Traditions that Strengthen your Yearbook Family Bond
Don’t wait until your staff get overwhelmed and shut down. As you see the signs of the winter blues and waning motivation, implement plans!
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- Nov 30
- 5 min
It’s All Good!
Those weeks between Thanksgiving and Winter Break in my yearbook class were action packed. Project Management made all the difference.
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- Nov 23
- 5 min
Getting Faces Into The Yearbook
The Yearbook class is a microcosm of the real-life version of the student community. Getting faces into the yearbook is important.
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- Nov 9
- 5 min
Having a Heart for Leadership
It is not enough to have a team with clear job descriptions. Good leadership is intentionally developed.
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- Nov 3
- 5 min
It Takes a Village
Faculty can help document and preserve the story of your school. Genuinely, how many students have these people helped and encouraged.
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- Oct 26
- 6 min
How to Connect with a Disengaged Student…
Let’s face it–the grind of school everyday is wearisome! This is normal. Here's how to engage with disengaged students.
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- Oct 12
- 6 min
Inundated With Information: Teaching Our Students Journalistic Ethics and Digital Citizenship
What should we teach our students about being a mindful digital citizen? How do we help them give credit to whom it is due?
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- Sep 21
- 5 min
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 4
- 5 min
Final Touches on Making Your Classroom a Home
The final day of the Making a House a Home conference covered advice to equip one’s toolbelt for the purpose of a successful yearbook class.
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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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- Apr 12
- 8 min
When it Comes to Yearbooks, People Do Judge a Book by its Cover
It’s April, and — we hope — your book is completely (or nearly) done. Congratulations! Now it’s time to think about next year, which...
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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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- 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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- Jan 25
- 4 min
MBTI Part 2: Diving into the World of Introverts, Extraverts, Sensors, & Intuitives
In our last post, we talked about working together as a team, and made the point that we aren’t all the same, which means (a) we can’t...
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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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