Timeline And Resource Guide For Mentors

Senior tributes and ads. If you sell senior tributes and business ads, is your plan in place to get some of these pages completed? These pages can make a big difference in making your deadline page count. Get them done early. They can be some of the easiest to complete which can give you more time on your content pages. Staff expectations and training . Does every staff member know what is expected of them and how to meet those expectations well? Have you trained them to do what you are going to be asking them to do? All time devoted to staff training should be complete. From here on out, training will need to take place in small groups around specific deadlines. Know your workflow. Is your workflow system in place? Who on staff will be doing what and what are the specific steps that each spread must go through from start to completion? This is one of the most crucial steps to define well before you get in the thick of production. Rely on and refine what has worked well for you in past years. Have your deadline plan in place . Have you planned your first deadline? What pages will you be submitting on the first deadline and what mini deadlines are in place to be sure they are done on time and at the very top level of quality? This is one of the main functions of the adviser. You need to understand when pages must be sent and help your editors devise the best plan to get the necessary work done. Be sure to plan in extra time to be sure the actual deadlines will always be made. It’s even OK if only you as adviser know what the actual drop-dead deadlines are. OCTOBER RESOURCES Ebooks “100 Great Yearbook Photos That Captured Our Attention” Webinars “Get Your Yearbook Show on the Road: Making That First Deadline”

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