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11 one-pager examples and how to create your own

One of my responsibilities as a marketer at an agency is sending monthly performance reports to my clients. They're busy people, so I include an executive summary at the beginning of each report that consolidates seven pages of detailed information into a few key bullet points—the "must-knows."

One-pagers serve the same function as these executive summaries. They boil down a lot of business information into one concise summary, enabling stakeholders or investors to quickly review important information and make important decisions—to invest or not invest, to use your offering or not, whatever the case may be. Needless to say, they need to pack a punch.

Here, I'll walk you through what should be included (and where) in these strategic documents, as well as share some one-pager examples and templates to help guide you through the creation process.

Table of contents:

What is a one-pager?

One-pagers can be for either internal or external use. For example, you may share an internal training one-pager with your employees or a startup plan one-pager with potential investors.

How to make a one-pager 

Think of a one-pager as a resume for whatever you're one-paging: it should tell the readers everything they absolutely need to know about you—in an aesthetically pleasing way.

Depending on the type of one-pager, you might include different elements, but here's a breakdown of the general elements you should include in each section of your one-pager. Keep scrolling for more examples of how these components would look in action. 

Since we read English top-to-bottom and left-to-right, organize your one-pager accordingly. At the top of your one-pager, include:

Company name and/or logo: Regardless of the type of one-pager, this is important for immediate brand recognition.

Headline: Give your audience a reason to keep reading. Write an attention-grabbing headline that hints toward 1) what your one-pager is about and 2) why they should care.

Brief overview of your product, service, project, or concept: It only needs to be a sentence or two.

Problem statement: Clearly state the issue you want to solve. It may be an overarching problem your business solves or a specific knowledge gap your one-pager fills.

Solution: Briefly explain how your offering or information provided in the one-pager solves the problem you previously stated.

If you think of a one-pager as a sandwich, the middle is the meat. Pack this section full of value:

Key benefits/features: This is where you'll highlight the benefits or features of your offering. What makes it unique? What problems does it solve? What are the specific features customers will love? 

Target market: Who is the audience of your one-pager? What are their needs and pain points? The more specific you can get, the better.

It's time to wrap it up and give people one last takeaway. Include these components at the bottom of your one-pager:

Future objectives: Outline your general plans for the future. What are your goals for the next year, three years, or five years? How are you working to achieve these goals? 

11 one-pager templates

I had my design team create almost a dozen one-pager examples—and templates to go along with them. As we run through them, I'll also share a few examples from the wild to get your creative gears turning. 

1. General one-pager/company one-pager

A general one-pager is like a company overview you'll share with customers and works well for general networking events or conferences. It includes all the standard one-pager elements I mentioned before: 

Company name and logo

Brief overview

Problem statement

Key benefits/features

Target market

Future objectives

2. Startup one-pager

Media attention/social proof

Investment stage

3. Pitch presentation one-pager

Startups, project managers, consultants, and non-profits can all use a pitch presentation one-pager to summarize the benefits they offer their audience. 

This one-pager serves as a quick reference guide, allowing presenters to succinctly convey their message, capture the audience's attention, and pique their interest. It's also a leave-behind for potential investors, partners, or clients to facilitate follow-up discussions. It should include: 

Market research summary

Team details, including specific expertise

4. Strategic plan one-pager

A strategic plan one-pager not only helps stakeholders easily digest your goals—it also serves as an accountability measure. It prevents people from leaving your presentation and immediately forgetting what your objectives are and how you plan to achieve them. 

Companies can use this one-pager to create organization-wide clarity, and non-profits can use it to appeal to donors. Make sure to include:

Key metrics

5. Product one-pager

Product one-pagers are invaluable for marketing and sales teams, enabling them to present essential information in a clear and compelling way to potential customers or stakeholders. They can even be used as an internal resource for new hires. Here's what to include:

Product name

Unique selling proposition

Timeline for launch (if new)

6. Company report one-pager

This one-pager can be used internally as an employee handout or post-summary during an annual company meeting. It can also be shared with external stakeholders to give a glimpse into the company's performance and future outlook. It should include:

Financial highlights

Achievements

Future challenges

7. Investor update one-pager

Give your investors the rundown on performance and the current goings-on of your business with a nice one-pager that breaks it all down. This concise update tells investors what they need to know—and nothing more. Here's what investors like to see: 

Progress toward milestones

Current challenges

Potential asks

8. Employee orientation one-pager

When I start a new job, I mentally prepare to be bombarded with a lot of information on the first day. Give new hires an employee orientation one-pager, so they have a quick overview of the key details they'll want to remember. Provide information like: 

Company culture

Leadership overview

Onboarding timeline

Key contacts

9. B2B one-pager

Decision-makers at businesses are busy, and a one-pager can cut through the noise to clearly communicate what your company does and why it's valuable (leave the jargon at home). Weave these elements into your one-pager:

Customer testimonials

Value proposition

10. Marketing one-pager

A marketing one-pager is an internal document that helps keep your company's teams aligned on branding and marketing. It's a snapshot of critical elements like:

Brand colors

Brand voice

Marketing goals

Customer personas

11. Consulting services one-pager

This type of one-pager is used by consulting firms to present their services, expertise, and value proposition to prospective clients. It offers a quick look into the consultancy's offerings to show clients how it can address their specific needs and challenges. These one-pagers typically include:

Client testimonials

Contact information

One-pager examples in the real world

Those templates will hopefully give you a head start, but let's take a look at some real-life examples of how people use and design one-pagers. Check out this variety of examples from real companies with details on what I think they particularly nail in their one-pagers.

General one-pager

In this general one-pager, Threekit briefly explains what it does and how it integrates with Salesforce. More specifically, it uses a variety of visual elements, from mockups to illustrated icons, to break up the text and display what the company's 3D product configurator looks like in action. 

Each component is also clearly defined with three separate background colors, which makes it easy to scan. Minimal copy is used while still getting the point across, and there's a clear visual hierarchy with the largest title and image at the top of the page.

Product one-pager

This product one-pager from CAT is a little more text-heavy, but it uses callout boxes and illustrations to break things up—plus, the bullet points make it easier to scan. The eye-catching header image is impressive, and there's also a clear headline and CTA.

B2B one-pager

Consulting one-pager

The example below is technically two pages, but it packs a lot of info into it. Clear headers help explain what services the company offers and the value those services hold. It also establishes credentials with customer testimonials and stats like "18B+ investment in security R&D and 3,500 cybersecurity experts." These elements help prospective clients feel secure about choosing them as a partner.

One-pager best practices

Just because you've managed to cram some important information onto one page doesn't mean it'll be effective. Here are some best practices to make sure your one-pagers have the effect you want them to:

Be concise: If you can't read a sentence on your one-pager without taking a breath, it's too long. Keep the copy short and sweet, so you don't defeat the whole purpose of a one-pager.

Appeal to your audience: Keep your reader in mind while creating your one-pager. If you're speaking to your customer base, avoid the corporate jargon. If you're speaking to investors, make sure to include the numbers that matter to them.

Include white space: While you may feel tempted to use every inch of space you have —don't. Empty space around text and visuals keeps your one-pager from looking cluttered and your reader from feeling overwhelmed.

Write a compelling headline: Like anything else you write, you need to grab the reader's attention right away. Make it immediately clear what value your one-pager will provide.

Tell a story: Like a good story, your one-pager should have a distinct beginning, middle, and end. Every component should connect to tell the story in a clear and engaging way.

Follow formatting guidelines: It's called a one -pager for a reason. Stick to one side of a page. Also, ensure it can be easily distributed physically and digitally by sticking to a standard letter (8.5 x 11") format.

Get creative with distribution: Of course, one-pagers are great for physical handouts, but think beyond that. Can you share the content on your website or social accounts? Can you adapt the content to be sent as an email newsletter? Choose a distribution method that makes sense for your audience.

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Cecilia Gillen

Cecilia is a content marketer with a degree in Media and Journalism from the University of South Dakota. After graduating, Cecilia moved to Omaha, Nebraska where she enjoys reading (almost as much as book buying), decor hunting at garage sales, and spending time with her two cats.

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25 Business One-Pager Examples That Stand Out (+Templates)

See best one-pager examples that effectively sell your company, product, project, or service. Learn what makes good one-pagers for sales, marketing, and more.

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What makes a good business one-pager?

A good one-pager includes only key information that enables the reader to reach a conclusion or make a decision. An effective one-pager at the beginning of communication gives just enough detail to build interest. A one-pager near the end of communications gives the critical information for making a final decision

What should a one-pager include?

A one-pager includes only the most plausible information to grab the attention of decision-makers and get them interested in learning more.

The exact structure your one-pager should include depends on which one-pager you intend to make.

Which one-pager do you need to make?

1) Sales one-pager

2) Startup one-pager

3) Marketing one-pager

4) Company one-pager

5) Product one-pager

6) Business plan one-pager

7) Event one-pager

8) One-page report

Sales one-pager

A sales one-pager is used to provide a snapshot of the company’s offering and its unique value proposition.

Title slide

Company introduction (Who we are?)

Industry challenges

Solution overview

How it works

Startup one-pager

A startup one-pager is used to provide a fast company overview for investors

Vision statement

The problem

The solution

Proven results

Market Opportunity

Competitor analysis

Go-to-market strategy

Revenue projections

Team introduction

Fundraising goals

Roadmap/Product plan

Call-to-action (Contat us)

Marketing one-pager

A marketing one-pager is used to present a marketing plan to potential customers or internally to executive management.

How it works (process)

Benefits and outcomes

Call to action (contact)

Company one-pager

A company one-pager, also called a corporate one-pager, is used to provide a quick overview of a company’s offering, activity, or authority for prospective clients, investors, or partners.

Target market

Proven success

Main features

Testimonial

Trust indicators

Call to action (contact us)

Product one-pager

A product one-pager is used as a one-page brochure to showcase a B2B product or a high-ticket B2C product (like a house or a car)

Salesperson introduction

Business plan one-pager

A business plan one-pager is used to present the core information of a business plan to investors or internal decision-makers so as a base for an initial conversation.

The problem statement

Market analysis

How the product works

Future objectives

Unique selling points

SWOT analysis

Financial summary

Testimonials

Team introduction (our team)

Event one-pager

Digital brochure for events or conventions: used to provide access to informative video content, special offers, etc. This use case does not have a set structure.

One-page report

A one-page report is used for updating investors and stakeholders or for internal communications such as progress reports, business plans, roadmaps, and mission statements.

Executive summary

Methodology

Key highlights

Future outlook

Recommendations

A one-pager is NOT what you think.

A one-pager is not necessarily one page. Business one-pagers used to be an A4 page dense with text and loaded with information, but no one reads from printed paper anymore.

(If you have no idea what an A4 is, then I rest my case).

A one-pager is not a one-page PDF or Word document. I mean, it could be, but then hardly anyone would read it. A scary dense single page is the legacy way of doing it.

A modern one-pager is simply a short web page. Generously spaced, interactive, scrollable, and easy to read.

It’s also easy to make . I’ll show you how in a bit.

Or if you preffer, you can grab an interactive template and get to work.

Business one-pager templates

Go easy on yourself and use one of our tried and tested one-pager templates.

They come complete with built-in analytics which you can get instantly in Storydoc’s analytics panel.

What does a business one-pager look like?

Most business professionals still stick to PDFs when creating one-pagers. PDFs are simple to prepare and the contents stay intact regardless of the device your one-pager is viewed on.

But while it may be easy for you, it’s very hard for your prospect to actually read the damn thing.

Reading PDF one-pagers on mobile is next to impossible. Considering that almost 50% of all outreach one-pagers are now opened on mobile , if you’re using PDFs you’re practically losing every other prospect.

Now, let’s take a look at a legacy PDF one-pager compared with a modern interactive web-based one-pager…

Bad one-pager example (legacy PDF)

Dense, overloaded, and uninviting.

Good one-pager example (modern interactive web page)

Buzzworthy, memorable, and easy to follow.

The numbers speak for themselves. Using interactive one-pagers, you can complement your content with live graphs, videos, and animations, which skyrocket your engagement and get 41% more people to read the one-pager in full .

Types of business one-pagers

Depending on your particular business goals, there are various types of one-pagers you can use with slight yet important differences.

1) Business plan one-pager

2) Project one-pager

3) Company one-pager

4) Product one-pager

5) Sales one-pager

6) One-page proposal

7) Marketing one-pager

8) Startup one-pager

9) Team one-pager

10) Personal one-pager

A business plan one-pager is great if you’re still in the early stages of figuring out your business idea.

It can work as a starting point before developing a full business plan. It will allow you to easily tweak and adjust when sending out to investors for gauging initial interest.

Browse business plan one-pager templates ➜

Project one-pager

A project one-pager is a succinct document that provides an overview of a specific project.

It includes essential details like objectives, scope, key milestones, current status, challenges, and next steps, presented in a clear and accessible format for stakeholders and team members.

A Company one-pager outlines your offering in a concise manner with the intention of capturing your readers’ attention enough to want to learn more about your product or service in the near future.

Browse company one-pager templates ➜

A Product one-pager is a succinct overview of a product or service.

It includes the main features of a product or service, the key pain points of your target audience that it aims to solve, the core benefits it brings, its position in the market, and past customer feedback.

It aims to raise brand awareness and establish a relationship with potential customers.

The main difference between a product one-pager and a company one-pager is that a product one-pager focuses on a single product or service in a company’s portfolio.

Browse product one-pager templates ➜

Or learn how to create an effective product one-pager ➜

While similar to a company one-pager, it’s more geared toward the unique value proposition your business provides to potential buyers.

It can also be used as a marketing tool and either published on your social media channels or distributed to prospective customers and investors.

Browse sales one-pager templates ➜

One-page proposal

At the end of a sales process, there usually comes a proposal.

The final proposal presented to the board is a one-page proposal that includes the succinct details of the sales offer, including provisions, costs, timetables, and a next step (many times this is an e-signature box).

Browse one-page proposal templates ➜

This is commonly used by marketing agencies or service providers to quickly summarize their offerings. It includes a unique value proposition, basic details of the service provided, cost, timetable, and next steps.

Browse marketing one-pager templates ➜

A Startup-one pager, sometimes called a SaaS one-pager, provides an overview of your company’s UVP, position in the market, and competitive advantage.

The main goal is to convince potential investors and venture capitalists that your business idea is viable and scalable in order to obtain the funds necessary to grow your company.

Browse startup one-pager templates ➜

For tips on how to prepare a full version of your investor one-pager, follow our guide on how to create a winning pitch one-pager investors love .

Team one-pager

This one-pager provides an overview of the team that leads a company, a project, or an event. It briefly introduces key team members with their responsibilities, authority, skills, and know-how.

The purpose of a team one-pager is to persuade the reader of the team's ability to successfully lead a company or a project.

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Personal one-pager

This is a concise document that summarizes an individual's professional and personal background, skills, experiences, and accomplishments. It's similar to a resume, but more streamlined and often more visually engaging.

Best one-pager examples showcasing clarity and persuasion

Cramming everything you want to say into a one-page business document can be a hard and painful process.

If you want to make your one-pager look professional, it’s even harder. And if you want to make it an engaging read, harder still.

That’s why I brought you the best one-pager examples. They were effectively used in the real world. They’ve been shown to communicate value, engage readers, and capture leads.

You can use these examples as templates to make your own killer one-pager.

Let’s go!

This example is a good fit for SaaS startups. It effectively outlines the problem, solution, market analysis, and future objectives.

The design is clean and professional, which appeals to investors and stakeholders. It's a great example of clear structure and concise presentation of key information.

This example is effective for travel industry professionals. It showcases a comprehensive ERP solution with a focus on efficiency and productivity.

The design is modern and engaging, making complex information accessible and appealing. Its clear layout and interactive elements demonstrate the software's capabilities and benefits.

Digital Product One-Pager

This example is very good for manufacturing businesses looking to digitalize their operations. It highlights the ease and speed of transforming into a smart factory.

The design is sleek and forward-thinking, aligning well with the product's digital nature. Its focus on real-time data and efficiency gains is particularly useful for businesses seeking to improve productivity and decision-making.

SaaS product One-Pager

This example is superb when you are running an eCommerce business focusing on customer loyalty and engagement. It highlights features like reward programs and analytics in a visually appealing and interactive manner.

The design is vibrant and user-friendly, making it easy to grasp the product's benefits.

Its focus on actionable insights and integration capabilities is particularly useful for businesses aiming to enhance customer experiences and drive growth.

Physical product one-pager

This example is excellent for tech companies showcasing innovative solutions. It effectively communicates how FuturumTech's products simplify technology use and enhance efficiency.

The design is sleek and tech-oriented, which resonates well with its target audience.

The example shows how user empowerment through easy integration and customization.

Startup product one-pager

This example is optimal for tech startups aiming to showcase their innovative solutions. It effectively communicates how your products address industry challenges and drive growth.

The design is dynamic and modern, aligning with the startup ethos.

Its focus on tailored solutions, from consultation to integration, is particularly useful for businesses seeking to enhance their technological capabilities and efficiency.

It effectively communicates how their services can streamline operations and enhance efficiency. The design is professional and straightforward, focusing on clarity and impact.

Its step-by-step explanation of the process, from discovery to optimization, is particularly useful for businesses looking to understand how your solutions can be integrated into their operations for improved results.

Tech sales one-pager

This example is amazing for businesses seeking advanced data extraction solutions. It effectively showcases how cloud technology and automation can revolutionize data handling.

The design is sleek and tech-focused, emphasizing the product's modernity and efficiency.

Its clear explanation of the step-by-step process, from connection to automation, helps buyers understand the impact of your solutions on operational efficiency and ROI.

Outbound sales one-pager

This example is great for BI and analytics teams facing data discovery challenges. It effectively illustrates how data management platforms provide complete visibility and efficient data management.

The design is straightforward and focused, highlighting the solution's ease of use and quick implementation. It tells the story of how automated data lineage and discovery can revolutionize your client’s business.

AI cyber security sales one-pager

This example is perfect for online retailers dealing with digital gift card fraud. It effectively showcases an AI-driven solution that distinguishes legitimate transactions from fraud, significantly reducing false declines.

The design is clean and focused, exemplifying the technology's sophistication and effectiveness.

The one-pager covers high approval rates and seamless integration. You can use it to enhance revenue and customer satisfaction without compromising on security.

Real estate sales one-pager

This example is ideal for real estate agencies, aiming to simplify the home-buying process.

It effectively communicates how a personalized approach and technology make finding the perfect home easier and more enjoyable.

The welcoming and user-friendly design reflects the company's focus on customer satisfaction.

It focuses on expert guidance, wide property selection, and streamlined transactions. This helps your prospective clients navigate the complex real estate market.

This example works well for businesses facing challenges in customer acquisition and marketing ROI. It showcases how marketing solutions enhance marketing strategies and drive success.

The design is professional and engaging, reflecting the company's commitment to quality and innovation.

The one-pager explains how using tailored solutions, from consultation to implementation can bring exceptional results.

Social media marketing one-pager

This example is a good choice for brands looking to amplify their social media presence. It effectively demonstrates how tailored content strategies enhance audience engagement and drive conversions.

It focuses on crafting and delivering captivating content across key platforms. It’s useful for businesses seeking to stand out, expand their reach, and resonate with their target audience.

Startup PR one-pager

This example is excellent for innovative tech startups, especially with an attractive physical product to show off.

The design is sharp and futuristic, aligning with the cutting-edge nature of their product.

It effectively highlights significant achievements by the company and demonstrates the system's versatility and deployment in high-stakes scenarios like defense and emergency services.

It could be useful for illustrating the product's real-world impact and potential for growth.

Project proposal one-pager

This example works well for project overviews for services. It effectively outlines performance management and advisory, addressing common project challenges. The design is clear and professional.

This one-pager proposal breaks down the project plan, timeline, and budget. It helps prospects understand the scope of a solution rollout and the impact on their organizational success.

Project overview

This example is useful for tech companies seeking to revolutionize their operations with innovative software solutions.

It outlines how business management software, leveraging AI and data analytics, enhances productivity and decision-making. The design is clean and modern.

This project one-pager includes the project's phases, from analysis to implementation.

Tech project one-pager

This example is outstanding for businesses seeking advanced tech solutions like AI and blockchain.

It highlights how custom solutions address efficiency, security, and scalability challenges.

The design is crisp and professional.

It includes a detailed project plan, timeline, and budget breakdown. This helps businesses clearly understand the scope and impact of your solutions on their operational advancement and market competitiveness.

Company profile one-pager

This example is a good fit for tech companies aiming to showcase their product's features and history in an engaging way. Its interactive elements and clear layout make complex information concise, accessible, and interesting.

The design is modern and aligns well with tech industry standards, making it appealing for investors and stakeholders.

Company overview one-pager

This example is excellent for businesses looking to showcase their innovative solutions and market impact.

It highlights a user-centric approach, emphasizing how the technology optimizes operations for e-commerce, startups, and large enterprises.

The design is clean and professional, reflecting the company's focus on efficiency and user experience.

The detailed presentation of success metrics, like revenue growth and customer satisfaction, communicated the company’s impact on their client’s operational improvement and market success.

Company intro one-pager

This example is best for businesses in the finance and technology sector. It showcases how high-end services empower businesses with digital transformation, focusing on streamlining operations and enhancing customer experiences.

This one-pager covers the details of the consultation, implementation, and support process. It tells the story of how the company can drive growth and operational efficiency for its clients.

Startup executive summary one-pager

This example is fitting for startups seeking to impress potential investors or partners.

Its clear structure highlights key business aspects like challenges, solutions, and benefits.

The design is sleek and professional, which appeals to contemporary tastes. It effectively communicates essential information quickly, making it a powerful tool for first impressions.

One page business report

This is a good example of internal company updates or briefings to stakeholders. Its concise format efficiently presents key financial data and performance metrics.

The design is clean and focused, making it easy for readers to grasp essential information quickly. This one-pager is particularly useful for conveying complex data in a digestible format.

Compact one-pager

This example is excellent for companies aiming to showcase their solutions in a very succinct manner.

Its streamlined layout efficiently highlights key offerings and benefits.

The design is minimalistic with a shallow scroll but remains engaging. It's good for quickly communicating essential details in an accessible way.

Simple one-pager

This example is advised for businesses looking to communicate their core values and services in a straightforward way.

Its uncluttered layout makes it easy to digest, focusing on essential information.

This ensures the message is conveyed without distractions. It will swerve you well in circumstances where you need to engage audiences who appreciate clarity and brevity.

Personalized vs generic one-pager examples

You can’t afford to send generic one-pagers if you want to succeed against your competitors.

You either stand out or stand down. You have to personalize your content if you want to convince prospects to give you their scarce time and attention.

If you’re not talking to them, why should they talk to you?

Certain one-pager builders, such as Storydoc, also let you create personalized tailor-made versions of your one-pagers for individual prospects at scale.

Storydoc can pull data directly from your CRM, meaning you can automate personalized one-pagers for each recipient based on your CRM contact information.

If you're not using personalization then you should— it can skyrocket your one-pager conversion rates.

According to our research personalized content:

Gets 68% more people to read one-pagers in full

Increases the average reading time by 41%

Share by prospects internally 2.3x more often

Imagine the impact this could have on your performance.

If you take anything from this post I hope it’s the advice to never send another PDF or Word one-pager again, but use a web-based one-pager instead.

Still, I wouldn’t recommend going through all the hassle involved in building a one-pager with traditional website builders like Wix or WordPress.

They’ve been designed with whole websites in mind which makes them too complicated for making a simple one-pager.

Go easy on yourself and simply grab one of our tried and tested one-pager templates .

As the Head of Marketing, I lead Storydoc’s team of highly trained content-ops warriors fighting to eradicate Death-by-PowerPoint wherever it resides. My mission is to enable buyer decision-making by removing the affliction of bad content from the inboxes of businesses and individuals worldwide.

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7 One Pager Examples with Ideas and Templates

Written by: Jennifer Gaskin Oct 11, 2023

The humble one pager has a simple name, but in reality, it’s anything but one dimensional.

That’s because teachers, business owners, sales teams and training managers can all make use of this utility player document.

Let’s learn more about one pagers and explore tips for creating your own, whether it’s to sell your company’s services or help reinforce training materials .

Click to jump ahead:

What is a one pager, what should a one pager include, 7 one pager examples, how to write a one pager.

One pager is a single page of content, most often no larger than a letter- or A4-sized sheet of paper. Because they have such broad uses, though, what’s actually in a one pager will depend on your needs and the purpose of the materials.

In a business context, we most often see one pagers used to summarize the services a company offers. They’re also often used to aid in employee training and development . And that brings us to the overlap between training and education, as a teacher might use a one pager as a learning tool for their students.

(Not sure visual training content works? Let us change your mind.)

The exact content of a one pager will depend on why it’s needed and who’s creating it. I assume you’ve landed here because you’re looking for one pagers related to some aspect of business.

So for now, I’m going to focus on how businesses tend to use one pagers. (I’ll talk more about educational one pagers later.)For a business, a one pager can have pretty much limitless applications. But here are the most successful uses I’ve seen and the types of information you should include in each:

A company one pager is meant to describe what your business does, whether that’s selling goods or providing a service.

For a successful company one pager, all companies should include a few things:

• Mission/values statement
• Services offered
• Value proposition
• Contact information

Many companies use their basic one pager as a sell sheet, particularly if they are known for making one or two main products.

But a sell sheet should include things like:

• Your pricing model
• Project timelines (if applicable)
• Product or service specifications
• Ordering information

Product flyer

A close cousin to a sell sheet, a product flyer is essentially a sell sheet for a particular good or service that you create or sell. What distinguishes them from sell sheets is they focus on a singular good or service rather than all the goods or services your company sells.

Product flyers should have:

• Logo (company and/or product logo, if applicable)
• Photos of your product (or images that represent your services)
• Product specs
• Sale information (if applicable)
• Purchasing information
• Contact information/social media

Investor pitch

If you’re looking for financial backing for your company, you’re probably going to create a pitch deck . But if you distill that information into a single page too, it can help set you apart from other potential investments — it shows you have a firm grasp on your unique value proposition and business plan and you respect the time of those you’re pitching.

Consider including the following in your investor pitch one pager:

• Logo (or the name of your business if you don’t have a logo yet)
• Unique value proposition
• Market analysis and revenue projections
• List of officers and key team members
• Launch timeline
• Fundraising goal

Standard operating procedure

One pagers are incredibly useful when learning how to do something new, whether you’re just starting a job or you’re taking on new responsibilities. Give your employees a leg up by creating standard operating procedure one pagers written tutorials they can refer back to. These types of one pagers can help them commit tasks to memory so they become second-nature.

An SOP one pager should have:

• Description of document’s purpose
• Summary of procedures or specific task
• Policies and procedures necessary to understand task

A training one pager may be quite similar to a standard operating procedure one pager. But it has the specific purpose of ensuring team members know how to tackle a new task, technology or process. Also called job aids , these types of one pagers are closest in purpose to those used for education: their goal is getting information to stick.

The specific content will vary, but generally training one pagers should include:

• Name of task
• List of steps to complete task
• FAQ about task
• Contact information if help is needed

Sales report

One pagers are perfect for summarizing lengthy material. This is why they’re so useful in training materials , which we just explored. But they can also be used to highlight important aspects of broader information or data, such as sales data. Your company may have a seemingly endless number of sales- and revenue-related data points… summarizing it all in a one pager can make the material easier to digest.

Here’s what a sales one pager could include:

• Quarter/annual/fiscal year
• Income and expenses
• Year-over-year change (or month-over-month/quarter-over-quarter)
• Projections
• Return on investment
• Important milestones/events

Project report

What is a one pager for a project? Similar to a sell sheet or product flyer, a project report one pager summarizes key information about an ongoing (or upcoming) project. One pagers are excellent tools for keeping your team on track during any project.

Include things like:

• Images of project (if applicable)
• Timeline, including noting if team is falling behind
• Projected new timeline (if applicable)
• Key team members

Now that we’ve explored the different business and training applications of one pagers, let’s take a look at some examples — both inside and outside of a corporate context.

Business one pager s

Here are some general business one pager examples:

This project one pager focuses on a product launch. Note how different departments are color-coded. This allows team members to see what areas they’re responsible for at a glance.

Use your product flyer, sell sheet or even investor pitch one pager to compare your product or service to a chief competitor with a comparison one pager. Seeing key specs side-by-side can really make your products stand out.

Showcase the variety of products or service your company offers with this product flyer one pager template. Make sure you have high-quality photos (or use icons and graphics to represent your services).

Take a page (ahem, one page) from this real estate sales flyer for your next sell sheet. Summarize key points in the bulleted list and highlight the contact information for your sales team.

Give potential customers a 35,000-foot view of your business by creating a company one pager using a template like this one. Include your logo, hours, contact information, website and address to give the reader all the most important details.

Training and development one pager s

Ensuring team members have the skills they need and follow the right procedures is an ideal use for one pagers in a business of any size. Here are a few examples and templates to get you started:

While this one pager was designed to keep track of equipment, you could easily modify it to make sure other procedures — particularly ones you’ve recently put in place — are followed. Research has shown that writing things on paper (or a tablet) can improve information retention, so your training and development one pagers should be printer-friendly.

Create individualized learning and development plans for your employees with this template. Modify it to list things like courses they’ll complete, certifications they can earn or new tasks they want to take on.

Keep track of training and development schedules with a one pager that lists each person’s sessions and how long they’ll last.

Learning and development in a professional setting can sometimes feel isolating, particularly if team members are on their own throughout the training process. But by creating a training one pager like this, the whole team can see where their peers stand and provide moral support and motivation.

Use a flyer design like this to make sure everyone at your company knows that learning and development opportunities are available — whether you offer them in-house or provide outside tools.

Education one pager s

I’m not a teacher, but I know one pagers are also quite popular in education, from elementary school to college. While they’re similar in some ways to those used in business, they typically vary in one big way: students make them, rather than teachers.

An education one pager is a document that a student creates to show what they’ve learned. They can be used in place of tests or quizzes or as a companion to a more traditional written assignment. They often include drawings or other artistic depictions (here are some cool examples of creative one pagers made by students ).

Project one pagers

A project one-pager provides a high-level overview of a specific project and is designed to capture the key details of the project.

Want to make sure everyone’s on the same page for your upcoming project? A project one pager is just what you need. It squeezes all the important bits onto a single page – perfect for those who want to get the gist without getting overwhelmed.

If you’ve got stakeholders in the mix who are a bit crunched for time and not keen on diving into the nitty-gritty project docs, I’ve got your back. Check out this example of a project one-pager to make sure you catch all the important stuff.

You can also use a project one pager to help divide job scope by clearly outlining responsibilities and tasks for each team member or department. It’s like a simple guide that keeps things organized and everyone in check.

Company one pagers

A company one-pager is a brief document that gives a snapshot of essential information about your company.

It’s like the quick intro to your business – from what the company does to its mission and a glimpse of its achievements. The one-pager is the go-to cheat sheet for anyone wanting to understand your business in a nutshell.

Consider putting together a company one-pager to share what services you offer. It’s a simple way to highlight what makes your business unique and help clients or partners understand how your services differ from competitors.

Product one pagers

Ever feel like explaining your product is like untangling a knot of spaghetti? Imagine a concise, one-page document summarizing your product’s magic: what it does, who it helps and why it’s special.

And that, is exactly why you need a product one pager.

Instead of sifting through loads of info, your customers get a quick overview of what the product is and why they might be interested – all neatly packaged in one page. It’s like the go-to guide for products, keeping things straightforward and easy to grasp.

You’re not just limited to selling stuff—it could be a service or, in this case, even a cool business startup course!

Alternatively, you can craft a product launch one-pager to outline your marketing strategy and organize the launch of your new product.

Personal one pagers

Personal one-pagers are documents that provide a snapshot of an individual’s key details, achievements, and skills.

They are similar to resumes but are typically more visually appealing and designed to give a quick overview of a person’s professional background, expertise and personal brand. Personal one-pagers can be used in job applications, networking events or as part of a personal branding strategy .

Imagine it as a sort of personalized business card, but way more fun. It’s your chance to move beyond the usual “hi, I do X” and highlight what makes you, well, you.

If you’re a freelancer or contractor, think of personal one-pagers as a handy way to share what you’re good at, highlight past projects, and let them know about the services you offer. Just like this example here:

The goal of a one-pager is to quickly and effectively communicate your message, so brevity and clarity are essential. You want the reader to grasp the key points in a matter of seconds.

Here’s a general outline for creating a one-pager:

• Header: Start with a clear and eye-catching title at the top of the page and include your name or the name of your organization.
• Introduction: Provide a brief introductory paragraph or a few sentences that explain the purpose and context of the one-pager.
• Problem statement or opportunity: Clearly state the problem you’re addressing or the opportunity you’re seizing. This is the “why” of your project.
• Solution or idea: Present your solution, idea or project in a concise manner. Explain how it addresses the problem or leverages the opportunity.
• Key benefits: Highlight the key benefits or advantages of your solution. This can include things like cost savings, increased efficiency or market advantages.
• Key features or components: List the most important features, components or elements of your project or product. Bullet points work well for this section.
• Target audience: Describe the target audience or customers for your project. Who will benefit from it, and who is it designed for?
• Market opportunity (if applicable): If your one-pager is for a business idea or startup, provide some information about the market opportunity, such as size, growth,and trends.
• Implementation plan or timeline: If relevant, outline the steps or timeline for implementing your project. This can include key milestones or phases.
• Call to action: Conclude with a clear call to action. What do you want the reader to do next? Contact you, invest, or take some other specific action?
• Contact information: Provide your contact information, including email, phone number and any relevant social media or website links.
• Visual elements (optional): Consider including visuals such as charts, graphs, images or infographics to make your one-pager more engaging and informative.
• Formatting and design: Keep the layout clean and easy to read. Use a legible font, appropriate font size and simple colors. Ensure that the document is well-organized.
• Proofread and edit: Carefully proofread your one-pager for spelling and grammar errors. Ensure that it conveys your message clearly and concisely.
• Review and feedback: Before finalizing your one-pager, have someone else review it to get feedback and make improvements.

One-pagers excel in business communication with their compact size and versatility

As we’ve explored, you can create a one pager for your business that highlights your services, convinces an investor to give you money or helps keep your team’s skills sharp.

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One-Page Reports: Examples

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South Seattle College Report

This one-page report was created by Emma Leeburg and Lyssa Wilson Becho, based on a 15-page evaluation report for South Seattle College. The intended audience was college administrators; the purpose was to provide an overview of the program to help make data-driven decisions.

Science Festival Alliance Report

This report for the Science Festival Alliance. It is a good example of organization, branding, and using colors as accents.

Real-Time Evaluation Report

This one-page report was created by Beth Perry and Stephanie Wilkerson of Magnolia Consulting. This report provides a good overview ofIt stands out because of its strong branding, use of graphics, and storytelling.

Goodwill Industries Life Guides Report

This report was created by Lyssa Wilson Becho and Kelly Robertson for Goodwill Industries. It shows results from a qualitative and quantitative study on the Life Guides program.

Goodwill Industries Income Report

Created by Lyssa Wilson Becho and Kelly Robertson for Goodwill Industries, this report highlights income findings related to the Life Guides program. This one-pager can either stand alone or be combined with other one-page reports.

EvaluATE Webinar Report

Lyssa Wilson Becho and Emma Leeburg created this report to demonstrate clear section organization and strong use of color and charts.

UASTEC Report

This text-based one-page report shows another option. One-page reports do not have to be full of visuals. Cosgrove and Associates created this one-page report to highlight answers to evaluation questions.

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Top 10 One-Page Project Status Report Templates with Examples and Samples

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This PPT Slide is a crucial tool for efficient project management and reporting. It includes vital project metrics, offering a clear overview of progress. Visualize the project timeline and milestones with the Project Schedule. The Budget section presents financial data graphically. Monitor task progress and completion with the Project Task Progress feature. Evaluate performance against targets with Project Metric Status. Overall Task Progress is displayed as a pie chart, and Project Time Schedule is represented with percentage bars. Download this invaluable resource for actionable project insights today.

Template 4: One Page Project Status Report with Harvey Balls PPT

This PPT includes various sections, including the Project Activity Tracking Sheet, Project Milestone and Health Status, Project Issues, Employee Performance Tracking, Multiple Project Areas with Risks, and Project Completion Status. With this report, you can easily track project activities, monitor milestones, identify and address issues, evaluate employee performance, assess risks, and gauge overall project completion. It streamlines communication, enabling stakeholders to grasp the project's status at a glance quickly. Download this powerful PPT template to enhance project monitoring and make informed decisions that drive successful outcomes.

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Template 6: One-Page Multiple Project Status Report PPT

This PPT is essential for project managers seeking an efficient and comprehensive overview of multiple projects. With sections dedicated to Project Scope, Project KPIs, Project Financials, Project Phases Remaining Work, Project Portfolio Status Timeline, and Project Issues, it allows managers to assess the status of each project efficiently. Whether you need to track progress, identify bottlenecks, or communicate project updates to stakeholders, this PPT is designed to streamline your reporting process. Download the template and input your project data to create concise and informative reports.

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Template 9: One-Page IT Project Status Report Template PPT

This easy-to-use template empowers managers to input crucial details, the current status of the IT project, and a dynamic checklist to calculate project progress against the established schedule.

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Template 10: One-Page Consulting Project Status Report PPT

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FAQs on Project Status Report

What is a project status report template.

A project status report template concisely summarises a project's progress, milestones, and performance indicators. It includes sections on objectives, accomplishments, challenges, and upcoming tasks. The template enables effective communication with stakeholders, team members, and superiors, ensuring everyone is informed. You can include visual representations like charts or graphs. This standardized format promotes consistency, streamlines reporting, and facilitates decision-making. Ultimately, the template tracks project performance identifies issues and guides actions for successful completion.

How do I make a one-page project report?

To create a one-page project report, follow these steps:

• Start with a clear and concise title that summarizes the project's purpose.
• Provide a brief introduction to the project, including its objectives and scope.
• Outline the key milestones or tasks completed during the project.
• Include a summary of the project's timeline, highlighting the start and end dates.
• Present the project's achievements, including notable outcomes or deliverables.
• Discuss any challenges or obstacles encountered and how they were overcome.
• A summary of the resources utilized, such as budget, workforce, or equipment.
• Include a high-level overview of the project's impact or benefits.
• Conclude with any recommendations or next steps for the project.
• Use bullet points, clear and concise language, and headings to ensure readability within the one-page limit.

How do you write a project status report?

A project status report concisely overviews progress, milestones, and challenges. To write an effective report, follow these steps:

• Introduce project objective and scope.
• Summarize completed tasks, highlighting achievements and deliverables with relevant metrics.
• Outline ongoing activities and upcoming milestones.
• Identify risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Include resource allocation details.
• Conclude with key takeaways and next steps. Keep the report concise, clear, and easy to understand. Update and distribute regularly for transparency and effective communication.

What should I write in a project status?

In a project status report, provide a concise summary of progress, highlighting achievements, milestones, and developments. Outline project objective, completion percentage, and current status. Mention major tasks completed, impact on goals, obstacles faced, and steps taken to overcome them. Highlight successful deliverables, client feedback, and team milestones. Include key performance indicators or metrics. Mention upcoming tasks, deadlines, and risks. Conclude with project outlook and recommendations for next steps.

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How to Create a Business One Pager (Examples included)

A one page document containing cohesive information helps make communication easy and delivers essential information in just a few lines of text. Businesses use one pagers to consolidate knowledge and make it available in a palatable form. But how do they make the most out of one pagers? Let us show you how!

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What is a One Pager?

One pagers summarises information, one pagers are easy to read.

• One Pagers Provide Clarity to the Reader

One Pagers are Attention Grabbing

Because ‘no one’ reads lengthy documents, format standards: physical rules of a one pager, a4 format or equivalent, one side only, good on page content distribution, company profile or introduction, problem / solution, business model, timeline / roadmap, unique selling proposition, contact information, overloading with information, lack of visual appeal, ignoring the target audience, neglecting proofreading, inadequate contact information, lack of clear call-to-action (cta), failure to update, inconsistent branding, overcomplicating the design, neglecting mobile compatibility, final words, one pager examples.

By definition, a one-pager is a single page containing an overview of important information. Managers and executives use one-pagers for summary reports, project rationale, shorter versions of forecasts, official policies, executive summaries, and other corporate informational assets. What are one pagers? Structurally, a business one pager has critical points laid out in a few lines of text and with high visual impact. The use of one pagers for formal communication is virtually endless. You can use it for various purposes. Your supervisor can ask to produce one pagers from everything from project summaries, financial reports, projections, and forecasts to product manuals, official policies, concept notes, etc.

While one pagers often come in the form of documents created in word processing applications like Microsoft Word, they are also adapted for use in PowerPoint presentations. Using the simplified version of the information, you can create slides that spell out detailed information cohesively. Many presentations, by default, are meant for just that. For those looking to optimize their content and measure its impact, leveraging tools for rank tracking can provide insights into how well your one-pagers are performing in terms of visibility and engagement.

Why is a Business One Pager so important?

For anyone who has been doing formal paperwork for a few years, the benefits of one pagers are apparent. However, people new to the concept of one-pagers might want to know their relevance and what makes them essential. If you are determined to explore this issue in more depth, there are many additional materials and documents on the  Studocu  study resource. You will be able to read the instructions that will help you understand all the details and nuances. Let’s see some of the reasons one pagers are so important.

A one pager document that contains a summary of lengthy information can help explain the basic details associated with the content alluded to in a manner that is easy to grasp. Resumes are preferred and an essential part of formal communication at different levels. One mode of summaries is to use one page documents to introduce or explain information without sending a bucket load of text-heavy files to the end user. Besides that, QR codes can be considered one of the easiest ways to get the needed information.

One of the reasons that make pager documents a standard within corporate communication is that they are easy to read and understand. The method is often used at the workplace to advertise and market content using flyers , pamphlets, and banners, summarizing information for ease of reading.

One Pager Provide Clarity to the Reader

In a situation where you need to make a decision based on a third-party analysis, would you prefer reading a 20-page document or a one pager? While you might skim through a lengthy document, the summary can help you easily understand the information. Even if you were to read every bit of the verbose version of the paper, a summary presented before or after the text would help you avoid confusion and get some clarity regarding the information you are reading.

It isn’t feasible for businesses to send several information pages to potential clients to advertise their products and services. People in the marketing department looking to promote a fast-food chain or outlet will look to use the shortest route to grab the attention of potential clients. This might include banner ads, pay-per-click advertisements, social media ads, one page pamphlets, flyers, well-designed banners , and billboards placed at critical locations, or TV ads with a short message. All these are meant to grab the attention of potential customers. All these are meant to grab the attention of potential customers. Each of these methods would use little information to generate a significant impact. Hence, one pagers are attention-grabbing machines used to disseminate information and make it catchy.

Where videos, audio messages, and other forms of multimedia content might not be feasible, a one pager (e.g., in the form of a flyer advertising deals of fast food) would do the trick.

One pagers are essential for formal communication and can also help rationalize it. While organizations produce tons of paperwork, it isn’t often humanly possible to even read the amount of content made in manuals, reports , and forecasts. This information might be essential to cater to legal and official needs, such as taxation, fulfilling customer requirements, and complying with national laws. However, the content being produced is more like a haystack that is getting bigger, and finding the needle requires a signpost. That signpost is often a one pager.

Tips for Creating a Professional One-Pager

A one-pager can be created using several content standards. The following recommendations are a summary of the most commonly used criteria, providing insights into how to create a one pager effectively.

The formatting of a one pager follows a few standard rules used in most formal communication documents, guiding you in creating a one pager effectively.

Using A4 size or equivalent (e.g., US letter size) for one pagers is common for most documents. This might differ if the one pager is for a pamphlet or flyer, although these two are also often printed in A4 format. Where text is smaller and saves space and cost, some companies might use a different size for their flyers. Similarly, a one pager printed on a banner or used in a billboard would incur more cost in terms of printing but might have more value if placed in a pivotal location.

While the format for the one pager might differ, depending upon the purpose, organization, and region, A4 size one pagers are the gold standard for formal one page communication.

One pagers are often printable due to multiple reasons. People usually print them to read them with concentration, but even in marketing, the need to publish a one page advertisement that has to be physically distributed is obvious. Even if your one pager is digitally distributed, using a printer-friendly format would be a good idea. The most common form used for this purpose is often PDF, MS Word, or Open Office-supported formats.

If you are printing more than one document, including one or more pagers, it is recommended not to print on both sides since it might compromise readability. If your one page document stretches due to formatting and printer setting issues, you might want to adjust that by editing the page orientation or printer setting to ensure it prints only on a single page.

A one pager is meant to be easy to read, and however, cramming text in a poorly formatted document would defeat that purpose. Depending on the one-pager type, you can distribute content using columns, reasonable space between paragraphs, parts of text in bold, subheadings or highlights, etc.

Content Standards

Like the physical orientation, the content standards can differ according to the content requirements for a one-page document. The below-mentioned content standards are commonly used in organizations for formal communication. Be it for internal communication with teams and management or to reach out to external stakeholders such as clients, shareholders, government officials, project partners, suppliers, etc.

Businesses, non-profits, or even service providers, including freelance marketers , often have a logo. Therefore, a logo design is an essential part of one pagers to help the reader understand the source of information. If you don’t have a company logo yet, a logo maker tool can help to get one without hassle.

One pagers often accompany taglines. Although this isn’t always the case, especially during internal communication, many organizations set a standard for formal communication with templates containing the organization’s logo and tagline. There are, however, exceptions to this rule. Businesses working under private-public partnership agreements might need to strictly adhere to branding guidelines given by a government department, ministry, or organization. They allow the company only to use their logo and official logos under certain circumstances.

While a one pager cannot burden heavy text, a company profile or introduction is typical in one page documents. Many times, it’s in the form of 1-2 lines of text explaining the name and purpose of the business. The company profile might also include information about services and the team. As an example, you can check out a company profile template or learn how to make a company profile presentation .

For fast food listing rates for their burgers, metrics might not be significant, which would change for a one pager advertising a service. Cellular companies often mention metrics such as subscribers to show a substantial and satisfied user base. Similarly, a real estate company reaching out to customers or a business looking to attract investment might include metrics to reassure the reader of the business’s success and capability. Even in formal communication, metrics might be necessary when making one page reports , forecasts, and trends analysis reports.

In different forms of communication, be it a project proposal , business case , or executive summary , the most common information included is a problem and a solution. Similarly, in different forms of presenting and producing content, be it the pyramid principle or SCQA, the writing style entails the same. One pagers often involves explaining the problem, no matter how briefly, and elaborating upon the potential solution. When used for marketing and sales purposes, this would also come with a call to action.

A business model might be necessary for a project proposal or to attract users and subscribers to use a service. A business model in a one-pager might also be used where the business is looking to establish itself as a responsible and trustworthy organization, such as when talking about corporate social responsibility or customer needs.

If you are making a one page project proposal or content to attract investors, you need to incorporate some strategy to make your content informative and persuasive.

Some one-pagers also require a timeline or roadmap, at the very least, the information presented in a similar sequence. Project progress, financial reports, and persuasive content to reassure external stakeholders such as customers and shareholders of the business’s success might include such information.

The Unique Selling Proposition (USP) is commonly added to one pagers. When discussing how the USP impacts sales or ensuring employees live and breathe the USP when producing content. It is part of the corporate culture to ensure all employees are aware and become brand ambassadors.

Contact information is one of those details often included in one pagers. From one pagers meant for advertisement purposes to internal and external formal communication, some contact information (e.g., the address of the business or chain of the outlet(s) in the city) is almost always necessary.

Mistakes to Avoid When Creating a One-Pager

Creating an effective one-pager can be a powerful tool for communication and presentation purposes. However, to ensure your one-pager serves its purpose, you should avoid these common mistakes:

• Mistake: Trying to include too much information on a single page, making it cluttered and difficult to read.
• Solution: Focus on key points and avoid overwhelming the reader with details. Keep it concise and to the point.
• Mistake: Neglecting the visual aspect of your one-pager, resulting in a bland and unattractive document.
• Solution: Use visual elements such as graphics, images, and a well-thought-out layout to make the one-pager visually appealing and engaging.
• Mistake: Not considering the preferences and needs of your target audience when creating the one-pager.
• Solution: Tailor the content and design to resonate with your specific audience, addressing their interests and concerns.
• Mistake: Publishing a one-pager with grammatical errors, typos, or inconsistencies.
• Solution: Carefully proofread the content and seek feedback from others to ensure it is error-free and professionally presented.
• Mistake: Failing to include complete and up-to-date contact information, making it difficult for readers to get in touch.
• Solution: Double-check that all contact details are accurate and easily accessible on the one-pager.
• Mistake: Omitting a clear CTA, leaving readers unsure of the next steps.
• Solution: Include a specific CTA that guides readers on what action to take after reviewing the one-pager, whether it’s contacting you, making a purchase, or requesting more information.
• Mistake: Using outdated information or neglecting to update the one-pager when necessary.
• Solution: Regularly review and update your one-pagers to ensure they reflect current information and remain relevant.
• Mistake: Not maintaining a consistent brand image throughout the one-pager.
• Solution: Use consistent colors, fonts, and branding elements to reinforce your brand identity.
• Mistake: Creating a complex and confusing design that distracts from the core message.
• Solution: Keep the design simple and focused, allowing the content to shine without unnecessary distractions.
• Mistake: Designing a one-pager that doesn’t display well on mobile devices.
• Solution: Ensure that your one-pager is responsive and can be easily viewed and navigated on smartphones and tablets.

By avoiding these common mistakes, you can create a one-pager that effectively conveys your message, engages your audience, and achieves its intended goals.

One pagers are frequently used to make the content easy to understand and inform the reader regarding the information’s basic details. One pagers is often a starting point or allude to further information for further reading. They can also come with a call-to-action to encourage the reader to seek additional details from a sales representative, or agent, or visit business premises. The user does not require reading further information but can talk to someone to seek more information regarding the content mentioned in the one-pager.

You can use ready-made One Pager templates to make them engaging or incorporate the one-pager in a presentation. These can be particularly helpful for people new to producing summarized information and help others use one pager examples to save time when working with tight deadlines.

1. One Pager Annual Report PowerPoint Template

The One Pager Annual Report PowerPoint Template is a presentation that will allow you to generate a professional report in a single page where you will be able to present a brief of the company, the work team, services in which you specialize, achievements and income reached in past years, and growth strategies.

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2. One Pager Company Profile PowerPoint Template

On the other hand, the One Pager Company Profile PowerPoint Template will allow you to generate a simple and professional presentation of your business, including the most important and fundamental data of your company. Also, this one pager includes a contact section to generate interaction with your target audience.

3. One Pager Startup PowerPoint Template

If you are building a Startup and need to attract new investors to your company, the One Pager Startup PowerPoint Template will help you deliver all the fundamental data of your project. You will be able to include a brief description of your mission and vision, your team, your value proposition and a financial projection for the next few years.

4. One Pager Project Status PowerPoint Template

If you are a Project Manager and you are looking for a simple and brief report to communicate to your superiors the progress of the projects you lead, the One Pager Project Status PowerPoint Template is a very useful tool. Thanks to this One Pager you will be able to include information on the progress of the tasks you supervise, and fundamental aspects such as risks, key decisions and next steps.

5. One-Page Business Plan PowerPoint Template

Finally, the One-Page Business Plan PowerPoint Template is a very aesthetic one pager that will allow you to include all the information about your company’s objectives. You will be able to communicate in a simple and impactful way your desired achievements for this year.

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The One-Page Audit Report: Maximizing Efficiency and Elevating Impact

September 28, 2022

The English language is littered with exhortations to keep it “short and sweet.” Shakespeare reminds us that brevity is the soul of wit , while Franklin Roosevelt’s counsel to public speakers is to be sincere, be brief, be seated .

And yet all too often as internal auditors we are at pains to tell the reader or listener everything we did — who, what, why, how, and when — before we get to anything that may be interesting or useful. Unfortunately, our desire to tell all can obscure our message. Linguists call this “verbalism,” but I have another word for it: auditsplaining , or “the tendency of internal auditors to catalogue the unimportant in exhaustive detail.”

There is a real danger we talk ourselves out of a job and that is why at SWAP we have adopted the one-page audit report. It’s been a real game-changer and both our clients and our auditors simply love it. In this article I want to share with you some of our thinking and experiences while encouraging you to try it for yourselves.

What’s Wrong With Long Audit Reports?

I was inspired by a recent LinkedIn podcast by Sarah James called “ The Best Way to do Audit Reports .” The trouble with auditsplaining is we can fail in our primary goal of making a difference to our organisations. The IIA’s new strapline is “elevating impact,” which applies to us as individuals and teams of auditors as well as to the professional association. Long audit reports have the opposite effect by cushioning our blows. Here are just a few of the other drawbacks:

• We are creating work for ourselves — writing, reviewing, editing, proofing. Before the new template, our average production rate was roughly one day per page and our reports were around 38 pages, representing seven to eight weeks. We can all do without the additional stress this causes and put this time to better use. Now we are down to 11 days.
• We are delaying communication to the point where our message may no longer be relevant. Circumstances and risks change quickly. Control weaknesses may have already been corrected or got worse. Opportunities may have been missed and losses incurred.
• We are diminishing our brand. Do we want to be known for our elaborate reports or for the impact we have? In his latest book, Agents of Change , Richard Chambers reminds us that, just as the cereal rather than the cereal box is the intended deliverable, so too the organisational improvement we inspire rather than the report we write is our primary product. 

The Root Causes of Auditsplaining

I can’t really think of any advantages. If stakeholders are looking for greater detail, it can always be made available. If we are inefficient, we make the audit committee and senior management inefficient. It can take up to four hours to read and digest a 40-page technical report. These are busy people.

Our tendency to provide chapter and verse can come across as insecurity and a need to justify ourselves. There may also be a training issue; writing and presenting skills must be actively developed and continuously improved. We tend to keep doing things the way we have always done them, and often the audit committee and senior management seem satisfied, but that could be because we haven’t shown them anything better. Perhaps we have the wrong kind of relationship and are treated like a contractor rather than a trusted advisor.

Transitioning to the One-Page Audit Report

We sometimes fall into the trap of seeing ourselves as a production line. We have the year planned out in advance divided neatly into quarters and we work systematically to get our reports delivered according to our timeline. Our reports are the chance to let everyone know what we’ve been doing.

What’s needed is a shift in mindset. Our true mission is to make things better by enabling better decision-making. Our work must be aligned with the purpose, priorities, and risks of the organisation. When communicating we should challenge ourselves: is this going to be useful to managers and directors and help them achieve their goals? If not, it doesn’t have any place in our report.

A one-page report is readily consistent with the Standards. We know communications must be “accurate, objective, clear, concise, constructive, complete, and timely” ( Standard 2420 ). We pay too much attention to “complete” and not enough to “concise,” “clear,” and “timely.” The purpose of the report — our added value — is to join the dots for our audience, to interpret what is going on including the implications for strategic goals and the opportunities for improvement. For an idea of our end product, see the example one-page audit report template below.

SWAP’s One-Page Audit Report Template

This is how we have made the transition at SWAP to the one-page report:

• By creating and implementing the concept of a healthy organisation that takes a holistic approach to applying the elements of the Three Lines Model towards a common purpose.
• By shifting our focus from inputs (our work) and outputs (our reports) to outcomes (our impact). 
• By consciously adopting an Agile philosophy where we are responsive, flexible, and adaptive, continuously reevaluating priorities and risks and moulding our plans accordingly .
• By taking senior management and the audit committee with us on this journey through continuous dialogue.
• By aligning our planning and resources with organisational needs and priorities.
• By utilising data analytics and best-in-class digital tools to innovate every part of our process.
• By focusing on the bigger picture, drawing on the work of other assurance providers, minimizing duplication, overlaps, and gaps, and utilising the findings of previous audits to inform where we need to be applying our attention next.
• By avoiding auditsplaining in favour of a mature relationship with senior management and the board as a trusted advisor.

Shifting Our Mindset and Approach

I encourage you to try a new approach. You can adopt and adapt our template above or others like it to get you started. If we wish to remain relevant, we have to demonstrate our value by getting straight to the point and providing practical solutions . We can synthesize from multiple inputs and paint a coherent picture, and we can do so concisely. By using technology, metrics, and dashboards we can communicate much more efficiently and effectively. It is our duty to help senior management and the board focus on what’s important now — and into the foreseeable future. 

David Hill is the CEO of SWAP Internal Audit Services based in the UK. David has nearly 40 years of audit experience, is currently Chair of the Local Authority Chief Audit Network, and is a former member of the Global Guidance Committee. Connect with David on LinkedIn .

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Anyone who has worked in businesses would know that business reports are part of the essentials. In the business world, most of the successful businesses start with hard work and a good business report . These documents are always going to be sought out by people higher than you, or by a person who understands its worth . You may wonder why a business report? What does it do? Why is it important to know how to write one? To understand more about this, check out the article below.

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Definition of Report

A report is a document that can be told orally or written down. This gives a description of something or someone. The act of telling someone to higher authorities due to doing something wrong. The process of giving information that is needed by an individual who asks for it. The process of telling someone by giving a report. A report in business means to give the summary of information needed that your superiors ask from you. These reports are only made official when evidence and the correct information are present.

Definition of Business Report

A business report is an official document. This document is usually written but can also be orally reported. These reports keep business owners on top of their game by seeing where they need to improve. These reports are also made to assess situations concerning the company and how it is being run. They contain information that is crucial in case there may be some issues that need to be addressed.

Definition of Page Business Report

A one page or page report from the name itself, is a single page document. This official document contains summarized data, results and information needed for a business report. It also contains the documents that are needed to see how far the business has gone through. Page business reports are a stand-alone document. They do not need to depend on other documents to support its results. However, these reports like any other reports would still need proof or evidence in the form of data that can be presented to your supervisors.

Importance of a Business Report

Now we are going to discuss why a business report is important. When we write a business report, we are providing information that is going to be used to see where to improve. Business reports give such information on the company’s growth, good prospects and its profit. In addition to that, a business report helps guide business owners to the right direction. Think of a road map for business development. Your report is your road map, to take you and your business to the next level. If the report fails to give you the right information, chances are, this may give you a huge loss.

Tools to Use when Writing a Business Report

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Tips for Making a Business Report

Here are some tips to help you get started on writing your own business report.

• Make a draft – To start off, write a draft of your business report. What are you planning on discussing in the report? What information are you willing to share? As you write your draft, these questions will help you guide you through writing the report . Your ideas should answer the questions.
• Be honest – As much as possible, be honest with your information. Avoid having to sugar coat it to make it less negative. Regardless of the outcome, whether it is negative or positive, write it down. The reason for this is so people are able to know and find a solution to this issue.
• Avoid using difficult jargon and flowery language – Treat your report as an official document. Avoid having to use flowery language. In addition to that, avoid using difficult jargon. You may use the general words for your audience to understand. As this is not a report for you to understand and read, it is also for the audience to listen and make comments on the report.
• Gather your evidence- Gather evidence to support your report. The more evidence and physical evidence, the better.
• Write the final output and revise – Once you have gathered all the information, you are now ready to write your report.

Why is it important to write your report?

So that people, especially your supervisors, would know the status of the business. They would be able to compare it from previous reports to see if there is any improvement.

What should be included in the report?

Statement, information, result of the assessment.

Who is the audience for this report?

Your supervisor, your coworkers and anyone working with you.

How do I make my report better?

By checking out what you want to write about and how you word it. For more information check out the tips.

Business reports can be made into a page long summary. These reports are equipped with the information needed as well as the results of assessing the business. Business reports are official documents that are helpful for any type of business to prosper. As you can think of this as your personal roadmap. If there are some incidents or some blocks, you would report it and find a way to overcome it.

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The Top 17 Free Project Report Templates For Effective Project Management

By Kate Eby | August 5, 2019 (updated August 7, 2023)

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In this article, you’ll find a comprehensive list of project report templates to support your project management efforts. These pre-built templates are free to download in a variety of formats, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PDF, and Google Docs.

Included on this page, you'll find many free, downloadable templates for your next project, including a project status report template , a daily project progress report template , a business project report template , and many more.

Project Status Report Template

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Consistent and thorough status reporting is an essential component of effective project management. Ensure you meet project objectives by utilizing this customizable project status report template. This template provides space to summarize the project and track risks, roadblocks, milestones, accomplishments, and key takeaways. It also includes a visual project timeline to give you easy visibility into major project events.

One-Page Project Status Report Template

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This template covers all the primary elements of the project status report in a convenient one-page format. The pre-built status report provides an overview of project status by category (i.e., budget, scope, etc.), project timeline, key risks and issues, as well as issue ownership to ensure that you account for and complete all project action items on schedule. Learn how to create an effective project status report in this article .

Project Report Dashboard Template

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Having a clear visual of a project’s high-level metrics and overall performance enables a project manager to identify and home in on problem areas that need further attention. Download this project report dashboard template to track the status of key components of a project, including tasks, costs, and pending action items. This template also helps you support the decisions you make for future project initiatives. Check out this article to find more free Excel dashboard templates for all of your business needs .

Daily Project Progress Report Template

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Provide stakeholders with insight into a project’s daily development using this progress report template. This template provides space to outline progression details, work completed, equipment used, workers on site, task locations, delays, incidents, and more. This report allows you to compare activity progress with the project plan to effectively maintain governance.

Performance Project Report Template

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Communicate the performance of key project elements using this customizable project performance report template. Detail key activities, deadlines, work quality, risks, budgeting performance, and more to ensure you carry out major project deliverables on schedule and according to plan.

Project Summary Report Template

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Effective project management requires that you keep lines of communication open (between the team and client) and ensure that the information you present is accurate and up to date. Provide all stakeholders with the current status of key projects, milestones, steering committee escalations, progress, and upcoming events using this pre-built project summary report template.

Weekly Project Status Report Template

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This customizable project status report template provides a snapshot of a project’s health on any given week. Track overall project performance and the status of each project component, including budget, resources, scope, milestones, work accomplished, roadblocks, highlights, and more. This template also comes with a pre-built visual timeline to display major project details at a glance.

Monthly Project Status Report Template

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This project status report template captures the status of key project elements at a monthly view. Use this downloadable template to track notable project components that are complete, in progress, on hold, or at risk and outline deadlines and details for upcoming work.

Stoplight Project Status Report Template

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Stoplight project status reports are an effective way to visualize project items that require immediate attention and additional planning. Use the stoplight key to define the parameters of what constitutes a red, yellow, or green status and ensure that the client and team members are on the same page regarding these conditions. This template will help keep the process streamlined.

Business Project Report Template

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A business project report is a detailed document that serves as a roadmap for a proposed project or business venture. This business project report template provides a solid basis to expand upon according to your needs. It includes space for a table of contents, an executive summary, key project activities, a marketing analysis, a SWOT analysis, recommendations, appendices, and more.

IT Project Status Report Template

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Information technology project management and operations can be complex and involve many moving parts. Between balancing the budget, making adjustments mid-project, and meeting the needs of project stakeholders, this pre-built IT project status report template will help ensure that you track and account for all the key components of your project. This template provides room for project milestones, open and closed issues, change requests, resource evaluation, and the current status of all major project categories. Learn the essential tips for successful IT project management by checking out this article .

Construction Project Report Template

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Effective reporting is a key factor in the overall success of a construction project. This pre-built construction project report template includes all major day-to-day project details, like daily progress, materials and equipment used, number of workers and work hours performed on site, progress obstructions, and official visitors. Additionally, the template includes space for the inspector to sign off on the report in order to ensure overall project compliance. For a wide variety of free construction management templates to download, visit this page .

Executive Project Report Template

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An executive project report is a high-level view of the project that highlights progress, without getting into the granular details of the project. Use this customizable executive project report template to communicate the essential elements of the project, including key milestones, accomplishments, risks, issues, financial overview, and project requirements.

Final Project Report Template

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The purpose of the final project report is to briefly and clearly summarize the outcomes of a completed project. This final project report template contains a table of contents, as well as space for names and roles of team members, project summary, scope, costs, risks, communication strategies, learning outcomes, top-level project performance details, and more.

Project Report Template for Teams or Departments

Download Project Report Template for Teams or Departments

Teams or departments can use this project report to communicate the status of project activities: That is, they can indicate whether they have completed an activity or whether an activity is still in progress. Use this template to track key tasks, team members involved, deadlines, progress scores, issues needing attention, and other project developments to ensure teams or departments account for and complete assignments on schedule.

Project Report for Stakeholders and Partners

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Use this project report is to provide key stakeholders and partners with high-level visibility into a project’s overall performance. Briefly summarize progress, project deliverables, start and end dates, outputs, and other major project details to keep stakeholders up to date on current project happenings.

Project Postmortem Report Template

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This customizable project postmortem report template should be completed as a workshop comprised of key team members within a week of concluding the project work. This report highlights project details, such as accomplishments, problem areas, lessons learned, and more to facilitate the process of analyzing the performance of all the project’s elements. Once you’ve completed this template, the project sponsor should sign off on it to formally close out the project.

Tips on Writing a Project Report

When writing a project report, stick to the facts and back up your claims with data. Consider using a template to give structure to your report, and tailor the report to your audience. We’ve outlined top report-writing tips below:

• Know Your Audience: The type and depth of information you communicate in a report will depend on the nature of your audience. For instance, managers and clients may have a better understanding of the concepts and terminology involved in a project than do stakeholders and other personnel. Effective project reporting, therefore, requires using the appropriate tone and phraseology and knowing when to share high-level versus granular project details.  Your audience may also care about different details when viewing a year-end report  versus a project status report .
• Give Structure to Your Report: Once you’ve identified your audience and which components of the project to communicate, organize the segments of the report so the information makes sense and is helpful to the reader. For example, you should place project identification and background details near the beginning of the report; place summarizing details near the end.
• Only Provide Facts: The report should remain objective and free from personal bias, regardless of whether the project is failing or performing successfully. If an opinion is needed, it should be labeled clearly and placed in a separate segment of the report. Additionally, the charts, metrics, and other performance data you present in the report should be accurate and up to date so that such information is credible and meaningful to the reader. 
• Use a Template: Save time building out your report by using a customizable template to get you started. Templates are beneficial for standardizing processes, and you can easily adapt them to fit your needs. Use the free templates provided above for your reporting needs, and then check out this article for more project management templates .
• Use an Online Reporting Tool: Keeping a project’s development aligned with business goals is the basis of project management, and the success or failure of a project can greatly depend on the tools you use. Employ an online tool that displays data in different ways (e.g., Kanban boards, Gantt views, and dashboards), shows the real-time status of multiple projects, provides various permission levels, and allows you to set up recurring reports (such tools can automatically email these recurring reports at a set frequency to designated stakeholders, which allows project managers to shift their focus to other critical project matters). These online tools provide increased visibility into project processes and status.

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How to Craft a 1-Page Nonprofit Annual Report

Because your donors like knowing what their donations made possible.

They want to know they’re part of a winning team.

An annual report is a great way to give both donors and the community an overview of what your nonprofit accomplished during the year.

But donors don’t want to read a lot. And you don’t have time or money to produce an elaborate multi-page piece.

Well, good news! Designing an annual report doesn’t have to be hard, glossy, or time-consuming. In fact, there’s a way to create something super easy to read and understand without it taking a lot of your time.

Curious? Good.

Let’s start with the purpose of your annual report.

What’s a Nonprofit Annual Report?

Your annual report has one job: to provide an overview of your nonprofit’s activities and key metrics for a specific year.

It tells the story of what you’ve accomplished during that year.

Some people call it a Generosity Report since you’re sharing the impact of the community’s generosity from last year and how that generosity changed lives.

Call it what you like, just create one and share it shortly after the end of your fiscal year.

Maybe you’re thinking, “I know I need to do one, but I just don’t have time.”

But listen, if you want people to keep giving, you MUST keep them in the loop about how things are going. And an annual report is a great way to do that.

So, let’s make it quick and easy for you to create and simple for the reader to understand.

The 1-Page Nonprofit Annual Report

The 1-page nonprofit annual report is basically a big infographic.

It’s a visually interesting way to quickly show what your nonprofit did during the year.

What I like best about it is how skimmable it is. You can glance over it and get the gist fast.

People are busy and won’t read a lot of text, and with the 1-page nonprofit annual report, there’s not much text to read.

Since it’s only one page, it’s easily sharable on your website, social media, and through email. And if you need to print a copy to mail to specific donors, you can do it without it being expensive.

Choosing an Infographic Tool

Choosing the tool first might be helpful so you can pick the template you want to use. Based on the template you pick, you’ll know how many pieces of data and images you’ll need.

Tools like Canva , Venngage , and Piktochart have infographic templates that make quick work of creating an infographic. Just pick the template you like, replace the placeholder text and images with yours, and voila! You have a 1-page nonprofit annual report!

The tools aren’t terribly hard to use. I created my first infographic annual report in Piktochart learning as I went and it took me about an hour. Not bad for a professional-looking piece from someone who isn’t a professional designer!

Once you pick your template, you’re ready to gather some info that represents your year to plug in to your template.

Data to Include in Your Nonprofit Annual Report

If a lot has happened in your nonprofit during the year, it can be hard to pick only a few key pieces of info to share.

Just remember that your donors don’t need to know everything. They only need the most important things.

So, what 3 or 4 key performance metrics can you share that’ll give someone a good idea of the impact of your work during the year?

Honestly, this is the hardest part of the whole thing.

Put yourself in the donor’s shoes – what is she interested in? What does she want to know?

Then, find the intersection between what the donor NEEDS to know and what they WANT to know that you can report on.

You’ll probably have room for a photo, so pick one that best illustrates your organization in action and let that photo help bring the story to life.

Be sure to customize the template so it’s on brand for your nonprofit. Make sure you swap out your brand colors and fonts for whatever is in the template, and don’t include anything weird that would make your favorite donors wonder who this report is from.

If you’re not much of a designer, choosing the right template or layout can be tough. Here’s a Pinterest Board with some good examples to help get your creative juices flowing.

Other Info to Include in Your Nonprofit Annual Report

Regardless of the length of your nonprofit annual report, there are several must-include pieces of info:

Fiscal year. Seems obvious, but some people forget to identify the fiscal year that the report covers.

Mission statement. You need a short, to-the-point version of your mission statement that’s free of jargon and easy for the average person to understand. If you have a good vision statement, you can include that, too, as long as it’s short.

Financials. The best way to show financial information is in pie charts. Create one for revenue and another one for expenses, showing the information in broad categories with names the average person can understand. Here’s an example:

You don’t need audited financial numbers, though you can use them if you have them. Just use your official, final numbers for the year and be ready to answer questions from donors if any of the pie slices look too big or too small.

Contact information. Don’t forget to include your nonprofit’s name, mailing address, phone number, website, and main email address, just in case someone wants to reach out to you.

Sample Time!

Here’s a sample 1-page annual report from Draft Gratitude:

If you’re a Fundraising TV member , grab the Annual Report Swipe File to see dozens of examples of great annual reports.

Where to Share Your 1-Page Nonprofit Annual Report

Once you get your nonprofit annual report all put together, share it everywhere! It’s a great relationship building tool, and we recommend you use it as part of your donor nurture plan.

• Post it on your website.
• Email it out to your entire list.
• Post it on your social media.
• Send a print copy to your best donors along with a handwritten note.
• Send a copy to your local and state elected officials along with a cover letter to let them know what your nonprofit has accomplished in their constituent area. By the way, this is a great tactic if you’re planning to ask these people for money later.
• Send it as a follow up to grant funders.

By the way, when you send out your annual report, don’t ask for money. I know it’s tempting, but don’t do it.

Let this be one of your relationship-building communications with no Ask. There’ll be time for asking for money later.

The Bottom Line

Keeping donors and the community in the know about what your nonprofit has accomplished is key to building relationships.

Good information helps build trust, and a 1-page nonprofit annual report is a great way to share the overview of what your nonprofit did during the year – especially if it’s easy to read and understand.

Plus, it’s a versatile tool that you can use in a variety of ways to show your nonprofit’s impact from last year.

And once you see the response from your donors, you’ll know just how powerful the 1-page nonprofit annual report is.

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Great resource! thank you!

This is a great option for many and a reminder that not everyone needs the “works” when it comes to their annual report. I think many nonprofits will benefit from using this approach and hopefully avoid some of the bigger mistakes sometimes made! I wrote a similar piece and included a few examples plus a template for nonprofits to use. Your readers might find that helpful: http://www.oneninedesign.net/blog/annual-report

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6 Tips for Using One-Pager Book Reports

I first heard of one-pager book reports when I was thrust into the world of high school English. I had been an elementary school teacher up until that point. (That is a story for another day.) Not having been in a high school English classroom for around eleven years, I utilized Pinterest and Instagram as my teachers. Yes, Instagram. I quickly “followed”  numerous high school English teachers to see their latest strategies, methodologies, and ideas to help my students to read and love reading.

One idea that I had never seen before that I saw on Instagram was the one-pager book reports. A one-pager is an alternative to a standard book report essay or writing assignment. Once a student is finished reading a book independently, or when the whole class is finished reading an assigned novel, students will complete a one-pager. 

A one-pager is made up of various sections. Sections include summarizing a novel, making connections, and reviewing any ELA standards taught while incorporating art. It is meant to be creative, and it contains pictures and quotes, and allows students’ imaginations to guide them through. Some sections that are present in a one-pager are characterization, setting, theme, important quotes, or pictures that symbolize various characters. The beauty of a one-pager is that the sections can vary based on teacher or student needs. 

My high school and middle schools students have tackled many one-pagers over the years. I feel like I have finally figured out the best way to approach them. Here are my tips. 

Tip 1: Keep It Simple

Keep it simple. When I first assigned a one-pager, it blew up in my face to be honest. I had bought one on Teachers Pay Teachers. It came with a plethora of requirements and ideas, prewriting pages, and templates. I followed the lessons step by step, but my students ended up confused and irritated. At the end, we all wanted to throw away those one-pagers. 

The next year, I realized that I needed to make sure to keep it simple. I threw away the prewriting pages and cut the list of requirements in half. I gave students two templates instead of several and then gave them the flexibility to go from there. It went so much smoother. When tackling one-pagers, make sure the requirements are less than more, offer clear-cut requirements, and try not to confuse students with so much prewriting work, which leads me to Tip 2.

Tip 2: Focus on Concepts

I realized that the prewriting work of researching quotes and answering a bunch of questions before making a one-pager is not necessary. If your novel unit has been taught solidly, students are already well-prepared ahead of time to complete their one-pager. 

Depending on what the requirements are, it is better to use the time to complete mini-lessons to review the concepts of the one-pager requirements. For instance, if the one-pager you assign has a couple of sections on indirect and direct characterization, it is a good idea to spend time reteaching that concept. 

If you are having students complete a one-pager to culminate an independent book project, students can answer questions based on the sections/requirements of the one-pager while they read their book. For instance, if a requirement is for students to draw the setting or find a picture representing the setting and include one quote to demonstrate the setting, have students do that  in a graphic organizer while they read their novel. 

Tip 3: Show Examples

Show examples! There are a plethora of one-pager examples online. Just do a quick google search. I also show students various one-pager examples from my own students over the years for them to get an idea. 

I have used different one-pager requirements depending on the novels I have taught. Some contain different sections than others. I first show students a ton of different examples so they can see the imagination, creation, and aesthetic appeal I want them to utilize and achieve. Then, I show them an example of a specific one-pager that they will be required to complete. Sometimes, I complete one myself so students can see the goal they are achieving. 

Here is an example of when my middle schoolers completed a one-pager report after reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. 

Tip 4: Provide Templates

Provide templates. Some students are ready to tackle this idea, but there is one thing holds them up. That is where to place each section on a report. I like to provide templates specific to their required one-pager in order for them to visually have a place for each requirement. It is super simple to do this. You can divide a piece of paper into the number of requirements by either drawing or creating boxes on Google Slides or Docs. 

Some students will choose not to use a template, but the important part is that a template is there in order not to have students hung up on the placement of sections. 

Tip 5: Let Them Be Creative

Allow space for them to be creative. Next, go over the requirements thoroughly, ensuring students understand each section by either reviewing or reteaching concepts through mini-lessons. Then, allow students to have the time to work on it. Students can listen to their own music in-class or you can play Starbucks music on YouTube. However, give your students the space to create and use their imaginations. A one-pager is a way for them to connect to their reading on a deeper, personal level. By using art to do this, they are connecting both parts of their brain to achieve this. 

Allan Paivio’s dual coding theory states that the brain processes things two ways: visually and verbally. When combining language with art, students remember things more and create a more powerful connection to their reading.

By completing a one-pager in class, students can readily ask you questions as well.

Tip 6: Display Work

Display or present one-pagers. I find that students love to see the finished products of their classmates. It is so interesting to see how each individual student takes their own approach to the same requirements and how each student presents the information differently. Oftentimes I have students present their one-pager to the class, and then I will display them for a while. It also helps inspire them for when they may complete another one-pager.

Grab our newest product today! These simple-to-use and easy-to-follow one-pagers are perfect for upper elementary to even high school students. The templates are for fiction or non-fiction books. Also, the templates are very specific and act as a map for the student.

• Each template comes with a very detailed  EDITABLE  rubric to help guide the students along as well.
• Finally, this includes an  EDITABLE  sign and bulletin board border for a bulletin board display to show off those amazing one-pagers.
• With the fiction one-pager, you will be able to accurately assess your students on theme, symbolism, setting, and character traits among other items.
• With the non-fiction one-pager, you will be able to accurately assess your students on non-fiction text features, setting, key information, and facts among other items.
• These one-pagers will allow your students to use originality and creativity to demonstrate their understanding of a book.

If you have not yet used one-pagers in the ELA classroom, I encourage you to explore them. I am including the very one-pager and template I have used most recently with my middle schoolers. One-pagers empower students to use their creativity and imagination, while thinking outside of the box, to connect to their reading.

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