BoardEffect Reviews

Lisa K.Senior Executive Assistant and Corporte Secretary to the Board of Trustees

5.0

Everything! The ease of uploading all the documents needed for the board meeting. The links so others can upload documents...all this makes it so much easier to get board materials together for board members and then out to them. I was printing off books prior to getting BoardEffect and this has just made it so much easier. Plus all the other great features like surveys and the library to house all of our board documents or articles of interest. Joining a meeting virtually is just one click for users. And so much more. I love it!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nicole B.Director, Operations, Strategy & Board Relations

5.0

Effective for multiple boards and committees Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Larry Z.President/CEO

5.0

BoardEffect enables us to securely carry out our governance functions throughout a multi-board organization. We appreciate how it supports strong governance! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization ManagementMid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

1.0

Antiquated, clunky, and slow system, that most of our board members refuse to use (meaning they continue to email the board liaison for all their needs). Also expensive for what it is. Doesnt provide any sort of dashboard for administrators to easily view metrics, such as login activity, frequency of use, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization ManagementMid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

2.5

The structure of the business could be on a larger scale, providing more opportunity for expansion in some areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Broadcast MediaSmall-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

4.0

I do not have any complaints. I thought the experience was super informative and helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Henson R.Nonprofit Organization Management

5.0

I love the ease and functionality. It makes board management easy given the many other aspects of coordinating a board.

Rebecca S.Government Administration

5.0

very easy to use. love it. board members love it. we have extremely large files and BE handles them

Josephine H.Nonprofit Organization Management

5.0

The Board Effect product is easy to use; intuitive for all of our 30+ users. Really like the 'build an agenda' feature as it creates a clean, professional agenda each time.

Carey R.Nonprofit Organization Management

4.0

Third party integrations and the ability to use Microsoft products does not exist at this time. As a nonprofit, can't afford to move over the ever evolving Diligent parent platform. The knowledge base is not helpful as it leaves those seeking information with more questions.

Sarah S.Philanthropy

4.0

the whole thing just felt clunky. board members felt it wasn't intuitive to navigate. some management of features was hard, such as the meeting scheduler

Lisa L.Philanthropy

4.0

We have had a few glitches with the software where we created a template and then it was not there when we went back to use it. The implementation process could be better as well; it is a lot of learning on your own instead of having someone train you.

Mona C.Governance Liaison

5.0

Our individual health system began using BoardEffect in 2012. Then, last year, we became part of a large, 7-board private, non-profit health system. The decision was made to utilize one board portal across the System, which meant 5 boards had to migrate to BoardEffect. The transition has been amazingly smooth. Training of the new workrooms and top level administrators has been excellent; customer service has been very responsive. The new (and existing) users are pleased with the product! The organization of our boards is perfect and we are able to make sure only the "right" board members have access to the "right" board materials. I am not surprised by these results - the BoardEffect staff has been serving us and attentive to our needs for years!

Verified Reviewer

4.0

BoardEffect is great a a secure file sharing system, and offers good ways to cooperate, but our board has been very reluctant in adopting it and is not really happy. For them it is another system they need to learn in their busy lives. We try to steer most board interactions involving files into Board Effect but it is slow going. They do not use the discussion forum to interact amongst each other but stick to email. For admins I wish for greater ease in creating meeting books and editing them to make them look the way we want to.

Kelly R.Executive Director

4.0

We have used BoardEffect for over a decade. Board Members love it. Support is excellent. There are numerous webinars which remain available to assist. Helpdesk is responsive. While there are many new options that were not available when we selected Board Effect, they require much more work from the administrative side and do not have all the built in features available in BoardEffect.

Josephine H.Corporate Governance Manager/Corp Secretary

5.0

Using the Board Effect platform to house our corporation's governance and meeting documents created one location for all our users (in the US and worldwide). All our users are prepared for upcoming meetings and all users follow along together on the site when in meetings (whether in-person or virtual) - all of this is a positive.

Scott O.Executive Assistant to the President

5.0

BoardEffect saves time! I've regained free time (after work hours) during "board prep" times. My organization(s), both The San Francisco Foundation and the California Health Care Foundation save resources, such as copy paper and three-ring binders - now that we've gone paperless.

Heather P.Director of Administration

5.0

We have been using Board Effect since 2015 and managing board materials sn meetings continue to get easier and easier. The one stop shop for all board and committee meeting fmdates and materials has made my life so much easier.