OnBoard
Board Management Software For Governments

The Only Board Portal for

Public Institutions

We’ve heard your pleases for the same note-taking, document sharing, never-outdated, cloud-powered, board management solution that your friends in the private sector enjoy. Rejoice, because it’s here. A modern board platform that makes boards happy while  keeping the public informed.

#1 Governance

Governments & Public Bodies

We’ve always known OnBoard was perfect for public bodies like city councils and school boards. But our focus on security meant nothing could leave OnBoard. That made it tough for our friends in public service to comply with sunshine laws.

No more. Without compromising on security for businesses, we created a whole new way to publish meetings for public institutions. Keeping everyone, business leaders and mayors alike, complaint with the powers at be. It’s the least we could do.

The Most Trusted

Board Management Platform, Perfected For The Public

A complete meeting platform that brightens days. And puts the shine into sunshine laws.

With just a flick of the switch, the good-government lights turn on. OnBoard Public Posting immediately creates a URL for you to share with the board, the public, the media, and whoever else needs to know what you're discussing and where.

And if you still need to print copies for the public before the meeting, it's built right in.

A no compromises public meeting platform

We've always known OnBoard was perfect for public bodies like city councils and school boards. But our focus on security meant nothing could leave OnBoard. That made it tough for our friends in public service to comply with sunshine laws.

No more. Without compromising on security for businesses, we created a whole new way to publish meetings for public institutions. Keeping everyone, business leaders and mayors alike, complaint with the powers at be. It's the least we could do.

It's a whole new way for Public Boards to do meetings.

With public publishing and ADA compliance achieved, the real power of OnBoard comes to public boards everywhere.

An always-up-to-date platform that works on every device. Build a meeting in minutes, from scratch. It's a complete archive with every past ordinance, meeting minute, and everything between. Committee reports that are distributed weeks in advance – not hours. And so much more.

Designed Civic Leaders to

Make Meetings Better

Your board book automatically saves and instantly syncs across every device. You will always have the latest version and never be surprised by a last minute change.

Engagement Analytics prepares directors to better engage with board materials before meetings. It provides insight into which agenda sections are receiving the most attention and where stakeholders are making significant notes and annotations. Learn More About Engagement Analytics

Read, review, and annotate your board materials and notes as it suits your work-life style. Anywhere, anytime, and on any device: web app, iPhone, iPad, laptop, Kindle Fire, and Windows Surface. You can also easily vote, secure approvals, answer surveys and questionnaires.

Start a conversation, about anything. One-on-one, group chat, or even bring in the entire board into the discussion. Now the whole committee can to dig into financial details together. And it’s all in the same OnBoard app you already use and trust. Learn More About OnBoard Messenger

Your notes and annotations automatically sync between every device. Take a note on your iPhone and it will be immediately available on every other device.

Approve the annual budget, amend the bylaws, adopt employee benefits, any board actions can be voted on directly within OnBoard.

eSignatures offer the same legal standing as a handwritten signature. eSignatures provide a fast, secure, and accurate identification alternative for signatures, all while keeping your records compliant.

Next generation granular access controls allow you to set who has access to board materials and communications.

The strongest security available! Never worry about forgetting your password. Simply login Touch ID or Face ID on your iOS device.

Work online or off. When there’s no internet you can still access all your board materials. Once you’re back on wifi, all your work will instantly sync across your devices.

Let's start a conversation.

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Join a Group Demo

Join us for a free live demo with our solution experts. We'll show you how our customers' love translates into an amazing product.

Start a Free Trial

OnBoard is the only leading board portal that offers a no strings attached free trial, so you know precisely what you’re getting before you fill out any paperwork. There’s no credit card, no commitments.

Talk to a Solution Expert

Our experts are on standby to talk with you right now about how OnBoard will drive value at your board meeting. So let's start a conversation.

Created for Easy Administration

To Make Your Board Happy

OnBoard’s Board Book Builder empowers administrators and executive assistants to easily create a dynamic agenda and board book in seconds. Clone past board or committee meetings and simply drag and drop any file type into the new meeting.

Analytics brings Administrators new information to help the board like never before. Help directors better prepare by bringing new details to the board’s attention shaped by data on what directors are engaging with. Learn More About Engagement Analytics

Multiple people can collaborate together when the agenda is being created. The board book builds and updates in real-time. Never lose your work. Never override a previous version.

Create a board evaluation survey, find out member availability, settle on a location for the annual retreat. OnBoard’s survey tool lets you collect any information or opinions you need from your board.

If an important policy is changed or meeting is rescheduled, communicate with the whole board or individual committees with targeted announcements that are emailed and appear within OnBoard.

Know who has expressed their intent to arrive at your meetings and who attended each meeting. It helps keep you compliant, your meetings organized, and your board meetings running smoothly.

Place the annual report, corporate policies, bylaws, corporate charter, and all your key documents into a central location that’s always one click away.

Whether your board needs a complex spread sheet or just to the facts PDF, you can connect any type of file to your board book: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, Google Docs, One Drive, YouTube, and more.

You have complete flexibility to how your electronic records are stored. Administrators can automatically purge all notes and annotations when board books are archived. Control how your organization handles sensitive data.

Without question, public bodies will find OnBoard impactful before, during, and after meetings. It makes providing information to the public simple and straitforward while providing me the tools we need to be better stewards of the public trust. It aids our review, makes our conversations more impactful, and enables us to easily onboard new councilors with a rich archive of past meetings.
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Nick DeBoer
City Councilor, West Lafayette, IN
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