15 things to do during the first month of school
1. Consider joining a Professional Scholastic Journalism Organization: HSPA/Local or JEA National
2. Register for Journalism Hawaii today- spaces are limited
3. Schedule “portrait” with your photography studio
4. Assign student photographers to shoot before-school and first-week events
5. Finalize, color code, and post ladder with deadlines and specific assignments for each spead
6. Fill out a copy envelope for all pages, color code to match ladder and file numerically
7. Train staff in design, copy writing, and desktop publishing (call Shareen, Jon or Jo at our numbers)
8. Plan your ads sales campaign
9. Make sure all your computers are up and running, and updated
10. Get class list for index and class pages
11. Develop a method to keep your negatives and/or digital photographs organized
12. Get or update lists of faculty, sports, clubs and organizations
13. Have at least one staff “get-to-know-each-other” event to set goals and have fun
14. Select fonts for your book and put them on a disk for the plant
15. Call Shareen, Jon or Jo and set a meeting time for training and/or editors’ meeting
www.yearbooks.biz
Where? www.yearbooks.biz
Who? Public access
How? No passwords or user names needed for general access. Access to your yearbook requires enrollment in and User Name and Password for YBAccess.
What? This is the new home page for the Yearbook Division of Herff Jones, Inc. From here, you can access: Showcase, Products, Your Yearbook, Support, Events, About Us and Contact Us.
www.yrbktips.com
Where? www.yrbktips.com
Who? Public access
How? Enrollment required for automatic e-mail distribution. Complete simple enrollment form and submit at www.yrbktips.com >e-mail subscription. To prevent “spam,” a response to the subscription request will be sent to the e-mail address listed on the enrollment form. The enrollee must respond to this e-mail message to be placed on the e-mail distribution list.
What? The Web site contains all tips previously distributed. A new tip is e-mailed to subscribers and added to the public access site each week.
Jon Bello: (808) 722-7234
jbello@herff-jones.com
Jo Banda: (808) 306-6500
jbanda@herff-jones.com
Shareen Guzman: (808) 833-6322 phone/fax
(808) 372-6461 cell
sguzman@herff-jones.com
For those of you who renewed your 2004 contract early, you should have received yor kit materials by June. If you did not locate your kit, please call us.