higher board engagement. The sharable notes and annotations feature is central for board members, helping them collect and share their thoughts in advance of the meeting. Emails are not 100% secure and inboxes today are too cluttered. OnBoard replaces them as a more effective communication channel.
Agile Decision-Making Tools
OnBoard was designed to be remote first. Agile decision-making tools like votes, approvals, eSignatures, and surveys enable teams to reach consensus, make decisions, and execute responsibilities outside of meetings.
By signing documents virtually and voting on key issues before a meeting, you can increase productivity and come to discussions fully informed and prepared. Approvals can go through without a fuss, and everyone can express their opinion about a matter before the meeting starts, facilitating a more productive — and enjoyable — meeting.
Ensuring Business Continuity
OnBoard helps you accelerate new director onboarding. When a new director joins the board, they have a lot of information to take in. With access to a complete historical archive of every meeting, decision, and document in OnBoard's unlimited repository, all information is easily available at their fingertips. Hosting your director onboarding and training within OnBoard allows new members to review the information at their convenience on any device, from anywhere. And with open communication channels, they can feel connected to the organisation instantly.
In the event of a crisis, you need to know that your technology is there for you. OnBoard's native iOS and Android applications and ease of access through any web browser allow you to convene your board and leverage their expertise in real-time.
Security
In order to trust a platform with sensitive information, you need to know that it will look after your data. OnBoard offers world-class security in partnership with Microsoft Azure and is compliant with a huge range of information security standards, including HIPAA, SOC 2, and GLBA.
With granular permissions controls, you can control access to information across the platform, ensuring only the right individuals have necessary rights. Your data is fully encrypted in transit and at rest and is protected by two-factor authentication as well as remote lock and data wipe in case a device is misplaced. OnBoard prioritizes your security and takes every precaution to ensure that your information is protected.
Better Board Governance Begins with OnBoard
OnBoard can help you to work more effectively, have more productive meetings, and bring your board together remotely.
Through TechSoup New Zealand, NFPs can get a 70 percent discount on an annual OnBoard Core subscription, and a 50 percent discount on any optional add-ons.