We Speak Yearbook
Two years ago, I met a struggling first-year yearbook adviser who invited me into his classroom to give him some tips. The first thing I noticed was that he provided plenty of space to display items for all the other subjects he taught, but if he hadn’t told me that he taught yearbook, I would… [Continue Reading]
Let me guess: you’re a new yearbook adviser, and nowhere in the box of “yearbook stuff” do you see the “Adobe InDesign Tips for a New Yearbook Adviser” manual. On the top of the pile is a CD that says “Adobe InDesign CS(insert number here).” The previous adviser is no where to be found. (In… [Continue Reading]
If you haven’t already received emails, letters, phone calls, and mailings from them, there is a new yearbook company that is trying to convince yearbook advisers that they are better than us. Well, of course, they would. That’s their job, so who can blame them, right? In fact, competition is what drives an industry and… [Continue Reading]
The hardest part of training teenagers to create a yearbook is impressing on them the true value of a yearbook is when you look at it 40 years from now. Here is a great story about a woman who comes across her high school yearbook after 40 years, and even though she didn’t have any… [Continue Reading]
We originally posted this blog about the staying power of printed yearbooks back in 2009, but thought we’d remind you for those who forgot =) Luv U 4ever! Dear Yearbook: You’re still cool. Please stay just the way you are. By Jay Hamburg, Orlando Magazine High school yearbooks have survived with a very strange recipe… [Continue Reading]
Scott Kelby is known for his Photoshop expertise. (In fact, if you ever get a chance to attend one of his workshops, do it! It’s definitely worth it… But not for beginners). Anyway, he has a blog and on his blog, he likes to invite guest writers. This week his guest happens to be another… [Continue Reading]
As a major Gleek, I was thrilled to find out last season that the choir robes worn on a Glee episode were provided by none other than Herff Jones. (We also provide robes for the US Supreme Court, by the way.) As though that isn’t enough, you know that poster in your kit that says… [Continue Reading]
Back in March, we published the “W” card in our “The A to Z’s of Yearbooks” series with the topic “W is for What?!?” In discussing how to avoid yearbook controversy, we used a FICTIONAL example of publishing a Hitler quote in your yearbook because we didn’t think anyone would actually do that. We were… [Continue Reading]
If cherishing your school memories is not enough reason to buy a yearbook, how about making a $1,700 profit? That’s how much Justin Bieber’s elementary school yearbook is going for on eBay! Read about it here on the TorontoSun.com I’m sure his elementary classmates had no idea little Justin was going to be famous one… [Continue Reading]
When I tell students that yearbooks are advertisements and history books, they never thought of it before but they’re not too surprised. However, it’s when I tell them that yearbooks are used by law enforcement to solve crimes, I get the most reaction. If you’re one of the schools that didn’t believe me, click here… [Continue Reading]
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