You keep the Board moving. We help you know what comes next.
Practical tools, templates and guidance for the people behind the Board — Executive Assistants, Board Administrators, Governance Coordinators, Board and Corporate Secretaries, clerks and committee support professionals.
Built for nonprofits, associations, healthcare, education, public bodies, cooperatives and corporate Boards. Stop rebuilding your governance processes from scratch.
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Almost all governance education is written for directors.
There is no shortage of material on the duties of a Board. There is very little for the person who sends the notice, drafts the agenda, assembles the package, writes the minutes that have to stand up years later, and chases the action items nobody else is tracking.
That work is a profession with its own procedural knowledge — notice and quorum, motions and resolutions, conflicts and in-camera practice, records and retention — and almost none of it appears in general administrative training. Boardroom Ready is built for exactly that gap, by a practitioner who does the work.
- Executive Assistants
- Board Administrators
- Governance Coordinators
- Board & Corporate Secretaries
- Clerks & council support
- Committee support professionals
- Nonprofit & association administrators
- Healthcare, education & public-sector administrators
Eight parts of the job, handled with a system instead of memory
Plan the Board cycle
A governance calendar that maps meetings, approvals, filings and reviews across the year.
Prepare agendas and packages
A drafted agenda for the Chair, a package in a consistent order, and a quality check before it goes out.
Record decisions properly
Minutes that prove what was decided, motions in final wording, and conflicts recorded correctly.
Track motions and actions
A register where every decision is traceable and every action item has an owner and a close date.
Hold governance records
Structure, naming, retention and access — so a decision from three years ago takes minutes to find.
Support committees
Terms of Reference, membership, reporting lines and the rhythm each committee actually needs.
Onboard directors
Declarations, registers, orientation materials and the first-quarter touchpoints that build fluency.
Build reliable systems
Repeatable process instead of memory, so the cycle survives turnover — including yours.
Start where you are, build from there
Four ways to work with Boardroom Ready — from a single toolkit to a full certificate program and ongoing membership.
Boardroom Ready Admin Kit™
The working templates for the full meeting cycle — agendas, packages, minutes and follow-up.
See the Admin KitThe Administrative Role in Governance™ Handbook
The full working reference for administrative professionals. Pre-order now; delivered by email on release day.
Pre-order the handbookCertificate Program for Administrative Professionals
Eight self-paced modules, the course manual and the templates. Certificate of completion.
See the programBoardroom Ready Membership
Essentials or Professional — the full library, new resources through the year, member pricing.
Compare tiersOrganization access
Multi-user access, an internal-use licence for the templates, team onboarding resources, and discounted training or advisory support.
Ask about organization accessChoose the level of support that fits your work
Boardroom Ready membership gives administrators practical systems and guidance without requiring live attendance. Everything is available on your schedule, and new resources are added through the year.
Boardroom Ready Essentials
For the administrator who wants the tools.
- Boardroom Ready template library
- Board meeting agendas, timelines and preparation tools
- Minutes, motions and resolution tools
- Board package structure and quality-check tools
- AGM preparation resources
- Annual governance calendar
- Committee and Terms of Reference tools
- Director onboarding resources
- Governance records and retention tools
- New resources added through the year
- Member pricing on workshops
Boardroom Ready Professional
For administrators who want the tools plus deeper practical guidance.
- Everything in Essentials
- Ask Boardroom Ready™ bonus Q&A video library
- Submit governance-administration questions for consideration in future Q&A videos
- Selected questions answered in short recorded videos added through the year
- Quarterly practical deep-dive recordings (asynchronous)
- Advanced templates and worked examples
- AI prompts for board administration
- Early access to new resources
- Preferred pricing on private advisory sessions
Submit your governance administration questions. Selected questions are answered in new Ask Boardroom Ready™ videos added through the year. Not every question can be answered individually.
Organizations
For organizations that need broader team access and licensing.
- Multi-user access
- Complete Boardroom Ready library
- Internal-use licence for templates
- Team access to Professional-level resources
- Organizational onboarding resources
- Discounted additional training or advisory support
- Custom options for larger teams
Membership is asynchronous — there are no required live sessions. Automatically renewing memberships renew annually and may be cancelled from your member area to stop future renewals. Cancellation does not provide a prorated or retroactive refund for the current paid term, except where required by applicable law. Access may continue through the end of the paid billing period, subject to account standing and the service terms. Private advisory sessions are limited and priced separately.
Organized around the tasks that land on your desk
Free guidance and paid tools, grouped by the part of the Board cycle they belong to.
The Administrative Role in Governance™ — eight self-paced modules
- 01Governance foundations & the administrative role
- 02The Board cycle
- 03Meeting administration
- 04Policy workflow & writing
- 05Records, resolutions & organizational memory
- 06Committees & Terms of Reference
- 07Director onboarding & succession
- 08Accountability, reporting & follow-through
Asynchronous throughout — no required live sessions. Finishes with a Certificate of Completion, which is not an external professional designation or accreditation.
See the programPractical writing on the work behind the Board
What administrators ask before they start
- Who is Boardroom Ready for?
- Administrative professionals who support Boards and committees: Executive Assistants, Board Administrators, Governance Coordinators, Board and Corporate Secretaries, clerks and council support staff, and administrators in nonprofits, associations, healthcare, education and the public sector. It is written for the people running the process, not for directors.
- What is included in the Admin Kit?
- The $79 CAD Admin Kit is the working system for one full meeting cycle: the backwards-planning meeting timeline, a professional minutes template, a motions and resolutions register, an action item tracker, a Board package quality-control check and a meeting-day capture sheet. Digital access is immediate.
- When is the handbook released?
- The Administrative Role in Governance™ handbook for administrative professionals is $169 CAD and releases October 29, 2026. Pre-orders are open now and the digital handbook is emailed to purchasers on release day.
- Is the certificate program live or on demand?
- Fully self-paced and asynchronous — eight modules, no required live sessions. Pre-registration is $1,299 CAD and the program releases October 29, 2026, finishing with a Certificate of Completion. That certificate is not an external professional designation or accreditation.
- What does membership include?
- Essentials at $199 CAD/year gives you the Boardroom Ready template and tools library with new resources added through the year. Professional at $499 CAD/year adds the Ask Boardroom Ready™ recorded Q&A library, recorded deep-dive sessions, advanced templates and examples, early access to new resources, and member pricing on private advisory. Selected member questions are answered in recorded videos; not every question can be answered.
- Do you work with organizations and teams?
- Yes. Multi-user access, an internal-use licence for the templates, team onboarding resources and discounted training or advisory support are arranged directly — send a message and describe your team.
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