A Modular Solution
Use what you need, and grow when you need more
eSCRIBE is highly modular. You can mix and match features to build your own custom meeting management solution, or save money by taking advantage of one of our pre-configured meeting bundles designed to solve common pain points. Learn more below what each module does.
Meeting Manager
Agendas, minutes, and more
Meeting Manager facilitates the building of agendas, minutes, action lists, and provides a platform for adding additional eSCRIBE functionality.
Streamline and automate meeting preparation and post meeting activities. Conduct meetings; take roll-call and manage member conflicts, record motions and actions. And with the addition of eSCRIBE Meetings for the iPad or Windows 10 , your board can go totally paperless.
Key Features
- Create and manage unlimited meeting templates and user groups
- Robust end-to-end pre- and post-meeting management, and user-configurable workflow support
- Live meeting support, including roll call, quorum and conflict management, electronic recording of votes and request-to-speak, and minute capture
- Integrated Action Log for post-meeting follow-up and staff direction
- Comprehensive Report Center for meeting and attendee statistics
Participant Portal
Secure access for board and elected officials
Security-trimmed access for meeting participants to browse upcoming meeting agendas, access all related reports and supporting information, record personal comments, follow-up notes and tasks, access online resources, and search previous meetings.
Supports web browsers and eSCRIBE mobile apps for iOS, Windows 10, and Android.
Key Features
- Join any meeting, from anywhere, with any device
- View upcoming agendas and support materials in advance
- Download meeting materials and work offline
- Secure access to confidential meetings
Internet Publishing Plus
Engage with your stakeholders and drive greater transparency
Internet Publishing Plus has a fully-responsive WCAG 2.0 design that allows organizations to easily engage stakeholders through their existing website, without programming and fully supports evolving accessibility requirements.
Easily search through historical and upcoming meetings, access agenda details, open and download attachments with a single click.
Key Features
- Supports HTML and/or PDF publishing to website with links to individual supporting attachments
- Supports one-click publishing of meeting agendas and minute packages
- Flexible layout options including list
- Supports automated delegation request and approval
- Can be added on top of Webcasting Plus or YouTube Integration module for automatic indexing and publishing of video/audio linked files for increased transparency
Report Manager
Manage templates, automated approvals and submission of reports and items
Providing administrators and staff comprehensive management of all pre-meeting and post-meeting workflow activities, Report Manager revolves around the preparation and approval of reports and items for submission to meetings. Easily manage submission deadlines and notifications to staff, reducing last minute changes to the agenda.
Leveraging the power of Microsoft Word, administrators can easily standardize and maintain unlimited templates for bills, resolutions, and reports, ensuring compliance across the organization.
Key Features
- Collaboration support, including version control, simultaneous multi-user document editing
- Managed user permissions for both public and private/in-camera items
- Flexible, user-configurable approval workflows, such as late item and exception management, ad-hoc and delegate approvers
- Automatic extraction of content to populate agenda items details, motions, and minutes
- Comprehensive audit reports and workflow approval histories, including electronic signature options
New enhancements announced on December 2017. Check it out here!
Webcasting Plus
Unlimited live and archival web streaming and content distribution
A fully-managed, end-to-end unlimited storage and streaming solution and integrated encoder, it provides everything you need to capture video from cameras located onsite in your council or boardrooms.
With the addition of Internet Publishing Plus, audio and video content are automatically indexed with the meeting’s agenda and minutes for publishing to the web, for both live and archived viewing by stakeholders.
Optional closed captioning service. Cameras and installation sold separately.
Key Features
- Unlimited storage and streaming of audio or video content from meetings
- Automatically detects device used to view the video stream, and loads a suitable video player
- Allows for smart (hyper) tags of video to the meeting’s agenda items and minutes
- Allows users to view entire meeting or jump to specific agenda item sections with a single tap
- Access to reporting and metrics of viewership (number of viewers, etc.)
- Video feed can be provided by any video capture source, even from a cable company
Video Manager & YouTube Streaming
Tagged video services with minimal configuration and cost
As an alternative to eSCRIBE’s dedicated Webcasting Plus, Video Manager & YouTube Streaming allows organizations to leverage its no-cost video storage and global content distribution with minimal configuration.
With the addition of Internet Publishing Plus, organizations can integrate YouTube video feed (which is automatically indexed with the meeting’s agenda and minutes) to their existing website with no programming required.
Optional closed captioning services available.
Key Features
- Allows for smart (hyper) tags of video to the meeting’s agenda items and minutes
- Supports any device; Automatically detects the device being used to view the video stream, and loads a compatible video player
- Supports unlimited viewers for both live stream and archival access
- Allows users to view entire meeting or jump to specific agenda item sections with a single tap
- Access to reporting and metrics of viewership (number of viewers, etc.)
- Video feed can be provided by any video capture source, even from a local cable company
Vote Manager
Rules-based electronic voting
Vote Manager allows meeting participants to electronically vote on resolutions in real-time directly through their Participant Portal, iPad or Windows 10 tablet.
Vote Manager also provides an enhanced graphical interface for clear display of vote results to participants and public, both in chamber and through the web, with the addition of Internet Publishing Plus.
Key Features
- Supports multiple vote types: simple majority, weighted, two-thirds (present/members), unanimous, tie breaker, multiple choice, and secret ballot
- Fully-integrated with roll call, check in/out, pecuniary interest, voting areas
- Graphical public display screens with configurable voting results details
Board Manager & Board Manager Plus
Easily manage boards, members vacancies and appointments online
Available as a stand-alone solution or fully integrated with eSCRIBE’s comprehensive meeting management suite, Board Manager lets municipalities, school districts and all public sector entities easily manage and publish their boards’ and members’ details – in addition to vacancy applications and appointments – through an intuitive, responsive interface.
Key Features
- Easily track, manage and publish board and member data
- Review, search and action submitted applicants for vacancies through a fully-responsive interface
- Fully-responsive publishing screens integrate seamlessly with your existing website
- Associates boards with eSCRIBE to fully manage meeting agendas, minutes and attendees
Upgrade to Board Manager Plus
While Board Manager can be used on its own, upgrading to Board Manager Plus allows administrators to associate boards with their corresponding meetings and attendees to provide efficient, end-to-end workflow support before, during and after each meeting.