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Secure Board Messaging: Why Confidential Board Conversations Belong Inside the Board Portal
Boards have spent years refining and securing how they distribute board papers, manage agendas, and safeguard confidential documents. Yet, many organisations still permit the critical discussions surrounding these materials to take place somewhere else entirely. Secure Board Messaging. Consider a…
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Beyond Summaries: How a Virtual Advisory Board Helps Directors Interrogate Board Papers
Artificial intelligence is rapidly altering how directors prepare for board meetings. The initial wave of board-focused AI features concentrated primarily on operational efficiency: condensing lengthy reports, highlighting key themes, and retrieving information faster. While these efficiency gains are beneficial, the…
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Why ISO 27001 Certification Matters for Your Board Portal
Corporate governance relies heavily on trust, confidentiality, and integrity. When boards meet to discuss sensitive mergers, financial results, or strategic pivots, the documentation they share represents some of the most critical intellectual property and market-sensitive data an organisation holds. Despite…
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Frontier AI Cyber Threats: What the New ASD and AICD Guidance Means for Australian Boards
The release of the joint guidance from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Frontier AI Cyber Threat Considerations for Boards of Directors, marks a critical turning point for corporate governance. What the New ASD…
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Elevating Decision-Making: Why AI Virtual Advisory Boards Are Transforming Governance
Modern boards face an increasingly complex operating environment, navigating rapid technological disruption, stringent regulatory demands, and volatile market conditions. To maintain strategic oversight, directors require deep, multi-disciplinary insights well before stepping into the boardroom. Integrating an AI-based virtual advisory board…
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Why SMS and WhatsApp Fall Short for Board-Level Communications
When confidential strategic decisions, pre-meeting queries, or urgent governance matters arise, directors often default to the path of least resistance: sending a quick text message or firing up a consumer messaging app like WhatsApp – why SMS and WhatsApp Fall…
Spotlight
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Theo Kapodistrias
He is a Non-Executive Director of the Association of Corporate Counsel Australia and has served as Tasmanian Divisional President of the organisation since 2017. He has been named one of Australia’s Most Influential Lawyers by Australasian Lawyer in both 2022 and 2023. He has…
How-to Guides
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Athena Board Integrated Minutes
This guide explains how to create, edit, review and finalise meeting minutes using Athena Board. The Minutes feature allows administrators to quickly generate professional minutes by pulling information from an existing board pack, collaborating with reviewers, and exporting or signing…
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How to register a new admin account on Athena Board
When you are added to a board as an administrator you will receive a welcome email from the Athena Board admin system which will look something like this; The blanked out areas will contain details specific to your invitation, the…
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How to register a new user account
Access to Athena Board is controlled by the company administrators. When you are added to a board you will receive a welcome email from the Athena Board admin system which will look like this; The blanked out areas will contain…
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Enable Athena Board’s AI Document Summary Feature
A new addition to Athena Board is a powerful AI backed document summary feature. Once enabled, all standard binder items are automatically summarised as they are uploaded, and these are made available to all attendees and recipients that have access…
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Offline Mode
The Athena Board apps on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Windows support offline mode, a handy feature when you’re travelling and away from an internet connection. How to use offline mode To use offline mode, make sure you have logged into…
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Admin board/committee segregation
Athena Board has a sophisticated mechanism for segregating access to boards / committees. This will be available if enabled by your subscription. When a board or committee is created by an admin, that admin becomes the owner and controls access by…
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Case Studies
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Interaction Disability Services Finds a Better Fit: Why They Migrated from Diligent to Athena Board
The commitment at Interaction Disability Services is to provide high-quality support for individuals with disabilities. Effective governance is crucial to achieving this mission, and a robust board portal plays a vital role in facilitating efficient board meetings, secure communication, and…
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Mining Group Streamlines Governance with Athena Board
Industry: Mining & ResourcesPrevious Solution: No Board Portal (Teams, SharePoint, Email, Word Docs)Use Case: Digitising Board Meetings and Governance for Remote Site and HQ Collaboration The Challenge A mid-tier mining and resources company had no formal board portal in place. The governance team…
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Financial Services Group Modernises Governance with Athena Board
Industry: Financial ServicesPrevious Solution: Established Board Portal ProviderUse Case: Board and Committee Governance for Multi-Entity Financial Group The Challenge A well-established financial services group was using a traditional board portal from a globally recognised provider. While the existing platform had served them for…
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