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Feb 11
4 min

Collaborative Brainstorming: Yearbook Advice from Xavier College Preparatory High School

Since Covid’s introduction last year, I’ve had the privilege of attending numerous Zoom brainstorming sessions with the yearbook staff of...

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Nov 5, 2020
3 min

Boosting Student Engagement in Online Learning

In the current age of remote learning, it can be harder to promote and maintain student engagement.

Oct 31, 2020
3 min

Personalizing the Yearbook

With remote learning, it can be hard to believe that your school’s yearbook can feel personal...

Oct 1, 2020
9 min

Writing Compelling Photo Captions: Learning the Purpose, Structure, and Specifics

We’ll talk about four main things today. First, why are captions important? Second, what are the main parts of a caption? Third, how do you

Aug 15, 2020
6 min

Marketing Ideas: The Advice & Experiences of a Baldwin Park High Yearbook Advisor

Marketing Ideas Provided by Heather Malone: The Advice & Experiences of a Baldwin Park High Yearbook

Aug 13, 2020
2 min

Partner with Local Businesses to Boost Yearbook Sales

Small businesses have been struggling during the Covid-19 pandemic, and so getting paid ads placed in your yearbook is harder now than...

Aug 11, 2020
2 min

Using the Yearbook Ladder: Instruction by Leadership Mentor Ms. Lucy McHugh

There are lots of ways to organize your yearbook ideas, and today we’ll be talking about one of the primary methods, namely the Ladder....

Aug 8, 2020
6 min

A Yearbook Advisor’s Encouragement to Other Advisors

I’m Heather, and I am the yearbook advisor at Baldwin Park High School. Sarah, our yearbook representative asked me to answer a few...

Jul 24, 2020
3 min

Staying Safe: How to Follow Covid-19 Guidelines While Taking Photos

With the current pandemic, yearbook teams are heavily restricted in how they can go about compiling photos for their book. However, it’s...

Jul 17, 2020
3 min

Back to Campus? Here are Some Ideas for Taking Pictures Live

With the current pandemic, it can be incredibly difficult to compile in-person photos, even if you’re back on campus. Below is the...

Jul 17, 2020
3 min

Boost Your Creativity: Acquire the Photo Coverage You Need for School & Sporting Events

In this time of social distancing, it can be hard for yearbook staff to capture the intimate moments of student life. Yearbook advisors...

Jul 17, 2020
2 min

Ways to Boost Morale and Motivate Yearbook Staff during the Covid Crisis: Part One

Covid-19 has brought the world to a standstill, and has changed the way that we do just about everything. This time has been especially...

May 20, 2020
3 min

Creating Unique School Memories: Remembering What Made 2020 Special

We hope you’re all staying safe and doing well in these uncertain times. We know for most of you guys it feels like the school year is...

May 12, 2020
4 min

The Esthetic Class of 2020: Looking Back on the Positives

It’s been a crazy year – we hope you’re all staying safe, hanging in there with these last few weeks of school, and staying motivated and...

May 5, 2020
2 min

Creating Personalized Yearbook Photos: Making New Memories in Quarantine

Here at United Yearbook, we know that many of you are missing out on making some really great memories because of the pandemic (e.g.,...

Apr 17, 2020
2 min

A Yearbook Advisor’s Dream Come True: A Testimony of United Yearbook’s Innovative Work

Hello fellow yearbook advisors, my name is Eric Hartman, and I have been the yearbook advisor at St. Anne’s School in Laguna, CA since...

Oct 12, 2019
9 min

Team Building Part 2: Continuing to Learn about Personality Differences with the MBT

In our last blog we talked about personality preferences in team settings, discussing the differences between introverts, extroverts, intuit

Oct 6, 2019
10 min

Team Building Part 1: Learning about the Beauty of Personality Differences with the MBTI

Teamwork is a complicated thing, especially considering how different each person is. How do you prefer to gather information and make decis

Sep 11, 2019
7 min

Photojournalism Part 2: The Details & Ethics of Photojournalism

We’ve been talking about the different pieces that go into building your yearbook, and have recently been discussing photojournalism. In par

Sep 3, 2019
7 min

Photojournalism Part 1: What It Is, What It’s Not, & What the Process Looks Like

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Collaborative Brainstorming: Yearbook Advice from Xavier College Preparatory High School

Boosting Student Engagement in Online Learning

Personalizing the Yearbook

Writing Compelling Photo Captions: Learning the Purpose, Structure, and Specifics

Marketing Ideas: The Advice & Experiences of a Baldwin Park High Yearbook Advisor

Partner with Local Businesses to Boost Yearbook Sales

Using the Yearbook Ladder: Instruction by Leadership Mentor Ms. Lucy McHugh

A Yearbook Advisor’s Encouragement to Other Advisors

Staying Safe: How to Follow Covid-19 Guidelines While Taking Photos

Back to Campus? Here are Some Ideas for Taking Pictures Live

Boost Your Creativity: Acquire the Photo Coverage You Need for School & Sporting Events

Ways to Boost Morale and Motivate Yearbook Staff during the Covid Crisis: Part One

Creating Unique School Memories: Remembering What Made 2020 Special

The Esthetic Class of 2020: Looking Back on the Positives

Creating Personalized Yearbook Photos: Making New Memories in Quarantine

A Yearbook Advisor’s Dream Come True: A Testimony of United Yearbook’s Innovative Work

Team Building Part 2: Continuing to Learn about Personality Differences with the MBT

Team Building Part 1: Learning about the Beauty of Personality Differences with the MBTI

Photojournalism Part 2: The Details & Ethics of Photojournalism

Photojournalism Part 1: What It Is, What It’s Not, & What the Process Looks Like

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