Whether you are keen on increasing participation and streamlining event planning, or you’re interested in protecting your organization’s meetings and elections with top-of-the-line security, an online voting solution can help you achieve your organization’s decision-making goals. But how do you know if your organization is ready for online voting, and what can you do to get started?
There are three essential steps to building your case for online voting and getting it implemented into your organization’s meetings and elections:
Let’s take a closer look at each of these steps in detail.
When considering the adoption of online voting technology, it’s important to evaluate where your elections and decision-making processes currently stand. You can begin by reviewing your previous elections, assemblies, or meetings, and making a list of what went well and what was challenging. These factors can include participation, event planning, resource use, overall security, and simplicity. Making this list will help in step two, where you’ll identify areas for improvement.
After you have reviewed your current situation and identified challenges and areas for improvement in past elections, it’s time to assess your needs and to identify how an online voting solution can help you reach them.
Each organization might be looking for something different in implementing online voting technology. Some common challenges that online voting can help you overcome include:
Establishing areas that need improvement in your decision-making processes can help when pitching the adoption of online voting technology to your organization’s leadership as well as to its membership, ensuring everyone comes to a consensus on the benefits of the solution.
Once you have assessed your organization’s needs and considered the status of your by-laws and member databases, you can begin to allocate the necessary resources that will make online voting a reality for your organization. While the amount an organization can invest might vary due to a number of factors, most online voting providers offer a tiered selection of products, allowing you to choose the right fit for your organization.
Following these three steps, your organization will be ready for online voting in no time. To learn more about what Scytl’s online voting solutions can bring to your meetings and elections, get in touch with us or request a demo.