Build your annual report with Shorthand

Drive more engagement, showcase your impact, and generate more support for your non-profit — no code required.

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Accessible by everyone

Ensure that your digital content can be discovered and enjoyed by your entire audience, including those who can’t read or access PDFs.

  • Shorthand content is search-engine friendly, meaning your annual reports are discoverable in Google.
  • Add your third-party analytics tool and get real data on how your annual report performs.
  • Unlike most PDFs, annual reports built with Shorthand can be read by everyone, including those using screen readers.

Invite the entire team

Annual reports take a village. Shorthand provides a collaborative workspace, which means you can invite writers, designers, project teams, editors… even managers.

  • With granular permission controls, grant access to those who need it.
  • Enjoy concurrent editing by multiple users, giving your team the ability to work on the same story at the same time.
  • With free webinars and onboarding support from our expert Editorial Success Managers, have confidence that everyone in your team can get started quickly.
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Responsive visual storytelling

Build gorgeous visual stories that can be read on small phones, giant monitors, and everything in-between. No more pinching or zooming to read your annual report.

  • Delight the over 50% — and growing — of web users on mobile devices.
  • Shorthand stories automatically work on all screen sizes, with in-app guidance on how to optimise your media.
  • Easily check content on all screen sizes prior to publication with Shorthand’s preview feature.

No developers required

Build gorgeous digital content without writing a line of code.

  • Include breathtaking data visualisations to showcase your impact, including maps, graphs, and charts.
  • Embed over 100 third-party applications into your annual report. All it takes is cutting and pasting a URL.
  • If you have developers on hand, write custom HTML and CSS to make your annual report truly special.
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Check out these stunning annual reports — built with Shorthand

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Shorthand has led to a 358% increase in page views... increased the time users spent actually reading by 271%, and decreased our bounce rate by 405%. A great result!

Camille Layt, Corporate Publications Advisor, University of Queensland

We do find that the dwell time is usually significantly higher with Shorthand pieces, and the bounce rate is lower, which is down to that beautiful first page. It just grabs you, doesn't it?

Hollie Pycroft, Senior Digital Content Editor, ActionAid

Learn more about annual reports with Shorthand

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