Everyone LOVES to take polls and surveys, but few yearbook staffs take the time to do them each year. Let's change that...
Watch this brief video lesson with the WHY of doing this (get interactive with your audience and more,) and the HOW to do this (old way or new way, either works.) All that great info for this unique school year will really improve the quality of your book, so let's get started!
Think you know a headline? Most advisers and schools completely miss this - and then miss the chance for readers to actually read your pages. We show you the basics, starting with what a headline ISN'T. What is the importance of headlines? How to make them? See some examples as we go through why a good headline changes the game for a page or spread.
Every school year is different. But people have opinions and feelings every on subjects - are you including those in your yearbook? Watch this lesson for some inspiration and ideas on the why and how of sharing student feelings and views on today's subjects, some tough. Then start considering YOUR school...
Every yearbook is filled with photos. Few yearbooks take the time to write photo captions to identify who's in images and what are they doing here. Those are lost opportunities to tell more stories and help people remember in the years to come. Watch this lessons for the basics on caption writing, see how easy it really is, and then let's get started on really improving your yearbook!
Your yearbook is really a storybook, but how many stories are you really telling? For most staffs - very few. Stories are about people. Our challenge: not just what stories will you tell but HOW MANY will you tell this year? And it's easy. Watch this lesson for the WHY and HOW of storytelling, including making a story list (have one?) and getting started.
These days nearly everyone is on social media, yet many yearbook staffs have no presence there. That's a big oversight, missing a chance to reach your audience on a regular basis. This lesson covers the what, how and WHY of using social media with a student activity at the end to get your group thinking and planning. Watch for our unique takes on using this important element.
Many students are intimidated by interviewing, going out and asking questions to gain information. Yet a great yearbook needs that information to tell more stories.. Watch this lesson to share the importance of this exercise, and to show kids how easy this is with a fun student activity that is never the same twice.
Your page ladder is the road map of your yearbook. How's that road looking? Smooth or full of potholes? We discuss how to organize your book (two main ways) and the importance of the page ladder, including the old fashioned paper version...
You can immediately improve the quality of your book, just by taking better photos. And ANYONE can do this with ANY camera at your disposal. Watch our simple tips and then start taking better pictures TODAY. We start with a strong suggestion for schools today regarding those smartphones...
Does a yearbook need to have a theme? Be ready for the surprising answer - along with tips and ideas and how to choose a theme and how to really work one inside your book. It's not as hard as you think, based on two simple words. For elementary to college staffs, watch this lesson and then start or boost your planning...
Here's a great video to play for a new yearbook staff or to motivate your group on the WHY - why do you make an annual yearbook in the first place? Host Scott Geesey shares the why with a great example - and prepare to be amazed. Yearbooks go WAY back - and WHAT did they include way back when? The lessons ends with a student activity to get your kids thinking and planning...
Our cardinal rule of yearbooking: it's supposed to be FUN. Host Scott Geesey shares what should happen when it's not - and for too many schools, yearbook turns into a chore. YUCK. He shares one great idea to help avoid that situation at your school, from elementary to college. The lesson ends with a student activity to get your group thinking and planning...
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