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Annual Reports
Are you wasting a great fundraising opportunity?
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
About Mary
• 29 years fundraising for nonprofits
• Principal, Hands-On Fundraising
• Donor communications & fundraising plans
• Committed donor love fanatic – because it works
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Why an annual report?
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Because… DONORS
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Who owns it?
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
QUESTION:
Who has the final say on your organization’s annual
report?
A. Executive Director
B. Marketing/Communications
C. Fundraising
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Well…
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Fundraising
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tooting your own horn can’t compete
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Focus on donors
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Give them the credit
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Ooze gratitude
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Interval House Gratitude Report
~Agents of Good
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Do you need a letter from your ED?
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Do you need a letter from your ED?
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Yes or dull?
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Your fundraising success
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Your fundraising success
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
So many words
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
So many words
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
A great story
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
A great story
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
A great story…
continued
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
A great story…
continued
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Your new brand
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Focus on your organization
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Focus on your organization
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Focus on your donors
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Focus on your volunteers
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Emotion rules
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
You must let it all hang out
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tell stories
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tell stories with text Story here
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tell stories with text
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tell stories with images
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tell stories with images
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tell stories with images
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tell stories with numbers
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tell stories with numbers
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tell stories with numbers
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Tell stories with numbers
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Design
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Looks pretty, but…
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Reverse type = hard to read
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Font choice matters
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Dense blocks of text = hard to read
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
And just… no
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Powerful images
Tell powerful stories
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Don’t do this
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Print or online?
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Print
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Online
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Why not have it all?
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Questions?
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
Thank you!
• And special thanks to Ryan McGuire at Gratisography.com for many of the
images in this presentation.
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
© 2017 Hands-On Fundraising
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