How to build your Annual Activity Report
after a difficult year?
PART 1
PART 2
Part 3
COVID-19 AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS
HOW TO REPORT THIS YEAR?
Tips on how to make it look nice ;)
PART 1
Youth Organisations since The Covid-19 Crisis • Activities - cancelled / postponed / adapted
COVID-19
• Financing - impacted / lowered / delayed • Members / Young people - contact is more difficult • Change of social issues and needs, change of focus • Members and partners dealing with different realities
PART 2
WHO ARE YOU REPORTING TO ? • Beneficiaries and target of your NGO
TIPS
• Inside communication (team, colleagues, volunteers) • Partners • Institutions, financial supporters
PART 2
WHAT SHOULD THE REPORT ACCOMPLISH ? • Reassure your public and partners that you still exist • Show that you maintained your activity and that you are still available for your beneficiaries
TIPS
• Highlight and promote any action you did, even the little ones • Reinvent the connection you have with your beneficiaries : adapt • Show that you were able to find opportunities within these dark times
PART 2
OBLIGATIONS • Check the results you were required to produce
TIPS
• Ask your financial supporters how their expectations evolved according to the crisis • Value the continuity of your activity • Inform them of any change that might have occurred
PART 2
HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE CHANGE • Did you create something new? • Did you take this time to think about your strategic directions?
TIPS
• Did you tackle new topics? • Did you learn new competences, new tools?
PART 2
PERSPECTIVES TIPS
• Future plans? • Uncertainties? • Transformation of your future activities? • New competences and tools?
Part 3
INSPIRATION DESIGN
• Google • Pinterest • Issuu
Part 3
WHICH APPLICATION? • Word / Open Office / Pages DESIGN
• Canva • InDesign (Adobe) • Powerpoint? Keynote? • Gimp
Part 3
YOUR DOCUMENT SHOULD: • Be appealing at first glance DESIGN
• Be accessible and concise • Be easy to navigate through • Incorporate your branding ! THE STRUCTURE !
Part 3
LAYOUT AND STRUCTURE • Keep it simple, summarised • Optimise space (ex: 2 columns) DESIGN
• Clear text hierarchy • Use negative space • Font that are easy to read (NO comic sans!!!)
• Color blocks, only a few color Highlights • Balance text and visuals
Part 3
ATMOSPHERE AND COLORS • Pantone • Coolors DESIGN
• Color Adobe
Part 3
VISUALS ICONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS • FlatIcon DESIGN
• Freepik PICTURES • Flickr
Part 3
PUBLISHING • Website • Google drive
DESIGN
• Issuu
Thank You for your time and attention :)