This week on the Yearbook Chat with Jim podcast, host Jim Jordan talks to Lori Oglesbee. Recently retired from 34 years as a teacher and yearbook adviser, Oglesbee established herself as a powerhouse “triple-threat” journalism instructor. She is a master at teaching writing, photography and design, and shares her thoughts and methods with listeners. She has a deep love of
This post is the last one in a four-part series highlighting the employees and departments that provide Walsworth’s outstanding customer support. You can read about the artists in Walsworth’s Creative Services area here. Our post about Computer Support can be found here and you can read about the company’s customer service representatives here. Every department at Walsworth Yearbooks is focused on helping our
On a day intended to celebrate love, a horrible tragedy happened instead. The news from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School yesterday was difficult to comprehend. All children, in every school across the country, are our children, but what happened to the children and staff at this high school was more personal. Walsworth is a long-time partner of Marjory Stoneman Douglas
This post is part of a series highlighting the employees and departments that provide Walsworth’s outstanding customer support. Our post about Computer Support can be found here and you can read about the company’s customer service representatives here. Walsworth strives to provide a positive yearbook experience to customers on all fronts. Creative Services is there to help with artistic endeavors. Schools
2017 has been a year-long 80th birthday celebration for Walsworth and we’ve enjoyed sharing it with all our yearbook friends. All year on our social media channels we’ve been dropping fun, interesting facts about the company, counting from one all the way to 80. Did you know Walsworth created prop yearbooks for the TV show The Middle and the movie
This post is part of a series highlighting the employees and departments that provide Walsworth’s outstanding customer support. You can read about the company’s customer service representatives here. Many departments at Walsworth work together to provide an excellent customer experience. One mainstay is the Computer Support Department. These are the technicians who are there to walk yearbook customers through complicated
Every day, Walsworth’s customer service representatives (CSRs) field a wide array of questions from yearbook customers. “Did I submit pages 2 and 3?” “Can you look at that design and see if you like it? Does it look good?” “My copy count doesn’t look like it reflects the amount of books that we need.” “I’m going to miss my deadline
A small green frog figurine sits on the desk of Walsworth President Don Walsworth. Its jewel eyes witness the daily operations of the company, watching as visitors stop by, important meetings are held, and top-level decision-making happens. It’s beautiful, a gift brought back from his mother’s extensive travels. The frog is also an important symbol for the company. “A frog
As the year comes to a close, responsibilities fall away. A yearbook adviser is never completely rid of responsibility – there’s always something you could be doing. But right now, while the mountain of work has shrunk to the size of a hill, take time to enjoy what you’ve created. A whole year of work went into making your yearbook.
Yearbook advisers last an average of three years on the job, but Jim Jordan is retiring at the end of this school year with more than 10 times that tenure. He has been a yearbook adviser at Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California for 35 years. Under his leadership the Decamhian yearbook has won 13 CSPA Crown Awards
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