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Ready to hit the road for business or pleasure? The best travel apps will help you save time, money, space and energy. But with hundreds of options available on the market, which ones lead the pack in...
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The film awards season in 2015 is about to wrap up this weekend with the biggest awards show of them all — the Oscars. So for this occasion, let’s have a little fun. We asked our staff for their...
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As part of our continuing support of the Housing Association Sector, Convene was one of the sponsors of the NHF Board Members’ Conference in London. In what is normally the session where the audience...
View ArticleWhat HP’s Virtual Annual Shareholder Meeting Means for Remote Meetings
Remote enterprise meetings have been around for a while now, but the business world still went abuzz when Hewlett Packard (HP) announced on Feb. 4 that its annual shareholder meeting (held on March 18)...
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Biologist Thomas Huxley once said, “The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.” This sentiment rings...
View ArticleRecreating the Pen on Paper Experience with a Board Portal and Stylus
Not ready to let go of pen and paper? Here’s how board portals can help you replicate the pen on paper experience. The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy has become an unparalleled development in...
View ArticleE-Signatures and Your Board Portal
Does your company use e-signatures? Find out how board portals make electronic signing easy and secure. From conception to recruitment, meeting minutes, day-to-day operations and periodical reports,...
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Major corporate hacks have been happening a lot, and in each year, there are a few incidents that stand out among the rest. In 2014, Target and JP Morgan Chase were the most prominent businesses to...
View Article7 Things to Consider When Choosing Your IT Solution Provider
According to IT research company Gartner, more than 50 percent of users will first turn to their smartphones or tablets for all their online activities by 2018. Laptops and desktops will take a...
View Article4 Reasons Why Technology is a Challenge for Community Banks
Just one generation ago, people needed to go to the bank (or ATM in some cases) to deposit money to an account, transfer money to another account, encash checks, convert currencies, pay bills, and...
View ArticleHow Technology Increases Competitive Advantage
For many organizations, cost savings is one of the biggest reasons for moving to digital tools offered by solution providers. By going paperless and adopting streamlined processes, they save more...
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The widespread adoption of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets has enabled many employed Americans to work from home and anywhere else. This development has brought on a certain level of...
View ArticleLose the Snooze: Wake Up Early and Rise to the Top
Tempted to sleep in? Read these tips from top performers to take back your mornings and make each day more productive. In his motivational speeches, American speaker and entrepreneur Jim Rohn often...
View ArticleWhat Will Make the Healthcare Industry Embrace Technology?
Among all the different industries in the business landscape, the healthcare industry is known to be one of the slowest to adopt technology for management purposes. Results of an old 2005 survey by the...
View ArticleiPad-based Paperless Meetings of Hong Kong Government Departments
In response to a government-wide paperless initiative, departments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) set out to look for user-friendly, easy to use, well-managed, and...
View Article5 Bad Meeting Practices You Should Leave Behind in 2015
Another year, another chance. With 2016 just around the corner, you can say goodbye to these less-than-ideal meeting practices and leave them where they belong — in the past. Check out the list below:...
View ArticleHow going paperless reduces your corporate carbon footprint
Every step of the business cycle requires the use of paper. Before new products or services are rolled out, management teams organize brainstorming sessions. These sessions – and subsequent meetings...
View ArticleWhat Digital Leaders Can Learn From Harvey Specter
It takes more than IT knowledge and an impressive CV to succeed as a digital leader. Information officers not only adopt disruptive technologies – their positions also require them to adapt to...
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