Board Papers®

Precise Control over How Board Documents are Presented

Board Papers® uses a customized Microsoft SharePoint® interface for setting up meetings. Board secretaries determine what documents are part of a “meeting pack,” who should receive meeting packs, when to download documents to attendees’ iPads and when documents will be archived.

Custom cover styles reflect an organization’s unique branding. Individual cover styles can be selected to differentiate committee and monthly meeting packs. Meeting-specific notes can be added to each cover.

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Secure Environment from Server to iPad

While traditional board portal solutions require you to upload your board documents to vendors’ servers, Board Papers is deployed on your internal SharePoint servers. You have complete control of your sensitive material.

A lockbox system in the iPad app requires users to login to access documents. Escalating security features are triggered by invalid login attempts, eventually causing all board documents to be deleted from the iPad. Documents are also automatically removed based on “archive” dates set in SharePoint.

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A Responsive Fingertip Experience

Board members no longer need to carry around paper documents or try to read off of laptops sitting on conference room tables. All documents required for a meeting are stored on a board member’s iPad.

Board Papers’ agenda-based navigator allows users to go from one document to another with a finger tap. Proprietary caching techniques provide best-in-class performance when zooming in or paging through content. Board members can swipe through the largest documents or move immediately to a specified page number.

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A Full Set of Annotation Tools

As they review documents, board members need to add notes, underscore items and scribble in the margins. Board Papers provides integrated pen, highlighter and note tools for annotating documents on the iPad. Pen and highlighter colors can be selected on-the-fly to color-code markings.

The annotation navigator makes it easy for users to delete or navigate to any annotation they inserted in a meeting pack. Board members don’t have to browse through documents to find that note that they knew they had made.

"We were looking for a board solution that we could deploy on-premise. Board Papers is easy to use, flexible and cost less than other solutions we reviewed."
Brian Rear
CEO, Millennium Minerals
Board Papers is featured in the "Securely Access Board Documents" podcast on Apple's iPad How To's site.

Board Papers®

Provide a great meeting experience for your board and management commitees

Pervasent's Board Papers® halves the time required to organize and deliver documents for board meetings, while providing a book-like iPad app for your directors that Apple chose to feature on its “how-to” site and in its retail stores.

Initially designed with Standard Chartered Bank, Board Papers had to meet the exacting requirements of the 2010 Global Bank of the Year. Today, Board Papers is used by organizations ranging from an Australian senior-care facility with 200 beds to a North American retailer with 1700 stores.
  • Secure - meets the security requirements of one of the world's largest global banks
  • Simple - the iPad app's familiar, book-like interface requires minimal training
  • Quickly deployed - installs on your SharePoint server in an hour
  • Fast - optimized to let readers swipe through large documents without delay
  • Worldwide support - used by large and small organizations on five continents
  • Affordable - one-time license fees for unlimited numbers of users
  • Realistic ROI - pays for itself by eliminating costs to assemble, print and ship board packs
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To schedule a 1-hour demonstration and set up a free 30-day trial, contact Pervasent at (510) 903.1001 inquiry@pervasent.com

Halve the time to prepare board packs

Traditionally, preparing documents for board meetings has been a challenging process. Board support staff typically spend 40+ hours each month assembling material, having it printed and bound, inserting late revisions and packaging documents for couriers to deliver in time for the meeting.

Board Papers leverages your investment in Microsoft SharePoint® to halve the time it takes to prepare board packs. Board secretaries create meeting agendas in SharePoint and associate any number of documents with each agenda item to create meeting packs.

Once documents for a meeting are assembled, they're automatically downloaded to directors' iPads. Access to materials is set in SharePoint so documents are only provided to authorized meeting attendees. Updates are sent to directors' iPads the minute they’re available. Printing and shipping costs are eliminated.

In-house and hosted options

Pervasent understands that organizations may prefer to maintain local control of their systems and documents or have policies that prohibit uploading sensitive materials to external sites. Board Papers can be deployed on your internal SharePoint servers or in a hosted SharePoint environment.

A great reading experience

Lightweight, highly-portable with outstanding image quality, tablets such as the iPad are the ideal device for board documents. Meeting participants can engage in across-the-table discussions without peering over laptop screens.

Board Papers was built for the iPad from day one to create a polished and highly-responsive reader experience. Proprietary "caching" lets users swipe through very large documents without delay. Thumbnails and bookmarks provide fast access to specific pages.

Documents can be annotated using integrated pen, highlighter, and note tools. Text notes are automatically compiled to create meeting minutes. Directors don’t need to do anything, but bring their iPad to meetings.

Customize for your unique branding

You can incorporate logos, colors and other graphic elements on meeting pack covers to reflect your organization’s unique branding. Multiple cover formats can be defined to visually differentiate committee and monthly meeting packs.

The SharePoint framework is also easily adapted for your unique document and workflow requirements. Pervasent provides the professional services required to deliver a custom system for your board staff.

The lower-cost alternative

By focusing on the key features your organization needs, Board Papers provides an easier-to-use user experience at a significantly lower price point than competitive products. One-time license fees cover unlimited users.

Simply put, you don't pay for features that you won't use and you don't need to worry about additional fees every time you add a new user.

To learn more, please download the product datasheet.
For answers to common questions about Board Papers, please visit our FAQ page.
To try the iPad app, download the app and select demonstration mode from the login screen.

Contact us
Pervasent’s products make it easy to securely deliver, read and annotate documents on the iPad. Whether you’re looking to transform the way you conduct meetings or present sales materials to customers, contact Pervasent today: (510) 903.1001 inquiry@pervasent.com