Timeline And Resource Guide For Mentors

Make time to celebrate and don’t forget to have some fun. When the stress starts to build, make time to have fun. One of the favorite parts of the year for my staff was celebrating Valentine’s Day together. We all bought or made valentines for each other, then spent time passing them out. We used to use the old page submission envelopes as the place we would slip them in. Keep selling books. Plan your book sales strategy for February and the rest of the year. I was concerned about my finances every spring, but somehow, we always stayed in the black. Know your recruiting dates. Be ready when the students must register for next year’s classes. It is so hard to balance the creation of this year’s book with preparing for next year’s book, so be on top of your recruiting timeline. Plan for conventions. The CSPA convention is just around the corner in March and the JEA/NSPA convention is in April. If you and you staff have the resources, make attending at least one convention a year a top priority. Conventions were one of the major factors in growing my program over the years. We learned together. We saw what other staffs were doing. We toured a great city. We discovered a tribe of people who were just as passionate about making a great yearbook as we were. FEBRUARY RESOURCES eBook “Why I Love Yearbook” Possibilities , Volume 9 Get your copy and be inspired by Possibilities, volume 9, which showcases great student work from 2021. Possibilities, the ideation book from Walsworth Yearbooks, is filled with over 900 real-life, sure-to-inspire yearbook examples from 342 of our elementary, middle school, high school and university yearbooks around the country. walsworthyearbooks.com/possibilities Webinar “Show Your Reference Section Some Love”

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