Presented at the NC Center for Nonprofits Conference October 2008, Raleigh NC

1. Go from Dry To Dazzling Annual Reports: Kivi Leroux Miller

4. Do we REALLY need an annual report?

5. The watch dogs say “Yes!”

6. Donors also say “Yes” – Sort of.

7. Donors want results and to be thanked before they will give again.

8. You want to be responsive.

9. But you suffer from the curse of knowledge.

10. It should be easy for your supporters to see your impact.

11. Don’t make supporting you another thing on the to-do list.

12. Today you’ll get the tools to create an annual report that works.

13. Corporate Reports

14. Nonprofits Reports

18. The Four Broad Strokes Accomplishments People Financials Lists

19. Accomplishments

21. Exercise Convert Activities into Accomplishments

22. People

24. Profiles, Testimonials and Quotes The Executive Message Photos with Great Captions

25. Profiles, Testimonials and Quotes

26. Exercise Who would you profile and why?

27. Photos with Great Captions

28. The Executive Message

29. Financials

32. Nature Conservancy 2006 Annual Report

33. CARE’s 2006 Annual Report

34. Lists

38. Tell Your Story!

39. How Do We Get the Story Out There?

40. Traditional Reports Can Stretch Your Budget

42. Alternative Formats

49. Questions?

51. Also See NonprofitAnnualReports. net