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Does your staff or group have an editorial policy for your entire effort? It's the rule book for now and the future. written down for all to see. We share ideas. Our special guest from the SPLC talks about prior review and prior restraint, explained and to be avoided if possible. What are students thinking and feeling this year? Watch our lesson on covering tough subjects. Try our old fashioned promotional idea, fun and effective. Need help writing photo captions? Try our special AI prompt and maybe this can help.
Does your staff or group have an editorial policy for your entire effort? It's the rule book for now and the future. written down for all to see. We share ideas. Our special guest from the SPLC talks about prior review and prior restraint, explained and to be avoided if possible. What are students thinking and feeling this year? Watch our lesson on covering tough subjects, but also try going the fun route. Use our old fashioned promotional idea, fun and effective. Need help writing photo captions? Try our special AI prompt and maybe this can help.
Was Yearbook Week a hit for you? While we're doing storytelling this year, are you remembering student opinions on different subjects? We have suggestions for you to try. How to create that storybook? Watch our lesson video. Do you know some legal aspects of yearbook? An expert from the Student Press Law Center runs down some of them. Are you offering folks any incentives to buy your new yearbook? We have ideas. And let AI help you prep staffers for covering different topics, try using our prompt provided.
Was Yearbook Week a hit for you? While we're doing storytelling this year, are you remembering student opinions on different subjects? We have suggestions, for both MS and elementary. How to create that storybook? Watch our lesson video. Do you know some legal aspects of yearbook? An expert from the Student Press Law Center runs down some of them. Are you offering folks any incentives to buy your new yearbook? We have ideas. And let AI help you prep staffers for covering different topics, try using our prompt provided.
A yearbook is a storybook, but how to tell so many student stories this year? We share some suggestions. Top adviser Mike Simons shares great advice on two topics the yearbook companies miss: handling student drama and more parental involvement. When it comes to selling more books, the magic number is THREE. How to handle your page ladder? Watch our lesson. ChatGPT can help teachers with some basic class planning, try using our prompt. And how much does college cost these days? Use the Tuition Tracker.
A yearbook is a storybook, but how to tell so many student stories this year? We share some suggestions. Top adviser Mike Simons shares great advice on two topics the yearbook companies miss: handling student drama and more parental involvement. When it comes to selling more books, the magic number is THREE. How to handle your page ladder? Watch our lesson. ChatGPT can help teachers with some basic class planning, try using our prompt. And how much does college cost these days? Use the Tuition Tracker.
Getting ready for National Yearbook Week next week? We offer some suggestions on the use of divider pages in your book. For MS, why not get your veteran student staffers teaching your rookies? A top adviser offers advice. How to effectively use daily announcements, not the usual boring stuff. And we offer a prompt to get AI to write a good announcement for you. Are you actively using social media? Watch our online lesson for ideas and suggestions. Are kids prepared for the eventual workforce? One article we share says NO.
Getting ready for National Yearbook Week next week? We offer some suggestions on the use of divider pages in your book. For MS, why not get your veteran student staffers teaching your rookies? A top adviser offers advice. How to effectively use daily announcements, not the usual boring stuff. And we offer a prompt to get AI to write a good announcement for you. Are you actively using social media? Watch our online lesson for ideas and suggestions. Are kids prepared for the eventual workforce? One article we share says NO.
National Yearbook Week is two weeks away - but start planning NOW for this event to promote your effort and book sale. We offer some ideas. Advisers, how can you coach your student leaders? A top adviser shares his advice. Our promotion idea of the week shows an old school idea that still works - homemade flyers. Check out our video on Interviewing to get your group gathering more information and having more fun. We show how you can use AI to come up with fresh topics to cover this year.
National Yearbook Week is two weeks away - but start planning NOW for this event to promote your effort and book sale. We offer some ideas. MS advisers, how can you coach your student leaders? A top adviser shares his advice. Our promotion idea of the week shows an old school idea that still works - homemade flyers. Check out our video on Interviewing to get your group gathering more information and having more fun. We show how you can use AI to come up with fresh topics to cover this year.
Need more motivation for this project than just making pages in a book? We give you the reason, step by step and change your school. A top yearbook adviser gives advice on how to choose student leaders. Sales emails sent from school are still the best, we show you how. And AI can help you write those emails FAST. How to work a theme? Check our fun lesson. And imagine your yearbook group as the biggest group on campus - it's possible.
Need more motivation for this project than just making pages in a book? We give you the reason, step by step and change your school. A top yearbook adviser gives advice on how to choose student leaders. Sales emails sent from school are still the best, we show you how. And AI can help you write those emails FAST. How to work a theme? Check our fun lesson. And imagine your yearbook group as the biggest group on campus - it's possible.
Maybe go a little "crazy" this year? Why not include more than just the usual events and stuff in the book? How did people feel about various things? How to use AI with yearbooking? An expert from NSPA weighs in. And how to use AI for your Fun Editor to keep the staff motivated. Old school promotion ideas still work like the BIG idea we share here. Want your group to emulate a top yearbook staff? Our ASMR series could help. See, crazy ideas aren't so crazy...
Maybe go a little "crazy" this year? Why not include more than just the usual events and stuff in the book? How did people feel about various things? How to use AI with yearbooking? An expert from NSPA weighs in. And how to use AI for your Fun Editor to keep the staff motivated. Old school promotion ideas still work like the BIG idea we share here. Want your group to emulate a top yearbook staff? Our ASMR series could help. See, crazy ideas aren't so crazy...
Now past Labor Day, time to get going! Check out our daily yearbooking tip on X/Twitter. Get your group organized with a simple but effective idea we share. What can yearbooks improve this year? A national expert shares ideas. Our promotion idea of the week is great old school - and FUN. On old school, take a minute for our weekly survey. Read our AI idea to get your staffers taking better photos. And watch our Photo Basics video to start taking better shots right away.
Now past Labor Day, time to get going! Check out our daily yearbooking tip on X/Twitter. Get your group organized with a simple but effective idea we share. What can yearbooks improve this year? A national expert shares ideas. Our promotion idea of the week is great old school - and FUN. On old school, take a minute for our weekly survey. Read our AI idea to get your students or parents taking better photos. And watch our Photo Basics video to start taking better shots right away.
Has School Day #1 happened it? One of the biggest days of the year. How to get your Gen Z staffers to actually work and do it well? Watch our unique video. Use AI to research how to tell fresh stories about your yearbooking topics, use our prompt. Use social media actively for success. And our TYR video lessons are a little different than the others, see what we mean.
Has School Day #1 happened? Did you cover it? One of the biggest days of the year. Students in MS or Elem that do yearbook are technically Generation Alpha, but could our Gen Z rules also apply? Watch our unique video. Use AI to research how to tell fresh stories about your yearbooking topics, use our prompt. Use social media actively for success. And our TYR video lessons are a little different than the others, see what we mean.
We get a new school year started by going back to English class to help you organize your effort here at the beginning. Watch a clip from a national student journalism expert on the health of yearbooks today. Check both our Sales/Promotion Idea of the Week and our AI Idea of the Week - yes AI, we're watching you. Answer our weekly survey question on how you're doing right now, and get some education and inspiration.
Same great information but aimed at a younger student school perspective. We get a new school year started by going back to English class to help you organize your effort here at the beginning. Watch a clip from a national student journalism expert on the health of yearbooks today. Check both our Sales/Promotion Idea of the Week and our AI Idea of the Week - yes AI, we're watching you. Answer our weekly survey question on how you're doing right now, and get some education and inspiration.
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