152 Azeus Convene Testimonials

Using the Convene software from features to security was great, we haven't experienced serious issue. Also if we have any inquiries, support and assistance are provided fast. We have improved meeting preparation, at the same time we also save cost in paper budget.

Features such as the possibility to make notes in the document and share comments with other attendees make it very easy for the board members to share their opinions beforehand. From the administrator’s perspective, the app makes it easier to update the meeting materials as it notifies the users about the update automatically. Time-saving and convenient to use for the Board members as well as for a meeting secretary.

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.

“Our directors are busy people and we only needed to give them a simple tutorial and offer some training. Once we had the software installed, they didn’t even need the training, because Convene was so intuitive.”

“Most of them were from a secretarial point of view in a sense that before a meeting you can plan and make preparations and in the post-meeting you can distribute papers. It was not like Convene that during a meeting everybody can go to the same presentation. That was not available in other solutions.”

“Convene is extremely easy to use for both the administrator and users. Company Secretary and Governance Department, Heads of Department, and Board of Directors are using Convene actively in PUNB especially during MCO where we have to work remotely. No matter how traditional or tech-savvy our members might be, they are all easily adapting to Convene functions.”

“We then invited three providers in for demonstrations of their board solution. Among them, Convene was already a strong contender as it had sparked our interest when we first saw it exhibited at the AUA conference. From the demonstration alone, we found Convene to be very user friendly and designed by someone who fully understands how committees operate.”

"The meeting schedule before Convene was a very time-consuming process. So we were looking at ways of cutting down the administrative workload and keep everything in one place. We had an external SharePoint but it was quite fiddly for the Board members to log in as they had to locate the link to access the system. It wasn’t readily accessible so it ended up not being used. Prior to Convene, Board members would have the documents made available on a particular day, and then board packs would then be confidentially discarded after the meeting. But, if they couldn’t access documents from prior meetings it blocked the information flow.”

“Before Convene, we had to give some directors their board papers on the day. They didn’t have time to write down questions or consider the issues we needed advice on. Now, we can get the board papers out in advance, with enough time for everyone to read them. The meetings are a lot more efficient.”

“Our board members now use iPads, and we use the Convene system for our executive team minutes, our leadership team minutes, and all areas where we are required to demonstrate an audit trail. With Convene, everything is on the app.”

“This is generally the last thing that people want to put on cloud. When we implemented Convene, the Director of Business Development of the Convene team was involved in a lot of discussions with our IT division to ensure that they were 100% comfortable with how it was going to work.”

“Convene was the initial solution we looked at, and it seemed to offer the complete range of benefits we were looking for. Others were considered, but Convene was at the top of the list. Cost is always a consideration, however, we felt that Convene understood Bison Bank’s background and ways of working.”

“Convene is about convenience. It enables the board members to access meeting papers and make decisions effectively and conveniently.”

“I would like to give full marks to the product. Convene is a very user-friendly platform. Even a person with basic knowledge of a computer can operate it optimally. Certainly, it’s a 10 out of 10.”

“The introduction of Convene has transformed the way we deliver our board and senior management meetings and is a beneficial aid to control the meeting from start to finish. It has improved efficiency by removing the need to print and post papers, saving on both time and cost. If additional information is to be included, this can be easily added. It is ideal for collaboration as it allows participants to see all comments made and access to each response, enhancing transparency, and accountability.”