Walsworth’s Adviser Academy offers three full days of classes for brand new or experienced yearbook advisers, July 8-10, in Kansas City.
You’ve probably prepped for the new year with plenty of school supplies, but have you prepped your yearbook strategy? Walsworth has got your back. Our resources will save time and relieve anxiety so you can start off year right. First things first If you’re a first time adviser, you might wish someone would tell you…
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks As the school year begins, thousands of new yearbook advisers from all across the country are about to dive head-first into a new and challenging, yet exciting, endeavor. There are many tasks to complete at the beginning of the school year. Walsworth is here to provide some guidance. We’ve compiled a…
Summer workshop season is here, which for many of you means your yearbook staff will soon be heading off to camp to start thinking about cover designs and brainstorming for that perfect theme idea. Walsworth’s Mike Taylor, CJE, wants to help! He loves talking yearbooks (of course), and particularly loves talking yearbook themes. Which is…
With experience comes knowledge. There are plenty of things we all wish we’d known sooner: how to cook, how to change a flat tire, not to get that haircut (that is now documented in your high school yearbook). That sentiment holds true for yearbook advisers, too. Mary Inglis and Janelle Schultz, CJE, have more than…
For the past several months, your yearbook staff has spent many hours putting in hard work to create a great product for your school community. It’s important that work gets recognized with a year-end celebration. With the new Walsworth Yearbooks eBook, Let’s Have Some Fun. The Book is Done!, you can plan the best celebration…
A replay of Walsworth’s April 24 webinar, “Your Yearbook is Done. Now What?,” hosted by Jim Jordan, is now available for viewing. Jordan’s hour-long presentation focused on how yearbook advisers can keep the yearbook staff busy throughout those last few weeks of the school year once the final pages have been submitted. Essentially serving as…
Just this month, Walsworth released its latest eBook, Jim Jordan’s 40 Things to do After the Yearbook is Done, which provides tons of tips for how yearbook staffs can stay productive during those final weeks of school after the last pages have been submitted. Now you get the chance to discuss the topic live! On…
It’s a dilemma for many yearbook staffs every year. You work hard for months and frantically race to get all your pages submitted by the final deadline. And you make it! Then, you realize there are still several weeks left in the school year. What’s next? How do you stay busy? A new eBook from…
All the hard work your yearbook staff puts in throughout the course of the school year pays off when the final product gets delivered. The unveiling of the yearbook to the entire school can be magical, but organizing a smooth distribution day requires plenty of planning. The good news is Walsworth Yearbooks provides ample resources…
In a yearbook utopia, the new teacher would have a journalism degree, take photos like a pro, be able to manage a group of teenagers with aplomb and truly understand the importance of deadlines in the production of any publication. In reality, though, the yearbook adviser many times has little or no publishing experience and only lasts an average of two years. Following these tips can lead to happier advisers who stick with the job.
