I highly recommend Convene. It has been an excellent board portal. The ability to complete surveys within the app and vote from the comfort of my home doesn't force me to be physically present at board meetings. The platform is also great for meetings within the app from any location.
I have not experienced any negative points while using this software, so I recommend this software as the best tool where it has helped me a lot in managing, preparing, and running our board and committee meetings. Convene also provides an easily accessible and secure platform thus creating platform security. The software has helped me to save time and money on scheduling meetings and running my administration easily.
Convene provides an easily accessible and secure platform to help us manage our board and committee meetings. The platform security and the ability to set access permissions on an individual and group level is particularly important to us in order to maintain data security in relation to confidential and sensitive information. User support from Convene is always quick and helpful.
We looked at various options during the procurement process. The other board management solutions were good, but Convene is affordable and had a flexible contract. Moreover, the browser-based capabilities were important because all of our meeting participants have the app downloaded to their devices. Administrators are also able to easily work on the packs using their desktops.
Convene is intuitive and easy to use. It lets you easily and quickly create meetings from the admin side. Meeting attendees can pick up easily and it works on multiple platforms.
Convene is quick and easy to implement. The software itself is intuitive and even the least tech savvy board members have found it straightforward and easy to use. Having used two similar products before, I really struggle to find a fault with Convene, as it generally provides the same functionality more efficiently and for a lower cost.
"The software is very intuitive and, despite some initial resistance to moving to paperless meetings (myself included!). I’ve not had any negative comments from users and some are keen to extend its use within their own departments. I’m told by others that it compares very well with other more expensive software and is very good value for money. Support from Convene has also been excellent with a friendly, supportive account manager who is quick to respond to any queries and who is very good at explaining things."
"We received very good feedback from some of the other Queensland government departments, notably the Department of Premier and Cabinet; Convene was really working well for them. They were using it across multiple departments for government meetings, and they did not experience any problems. I think having feedback from other government sector colleagues also supported the decision in us choosing Convene."
"Convene has been great and our board directors have found it to be useful and easy to navigate around. We are happy with our investment on Convene."
Convene’s been great. Its smooth implementation process meant people adopted to it very easily. We haven’t looked back. Convene has helped us get our papers in order in advance of a meeting. It’s a very reliable, mature product. Other more costly board portal solutions failed to meet our required standard such as SharePoint that does not make life easy, or BoardPad which was really expensive, and required lots of hand holding, Convene has made us more disciplined and organized about not wasting time.
Convene has ease of use and really makes sharing of board papers a breeze.
Convene had successfully integrated new features to accommodate our internal processes. The software has helped us tremendously in digitizing the manual meeting processes from pre to post meetings. I also appreciate very much the support given by the Convene sales and support teams from the very initial stage of shortlisting until the final stage of onboarding the users across the region. The presentations and trainings have also successfully kept the users engaged with the new software.
Convene is clear, easy to use, and can be used across any device. In addition, Convene provides great customer service and support.
Having Convene means that members of the board have access to the papers far sooner, allowing them more time to read and digest the issues for consideration. This has strengthened understanding and enhanced debate at our board meetings. Although not everyone was keen on the change at first, the benefits are there for all to see.
Convene has been working faultlessly even without any formal training on how to use the product. The fact every user has been able to use Convene without any training is testament to the quality of the product.