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Step-by-Step Guide to a Meeting Process
Step-by-Step Guide to a Meeting Process

This is a guide to help navigate creating, managing, and running a meeting in Boardable.

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Written by Jocelyn Gombos
Updated over a week ago

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Basic Steps of a Meeting

II. Meeting Enhancements and Misc

III. Delete Meeting

I. Basic Steps of a Meeting

The following are steps provided to help ease the stress of creating and running a meeting. Each step has links to detailed help articles associated with that topic.

  1. Create a Meeting

    Note: Only Organization Admins or Members can create a meeting (Group Admins can also create a meeting within their group)

    1. Create a Single Date Meeting

      1. Learn how Organization Admins, Members, and Group Admins can create a meeting for a single date

    2. Create a Multi-Day Meeting

      1. Learn how to create a multi-day meeting in Boardable for retreats, conferences or any meeting that spans more than one day

    3. Create a Recurring Meeting

      1. Learn how to create a recurring meeting in Boardable for quarterly meetings or any regularly scheduled meetings

    4. Create a Find a Date Meeting

      1. Create a meeting by sending out date and time options to the invited members, collect availability, and determine the best meeting option

    5. Video Options (part of the New Meeting Form) - quick jump to links:

      1. Boardable Spotlight

        1. Add Boardable Spotlight to a Meeting

          1. Easily add our Boardable Spotlight feature to your remote meetings

      2. Zoom

        1. Integrate Zoom

          1. Learn how to integrate Zoom with your Boardable account so the Zoom link is available in the Boardable meeting invitation

        2. Add Zoom to Boardable Meeting

          1. Learn how to create a meeting that includes the Zoom link in the Boardable invite, whether the Zoom account is integrated or not

      3. Other Links

        1. Add Video Conferencing to a Meeting

  2. Publish Calendar Only

    1. Publish a Meeting

      1. Learn how (and what it means) to publish a meeting to the calendar only and learn how to fully publish any Boardable meeting

  3. Build Agenda

    1. Agenda - Build and Edit

      1. Learn how to build an agenda from scratch or from a template, edit items, and move items around

    2. Agenda - Upload Document

      1. Learn how to add / upload a document to the meeting agenda

    3. Agenda - How do I create a Hyperlink in an Agenda?

      1. Follow the steps below to insert a hyperlink into an Agenda

  4. Edit Meeting

    1. Edit a Single or Multi-Day Meeting

      1. Learn how to edit meeting information for a single date or a multi-day meeting in Boardable

    2. Edit and Understand Recurring Meetings

      1. Learn how to edit all dates. or a single date, within a recurring meeting series, and learn more about working with recurring meetings

    3. Invite / Remove People from Meetings

      1. Learn who received invites, how to invite more people, or un-invite (remove / delete) individuals from a meeting in Boardable

    4. Update Meeting Role

      1. Learn how a Meeting Owner or Collaborator can view and update a user's meeting role

  5. Publish Full Meeting

    1. Publish a Meeting

      1. Learn how (and what it means) to publish a meeting to the calendar only and learn how to fully publish any Boardable meeting

  6. Navigate to Meeting Page

    1. Navigate to Boardable Meeting Page

      1. Learn how to navigate to the Boardable meeting page in order to see the agenda, comments, tasks, polls, join the meeting, etc.

  7. Add Documents to Meeting Page

    1. Add Documents to Meeting Page

      1. Learn how to add documents to the meeting page from a variety of sources

  8. Send Messages

    1. Notifications - Send Messages and Updates

      1. Learn how Collaborators can send messages to resend invitation, request RSVP, send updates, or share relevant meeting information

  9. Update RSVP

    1. Update My RSVP

      1. Learn how to update your own RSVP to a meeting in Boardable

    2. Update RSVP for Meeting Invitees

      1. Learn how Collaborators can update the RSVP for individuals on the meeting page in Boardable

  10. Join Meeting

    1. Join Boardable Spotlight Meeting

      1. Follow these steps to join a meeting using Boardable Spotlight

    2. Join Zoom Meetings from Boardable

      1. Learn how to join a Zoom meeting from Boardable and still use the advantages of Boardable Spotlight

    3. Join Spotlight Meeting via Dial-in

      1. Learn how to join Boardable Spotlight meetings from a remote location by dialing in with your phone

    4. Guests and Boardable Spotlight

      1. Learn about the guest experience for Boardable Spotlight meetings

  11. Take Attendance

    1. Attendance in Meeting Minutes

      1. Learn how to record and edit detailed attendance, within free-form minutes, during the meeting and after

    2. Take Attendance on the Meeting Page

      1. Learn how to take attendance on the meeting page and what it is used for

  12. Take Minutes

    1. Create Meeting Minutes

      1. Learn how to create meeting minutes from the meeting page and from Boardable Spotlight

    2. Edit / Format Meeting Minutes

      1. Learn how to edit meeting minutes along with some tips on moving sections, deleting sections, and formatting (i.e. indenting, page breaks)

    3. Meeting Minutes - Additional Options

      1. Learn about all of the options available through the plus icon within free-form meeting minutes

    4. Publish Meeting Minutes

      1. Learn how to publish free-form minutes through the meeting page or through Spotlight

II. Meeting Enhancements and Misc

This section covers additional topics that help enhance the meeting experience and communication of meeting members. Each topic has links to more detailed help articles - they are in alphabetical order.

  1. Board Packet

    1. Board Packet Quick Print

      1. Compile all meeting agenda files and documents into one printable PDF

    2. Board Packet - Troubleshooting

      1. Learn troubleshooting tips when having difficulty creating the board packet

  2. Boardable Spotlight Features (Video)

    1. Boardable Spotlight Overview

      1. Learn about Boardable's video conferencing and the features available during a meeting

    2. Chat in Boardable Spotlight

      1. Learn how to chat in a meeting and review the chats later in Boardable Spotlight

    3. Muting Attendees, Shortcuts, and Useful Tips in Spotlight

      1. Learn about keyboard shortcuts, muting available, using AirPods, and voice focus in Boardable Spotlight meetings

    4. Presenting Files

      1. Learn how to present documents in Boardable Spotlight

    5. Record a Meeting in Boardable Spotlight

      1. Boardable Spotlight allows users to record meetings, review past recordings, and send meeting recordings

    6. Screen Sharing

      1. Learn how to screen share using Boardable Spotlight

  3. Comments / Discussions

    1. Comments on the Meeting Page

      1. Learn about comments on the meeting page and how to attach a document to a specific comment

    2. Start a Discussion

      1. Learn about discussions, how to add a discussion, and how to choose who should be involved in the discussion

    3. Overview of Discussions

      1. Learn the basics of having discussion in Boardable, along with sorting, filtering, and how to leave a discussion

    4. View / Participate in Discussions

      1. Learn how to be a part of discussions as well as understand the permissions within a discussion

    5. Add / Edit / Delete a Message in Discussions

      1. Llearn how to add a message to a discussion, as well as edit and delete a message you created

    6. Formatting and Emojis

      1. Learn about the formatting options available for a message, and how to use emojis in Boardable

    7. Edit or Delete a Discussion

      1. Learn who can edit a discussion, delete a discussion, or remove messages from a discussion

    8. Close and Archive a Discussion

      1. Learn to close and / or archive discussions, as well as view, re-open, and unarchive in Boardable

  4. Polls

    1. Polls for Administrators

      1. Learn how to create, vote on, edit, & delete polls

  5. Public Page

    1. Public Meeting Page

      1. Customize public pages and share a meeting to be viewed without logging in

  6. Tasks

    1. Tasks for Administrators

      1. Learn how to create tasks, delete tasks, view tasks, complete tasks, and about task lists

    2. Multi-User Tasks: Group Owners / Group Admins

      1. Multi-User Tasks : Group Owners and Group Admins can now assign tasks to groups and multiple groups

III. Delete Meeting

Sometimes meetings need to be canceled for a variety of reasons. These are links to help articles about deleting a meeting.

  1. Delete a Meeting

    1. Learn how to delete a meeting, including recurring meetings, in Boardable

Related Articles

  • Meeting Roles and Permissions: learn about the different types of meeting roles, such as Collaborator, and the permissions associated with that role

  • Meeting Center: everything you need to know to run a more productive and efficient meeting

  • View Deleted Meetings and Re-Notify: learn how to view deleted meeting titles, resubmit notification of cancelled meetings, and remove matching events from invitees' calendars

  • Boardable Spotlight: the essential meeting platform for boards and teams

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