What is boardcycle?
Boardcycle is a web platform that helps company secretaries prepare board meetings without juggling Word docs, calendars, and Diligent uploads. The product centres on a drag and drop agenda builder, one click shell minute generation, and a Bookbuilder that pushes a finished board book into Diligent in roughly thirty seconds. It is positioned for governance teams running multiple boards and committees with frequent last minute changes.
Why boardcycle works
Most company secretaries still rebuild the same agenda, minutes shell, and matters arising tracker for every meeting in separate files, then manually reassemble the board pack. Boardcycle keeps those four artefacts linked to one source so a timing change or new agenda item flows into the minutes, the action register, and the Diligent upload automatically. That removes the late night copy paste cycle that creates errors before a board meeting.
boardcycle features
- Drag and drop agenda builder. Build the agenda by dragging items into order, with timing and ownership recalculated on the fly so the run sheet stays accurate without manual edits.
- One click shell minutes. Generate a structured minute template from the agenda with motions, attendees, and timing prefilled so the secretary only types the substantive discussion.
- Diligent Bookbuilder. Assemble the full board book and push it into Diligent in under thirty seconds, replacing the manual order, paginate, and upload routine.
- Matters arising tracker. Link action items to the agenda item that created them and export a clean matters arising table for the next meeting pack.
- Template library. Reusable templates for agendas, minutes, run sheets, and action logs so a new board can be set up without starting from a blank document.
Who boardcycle is for
- Company secretaries supporting multiple subsidiary or committee boards who rebuild the same agenda and minutes structure every cycle.
- Governance teams at listed companies that publish board packs through Diligent and want to cut the time spent assembling the book.
- In house legal and compliance leads who own minutes quality and need a defensible link between agenda items, decisions, and follow up actions.
- Boutique company secretarial firms managing meeting prep for several client boards from one shared workspace.
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