This file contains all of the yearbook tips of the day that we have been sending out either daily or weekly since September 1, 2004. There are hundreds (maybe thousands) of topics discussed by advisers just like you. Once you download it you can then search the file by choosing Find from the toolbar and searching for any word that fits what you need.
Here are four sure-fire methods to meeting all your deadlines. We promise. Worth the read. Never miss one again!
Meet Every Deadline--NOW UPDATED!
Here are four sure-fire methods to meeting all your deadlines. We promise. Worth the read. Never miss one again!
Are ideas hard to come by? Try these 22 real world ways to generate ideas and creativity. This is a tabloid size poster but will print to letter size as well.
What You Should Gather to Start the Year
We asked some experienced advisers about all the things they put together to start the new year. Then we put their responses here.
The holidays have arrived. What can you do to make it a merry one for your yearbook staff. Here are some fun ideas.
Our annual (we update it each year) list of goals for yearbook your yearbook staff. We hope you will read it here or in the January issue of our YourBook newsletter. Share this with the kids who will be coming back in the next school year. The ones you are hoping to be your leaders.
Especially handy for new advisers or more experienced ones who just want to jog their memories. We asked advisers what they think they should have accomplished by the end of each month of the school year. Nine short pages to keep you on track.
So it's January. The holidays are over. You are rested and ready for the home stretch. But are you? Grab this mid-year checkup and see how you do.
We asked some of our best experienced advisers what they would tell a novice just starting out. It's all here in this quickly-read, single page.
This is the perfect sheet for remembering everything you need to do before school starts in the late summer or early fall. Get a jump start on the new year.
Your Back to School Yearbook Shopping List
School starting soon? We put together a shopping list for you to remind you of those little things that advisers need to have on hand in the new school year.
Are You A Junior High or Middle School Adviser?
Then this article is a must-read. Written by a long-time middle school adviser it gives you just what you need to know to handle this age group in a yearbook situation.
Are you ready to recruit your new yearbook staff? Then you will need a staff application. We asked advisers from all over the USA to send us what they use and we amalgamated them into the best staff application possible.
An absolutely great way to meet a new staff that you didn't choose yourself. If you start the year in a new school, a new position or just with a staff that someone else chose, use this form to find out all about them.
"I'm bored! I've got nothing to do."
Ever hear this from one of your yearbook staffers. This handout answers the question of what to do when they finish their first deadline and don't have any pages due until the third one. Put them to work with any of these tasks.
The "One Minute Manager" yearbook-style. First read the book, then download this goal sheet and use it each week to keep your staff on target.
If you use InDesign to produce your yearbook you get proofs of your pages. This article details the best way to deal with those proofs. Check it out before the first ones arrive in your mailbox.
Whether you use InDesign or YearTech Online you will have to proof your pages for content. This handout gives you some great tips on what to watch for.
During the year you will undoubtedly want to send all or part of your staff to a workshop. Maybe more than one. This article gives you some concrete advice on how to pay for that workshop. Ways you may not have thought of before.
Besides individual goals for your yearbooks staff, it's great to set staff goals. Here are a few examples to share with your group at the start of each year.
We get asked for this each and every school year so we always have a copy where you can find it. Just click and download and change to your measurements.
Another item we get asked for each and every year. Make sure you have your staff (and their parents) sign one of these before they start working.
Our annual (we update it each year) list of goals for yearbook advisers. We hope you will read it here or in the January issue of our YourBook newsletter.
What To Do When You're All Done
If you advise a spring-delivery yearbook you will probably have some down time between your final deadline and your yearbook distribution. Here are some great ideas for super productive tasks your staff could accomplish in that timeframe.
Spelling All Their Names Correctly
One of the things that makes a yearbook successful is the correct spelling of every student's name. And you may think that this is simply a matter of spell-checking and proofreading but it is so much more. Read this and find out.
Creating a successful yearbook program is all about who is on the yearbook staff. The right group can make or break the entire system. Read this article about recruiting the best and the brightest and how to convince them that yearbook is right for them. It also has notes about choosing your editors as well.
We've included this handout on two different pages. This one and our Yearbook Business Manager page. We think it's that important. You need to find out what the most important person--your student buyer--thinks of the yearbook. Use this survey to do just that.