The Beginning--What Needs To Be Done & By Whom
The yearbook itself would be a collection of shared and individual voices from the classroom.
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- Aug 16
- 6 min
Self Care Tips Every Yearbook Adviser Needs
As a yearbook adviser, you must create space to focus on your mental, physical, and student's health.
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- Aug 3
- 5 min
Making Leaders out of a School's Yearbook Staff
On Day Two of our Making a House a Home yearbook workshop, our speakers discuss the responsibility of tackling projects in a yearbook class.
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- Aug 2
- 4 min
The Heart Behind each Yearbook Adviser
The speakers for Day One of Making a House a Home Conference successfully shed light on the importance of the yearbook creation.
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- Aug 1
- 3 min
School Administration's Support for Yearbook Advisers is Essential for Success
The challenges of being a yearbook advisor, and how the school administration can be more supportive.
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- May 20
- 4 min
Saying Farewell to Your Seniors
Your book is out and distributed, your grades ready to turn in, but there’s one last lesson to teach: How to say goodbye.
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- May 18
- 6 min
Thinking About Next Yearbook–A Summer Workshop For Your Yearbook Staff
Starting out the year with a prepared staff changes everything. A summer workshop could do just that!
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- Apr 19
- 4 min
A Letter to Next Year’s Staff
This blog is probably read mostly by advisers, and that makes sense. Most of our posts are aimed at advisers. But this one is a little...
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- Mar 29
- 5 min
It's Done! Celebrate...Then What?
We’re big on celebrations here at United Yearbook, and we think you should be, too! Completing a yearbook and sending it off to the...
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- Mar 23
- 7 min
Building a House or Building a Book: Punch Lists Keep Things Moving Forward
A dozen or so years ago, I had the occasion to build a house on a small lake. The location was idyllic. It was the home of my dreams. And...
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- Mar 8
- 5 min
All Hands On Deck!
It was March, and the pressure was on. By now, according to the yearbook ladder, many of the page spreads were due. But many students...
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- Feb 22
- 6 min
Making Sure Your Senior Section is Special
One of our fundamental principles here at UYB is that a yearbook should inclusively tell the story of the entire school and not leave...
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- Feb 15
- 6 min
Love in Leadership
Love is in the air. Spring. Hearts. Cupids. Young love. Old love. For such a short month, February really packs a punch, centered around...
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- Feb 9
- 5 min
Diffusing Drama With Kindness: Finding a Path Forward
I’ll never forget when the Cheer spread created drama for my yearbook staff. It was subtle at first. It was based around the school...
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- Feb 1
- 5 min
MBTI Part 3: Thinkers, Feelers, Judgers, and Perceivers
In our first post in this MBTI series, we talked about working together as a team, and made the point that we aren’t all the same, which...
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- Jan 18
- 4 min
MBTI Part 1: Understanding the Dynamics of Your Yearbook Team
Before an advisor can think about pulling together all the different pieces that make a yearbook, they need to think about pulling a...
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- Dec 23, 2021
- 3 min
Why a Yearbook?
In a time when almost all of us walk around with high-quality cameras in our pockets, students have hundreds of photos on their phone,...
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- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
ORGANIZING PHOTOS For Your School's Yearbook
So many different kinds of pictures are needed for the yearbook! How in the world can the hundreds and thousands of pictures taken be...
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- Nov 4, 2021
- 4 min
Yearbook Classes: Flexibility and Clarity in Instruction and Execution
When leading a yearbook team, flexibility is a must. Advisors need to make sure their instructions are both clear and tailored, that way...
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- Nov 4, 2021
- 5 min
Why should you entrust your yearbook to United Yearbook?
But that first question is a why question, and a why question should get a why answer…and trust isn’t usually based on a list of services.
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