The Village of Algonquin (Illinois) just sent me the village's annual report. Normally I would glance at it and toss it, with some guilt because I know someone spent a lot of time on it. However, this time a genius incorporated the dull annual report into the village's annual calendar.

The Village of Algonquin 2009 Annual Report and Calendar is packed with report stats, upcoming events, fun "did you know" facts, and much more. Most of the photos were submitted as part of the Village's 2008 photo contest and, frankly, show off the village in great ways (love the little boy doing a cannonball dive). I found a slideshow of the winning photos on www.algonquin.org.

So I began to wonder .... if you asked employees how THEY would design their company's annual report, what they would recommend?

All in all, this is one annual report that will be used all year.