Five summer assignments for yearbook photographers
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks Few things demonstrate the dedication of a photographer to improve more than continuing to take images well after the last yearbook assignment has been completed. Who is...
View ArticleBurke excited to step back into classroom at Adviser Academy
As Walsworth’s 2018 Adviser Academy approaches this July in Kansas City, the Yearbooks Blog will get you ready for the event with a new Inside Look at the Academy through a series of Q&As with the...
View ArticleDevelop your yearbook editors into student leaders
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks Great yearbooks start with invested students. Students who desire to put out a great product need to be inspired to do so, and that inspiration should come from the...
View ArticleJune webinar with Mike Taylor will get your staff started on theme
Summer workshop season is here, which for many of you means your yearbook staff will soon be heading off to camp to start thinking about cover designs and brainstorming for that perfect theme idea....
View ArticleEmployee Spotlight: Meet Dan Davis
Here at Walsworth Yearbooks, we’re lucky to have many excellent employees. These are the people who make our company run. Some of them interact with our customers every day, but many of them don’t....
View ArticleWelcome to the new School Store
Walsworth Yearbooks is happy to announce a new School Store experience for you and your community. Beginning today, you will see a new interface along with new features to make purchasing yearbooks and...
View ArticleJohnson eager to share tech skills at Academy
As Walsworth’s 2018 Adviser Academy approaches this July in Kansas City, the Yearbooks Blog has been getting you ready for the event with a new Inside Look at the Academy through a series of Q&As...
View ArticleYearbook for your ears with WYPN
When people think of yearbook, they might think of writing, photography or design. Listening is probably not high on the list, but we’re looking to change that with the Walsworth Yearbooks Podcast...
View ArticleYearbook advisers take in knowledge on first day of Adviser Academy
The 2018 Adviser Academy began on Monday at the Marriott Country Club Plaza in Kansas City. Walsworth journalism specialist Mike Taylor, CJE, kicked off the morning’s opening session with a...
View ArticleJordan, Taylor talk design and storytelling on Adviser Academy day two
Day two of Walsworth’s Adviser Academy in Kansas City kicked off on Tuesday with a presentation from journalism specialist Mike Taylor, CJE, and yearbook special consultant Jim Jordan, who shared the...
View ArticleWalsworth President Don Walsworth shares yearbook story with advisers
After a rousing game involving blindfolds, birthdays and putting your trust in strangers, 2018 Adviser Academy attendees sat down Wednesday morning to hear from company president Don Walsworth. He...
View ArticleNew theme inspiration just a click away in 2018 Theme Gallery
As yearbook staffs begin work on their 2019 books this summer, one of the first challenges they will take on is developing a theme. At summer workshops and at back-to-school training sessions, staffs...
View ArticleEmployee Spotlight: Meet Susan Smith
Here at Walsworth Yearbooks, we’re lucky to have many excellent employees. These are the people who make our company run. Some of them interact with our customers every day, but many of them don’t....
View ArticleSherwood staff makes cover special by bringing the heat
A new yearbook season is upon us, which means the return of the Cover Spotlight! As your yearbook staff starts brainstorming for the 2019 cover and sorting through the Cover Gallery for ideas, draw...
View ArticleKick-start Your Sales – Back to School best practices
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks Thinking about how you want to promote this year’s yearbook is an exciting thing, but before you get too many ideas I don’t want you to get too ahead of yourself! The...
View ArticleCoupon codes, school colors among the options in new School Store
Last month, Walsworth Yearbooks unveiled a new online School Store experience for all of its schools. As the summer moves along, more and more schools are diving in and getting their first look at the...
View ArticleLet your theme inspire your coverage
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks A good theme never shuts up. While theme shows up loudest on the pages dedicated to its explanation (opening spreads) and continuation (division pages), it should not...
View ArticleCoverage Spotlight shows back-to-school coverage can have unique spin for...
As schools start back in session in many parts of the country this month, that means yearbook staffs are heading back to work on 2019 yearbooks. In our newest Coverage Spotlight, we’re going to take a...
View ArticleSix things new yearbook advisers should be doing right now
Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks As the school year begins, thousands of new yearbook advisers from all across the country are about to dive head-first into a new and challenging, yet exciting, endeavor....
View ArticleAsk Mike: Why should I do a yearbook boot camp?
The latest episode of the Ask Mike podcast has dropped! On episode five, Mike Taylor, CJE, discussed yearbook boot camp with his guests, Allison Miller of Marcus High School, Flower Mound, Texas, and...
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