Yearbook Groupie – Yearbook resources and guides
In Part 1, I talked about how it’s not just a yearbook, it’s YOUR book. In Part 2, we looked at how your students’ grade level and developmental stage shape what your book needs to be. Today, I want to talk about something equally important: how your strengths – and your staff’s strengths – shape […]
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In my last post, I talked about how it’s not just a yearbook, it’s YOUR book. Today I want to dig into one of the biggest factors that makes yearbooks look so different from each other: the age and developmental stage of your students. A yearbook for first graders should not look like a yearbook
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I spend more time than I probably should scrolling through the Facebook groups for yearbook advisors. You know the ones – where a first-year advisor posts a panicked question at 10 PM and a veteran of twenty years offers advice by 10:03. Where someone shares a brilliant coverage idea, and three people immediately explain why
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Have you considered using AI to streamline the yearbook process or handle tedious tasks? I’ve been thinking a lot about how AI can make certain tasks easier, and it occurred to me that creating a yearbook is a perfect example of work that could benefit from the “work smarter, not harder” approach—using AI to free
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I was talking to a friend recently when she shared a story about her thirty-year-old son. He’d run into someone from high school—across the country from where they grew up. That Sunday at dinner, he asked where his old yearbooks were. She pulled one off the shelf, handed it to him, and said with a
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Recently, I had the occasion to look at my old yearbooks from elementary, middle, and high school, and I can’t believe how different they were from what we make now. I’m going to age myself, but in order to share how yearbooks have evolved since I was in school, I have to. I started elementary
Looking Back at My Old Yearbooks Read More »
The yearbook has been handed out and shared on social media, and the comments are brutal. Based on real-life experiences. The Excitement Turns Sour An exciting day—YEARBOOK DAY, YEARBOOK DISTRIBUTION DAY! You can’t wait to get your hands on this book that you and your staff of students have worked so long on and poured
When Yearbook Day Goes Wrong: Handling Criticism and Moving Forward Read More »
Wow, your first year is behind you, and you survived! Even better? You’re not deterred from doing it again! Now you know what it takes (a lot!), and the process won’t feel so new and surprising. This time, you can focus on elevating your skills and streamlining your workflow. Take a deep breath, and let’s
Creating Your Second Yearbook Read More »
Creating your first yearbook can feel both exciting and overwhelming, but breaking it down into manageable steps will help you succeed. When you take on the role of yearbook advisor, your first year comes with some big learning curves. One of the biggest is realizing that it’s not just about taking photos and putting them
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After 13 years of yearbook creation, I realized I had developed a remarkable skill set—one that extends far beyond yearbooks. I’m sure you have, too. The challenge now is recognizing the full scope of what you’ve mastered and how it can translate into new opportunities. As I’ve said before, being a yearbook advisor is many
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