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Year-End Reporting and 2025 Strategy: Your Comprehensive Guide

By September 30, 2024No Comments

It’s that time of year again: time to assemble year-end reports, build your funding case, and strategize for the new year. While it’s important to be able to show your board and members everything you’ve been able to accomplish in the last 12 months and tie it to your organization’s overall goals, connecting past success to future plans is crucial — it’s also budget season, after all.

To get the investment you need for 2025, you need to present all your efforts this year in the best light and have a solid strategy for moving forward. This toolkit will provide you with all the resources you need to show your advocacy results from the past year and build a solid strategy for the year ahead.

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The Only Template You Need to Build Your Year-End Advocacy Report

Building an informed, fully up-to-date report that is likely to get shared around your organization, is one of the most visible parts of advocacy professionals’ job to higher-ups and peers. With this template, you’ll have the blueprint you need to succinctly communicate and present your advocacy year in review to internal and external stakeholders — from layout and graphic ideas to icons you can use to build an elegant and effective report.

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Year-End Reporting and Strategy for the New Year: Tips for Getting Buy-In and Budget

Wondering how to get started with showcasing your work in 2024 and presenting a solid 2025 advocacy plan for your organization? Watch our recorded webinar to learn best practices, tips, and tricks for crafting a successful year-end report and a convincing and engaging strategy for next year.

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Proving ROI: 6 Stealable Strategies from Successful Organizations

Stories from six government affairs and advocacy teams who proved the value of their function. Read their challenges, strategies, success stories, and how small teams can learn from their wins.

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Building an Advocacy Year-End Report Your Leadership Team Will Love

Watch our recorded webinar to learn the best steps to effectively measure and evaluate your efforts before you begin your end-of-year reports.

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Tips and Best Practices for Reporting and Proving ROI in Advocacy & Government Affairs

In this guide, we bring you a collection of tips, best practices, and tactics to prove the value of your work, report on your success, streamline workflows, and mitigate risk. Get tips from experts in advocacy and government affairs to future-proof your strategy and secure your role.

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Mastering Year-End Reporting: 5 Tricks and Treats for Advocacy Teams

Our recorded webinar shares tips from advocacy pros on reporting best practices. You’ll learn the metrics and data you need to showcase the value of your work in 2024, tips to build a strong strategy, and real-life stories and examples to copy for your own strategy.

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