eBOARDsolutions - eBOARD - Board Governance

eBOARD is the new wave in technology solutions for effective board governance. In today's "information society", there is no shortage of information. As a matter of fact, it is easy to get overwhelmed with data. It is not good enough to simply have access to data, but to have it filtered and aligned with the organization's strategic plan, enabling the board to effectively use the data in the decision-making process.

Imagine having all the information you need in one easy to find place. That is exactly what eBOARD does. With eBOARD's comprehensive search functionality, those items you are looking for are only a few keyboard strokes away.

Take a Test Drive of the New eBOARD Site!
Login as a board member with the ID - boardmember and Password - boardmember. You will be amazed at how this system takes governance from "good to great!"

eBOARDs functionality is divided into modules, allowing you to subscribe to the pieces most important to you today yet provide the framework for you to grow with the system. Customers may subscribe to the following modules:

About the Board • posting of information about the board members
News • Allows the organization to post both public and private news stories.
Calendar • An online calendar of events.
Meetings • Gives the organization an easy and efficient solution for managing meeting agendas electronically.
Policies • An online policy, procedures and exhibits manual.
Strategic Plan • Allows the organization to report, monitor and track progress towards the organization's strategic plan.
Documents • An online repository to store documents for board, staff and/or public access.
Law (GSBA members only) • Puts at board members' fingertips, web-based access to public education legal
Boardsmanship (GSBA members only) • an online reference guide for effective boardsmanship in public school governance.
Capitol Watch Online (GSBA members only) • an online legislative tracking and reporting system.

Meetings

Paperless board agendas
Multiple Meeting types (board meetings, committee, staff, etc)
Item and meeting templates
Sticky notes feature that allows for personal note-taking
Download Offline versions for flexibility
Time delay release of agenda
Real time voting
Integration with board goals
Online searchable documents
Secure confidential information through private vs. public views
Archiving and searching of minutes
Submitter functionality to expedite agenda preparation workflow

Policies

Policies
Regulations
Exhibits/forms
Solicit public feedback on pending policies
Link policies to legal references

About the Board

Information about the board
Profiles of each board member with optional graphics like photographs or other references
Easy communication with board members through email hot-link
Creates V-Cards to enable visitors to quickly add the board members contact information to their own Microsoft Outlook contact list

News

About the board
About the district
Private News
Statewide News

Calendar

Community Calendar for all events
Posting of multiple meeting types such as board, PTA, and committee meetings
Control access by restricting calendar view through login feature
Searchable fields
Event reminder

Strategic Plan

Posting of organization's strategic planning process, mission, vision, beliefs and goals.

Documents

Online library to store documents
Create folders to organize your files
Different levels of security, i.e. public, board, staff, etc.
Quick document retrieval

Performance

Link to student achievement or benchmarking data

Testimonials

"This will save a tremendous amount of time. I love to see everything on one page."
– Ted Stone, Board Chair, Jones County Board of Education "You only have one place to go. It's easy to use. And, with the search features you can "borrow" from other policy manuals."
– Judye Sellier, Board Chair, Crawford County Board of Education "Love the sticky notes and how you submit agenda items! The functionality of eBoard is great. It shows that EBS has really thought all of this out."
– David Carpenter, Superintendent, Houston County Schools "Having the online support feature will be great. I'm a tactile person and need to see how things work."
– Sharon Riley, Superintendent Secretary, Houston County Schools

Security

Ensuring that your system is up and running and that your data is protected is paramount. EBS is committed to this through the following:

Written and tested disaster recovery plan
Controlled physical access to space where servers are located
Hard drive and memory redundancy on servers
Daily back-ups
SSL encryption
Firewall protection
Server monitoring
Offsite replicated server environment

Support

EBS prides itself on its commitment to supporting customers and has multiple ways to help including:

Toll-free telephone support (1-877-404-7707)
Live chat instant messaging with a customer support representative
Online training
Web training
User group discussion forums
Support Ticket

eBOARD • Board Governance