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.
No yearbook company offers better support for new yearbook advisers than Walsworth Yearbooks. Walsworth is the place for new advisers, and providing everything those advisers need to be successful is our priority. That’s why we have designed a new, expanded New Advisers page on walsworthyearbooks.com. The updated online home for new advisers is rich with…
Why do you love yearbook? It may be the students or the ability to be creative. It could be the act of creating something meant to capture a moment in history, which will last for years. Walsworth’s latest eBook, Why I Love Yearbook, was born when advisers from all over the United States shared their…
Photos are the most-seen element of any yearbook, which makes the blocks of text that accompany them – the captions – essentially the most important text written in the book. Your yearbook staff needs to be giving captions the attention they deserve. Walsworth’s newest eBook will help. In Writing Yearbook Captions That Will Captivate, you…
We know how busy this time of year is with yearbook production, so if you were unable to catch the live presentation of the Walsworth webinar, Yearbook Theme: It’s Not Just for the Cover, don’t fret. The replay of yesterday’s presentation is now available for viewing. In the one-hour webinar, Walsworth’s Mike Taylor, CJE, offered…
Now that we’re into fall, just about all yearbook staffs probably settled on their theme weeks ago and are well into production on their 2018 books. Sure, the theme looks great on the cover and division pages, but are you carrying it out through the book? In the next event of Walsworth’s year-long webinar series,…
Copyright, libel, privacy… these are complicated legal and ethical issues that many yearbook staffs ponder every year and often don’t ever fully grasp the way they should. Thanks to Walsworth’s newest eBook, Media Law and Ethics for Yearbook Journalists, that no longer has to be the case. Media Law and Ethics provides a condensed overview…
The recording of Walsworth’s Oct. 19 webinar, Get Your Yearbook Show on the Road, is now available for viewing. Former award-winning yearbook adviser and current Walsworth Special Consultant Jim Jordan hosted the hour-long session, which focused on different systems that yearbook staffs can put in place to be more successful as they prepare for the…
The Walsworth Yearbooks October webinar, Get Your Yearbook Show on the Road!, originally scheduled for this afternoon, has now been moved to Thursday, Oct. 19, at 1 p.m. Central time. The webinar will be hosted by Walsworth Special Consultant Jim Jordan, the recently retired award-winning yearbook adviser at Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks,…
Walsworth Yearbooks will continue its webinar series this month when Special Consultant Jim Jordan will host Get Your Yearbook Show on the Road! on Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. Central time. Jordan, the recently retired award-winning yearbook adviser at Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California, will focus on how yearbook staffs can make…
