Halloween is approaching, but there is more to this time of year than candy and costumes. Did you know that Oct. 27 is Cranky Co-workers Day and Oct. 30 is National Forgiveness Day?
If the team spirit is starting to fray a little, consider doing some activities that will dissipate irritability and strengthen bonds between staff members.
Staff bonding can facilitate the completion of your yearbook. Bonding is beneficial because it will enable staff members to work through conflicts, share the workload and improve attitudes. Work just goes more smoothly when people understand and even like each other.
Most schools open again in August or September. On the first day, or in the first few weeks, it might be fun to have a kick-off activity for your yearbook class or club, or do one or two fun activities to help the staff bond. Here are ideas for both months.
Yearbook advisers at Walsworth’s Adviser Academy got some valuable tips on ways to keep the staff motivated on Monday afternoon in the session “Yearbook = Fun… or at least it should be.”
Walsworth sales rep Keith Hughey, a former yearbook adviser for seven years, outlined some strategies to help keep the yearbook students energized throughout the course of the year.
If you haven’t wandered over to the Idea File area in a couple days, take a look at this story that was posted last week by good friend of the Yearbooks Blog – retired Florida adviser Anne Whitt.
One of the best ways to teach the craft to all the aspiring journalists in your classroom is to encourage reading. Whitt provides a list of 20 or so autobiographies and memoirs that provide a historical perspective on journalism.
Many of the yearbook staffs heading off to workshops this summer will be spending a lot of time brainstorming and developing a theme for their 2011 yearbooks.
The creative process behind a yearbook theme can be a fun one, but also a challenge. Fortunately, we’ve got some online resources that can help get you started.
Isn’t it summer yet? I guess I assumed that it was, due to the blitz of Iron Man 2 media I’ve been seeing everywhere. After all, to me, blockbuster action movies mean summer.
For your yearbook staff, summer can be a time to relax, recharge and reflect to get ready for next year. Unfortunately, that’s not all, though. There is work to be done – theme and cover ideas, new staff getting to know each other. And a great place to accomplish a lot of these things is at a summer workshop.
Many people make your school run, and the backbone of the operation rests with the receptionists, secretaries, administrative assistants and others who handle the administrative jobs of the school.
You might not even realize it, but this week is Administrative Professionals Week. So why not take the time to show your appreciation for their work.
Warmer weather is on the way, and you have either submitted your yearbook, are just over halfway done or somewhere in between. Your staff has done a lot of work, and it may be time for them to take a break. Taking even a few minutes to think about something other than yearbook can help everyone feel refreshed and approach work with a renewed sense of purpose.
Consider these quirky ideas based on national observances designated by different groups. Celebrate, rejuvenate and have some fun in the month of March with these ideas as the basis, or come up with your own.
