Distribution Day is almost here!

Sure, right now it might feel like you'll never be finished creating the book, but the truth is they'll be on campus before you know it! You've worked hard to create the best yearbook your school has ever seen. Start planning now to make sure Distribution Day is a school-wide event to remember. 

We've made it easy with a complete collection of resources and materials to guide you every step of the way and give your yearbook the proper unveiling once it arrives on campus.

Check out all of the items available to promote your event, highlight yearbook staff members, direct students, reward attendees, sell at distribution and more. 

Visit the Resources section at www.yearbooks.biz for the following files (available in InDesign, Word and PDF formats):

• Planner Checklist (starting at 12 weeks out)
• Templates for Perforated Postcards, Fliers and Signage
• Disclaimer to include with your books at distribution
• Scripts for Announcements and Autodialer Messages
• Slideshow Background and TV Announcement graphics
• Readership Survey 

Contact us with any questions or if you'd like even more information on planning a distribution event. 

Yearbook Discoveries Volume 16, Issue 1

From forming a solid yearbook sales plan to creative storytelling, brushing up on copyright law to advice from award-winning advisers and much more, the latest issue of Herff Jones Yearbook Discoveries is packed with information for advisers, editors and staffers. 

You've already received the printed version at school and now Issue 1 is also available online at www.yearbookdiscoveries.com or as a downloadable PDF to read on your iPad or display on your classroom digital white board. 

Don't forget to follow Herff Jones on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates!

Introducing HJ Stitch!

Your school's story, brought together like never before. Richer content, better engaged students, and every voice counts. Available for your school, and it's absolutely free.

Visit www.hjstitch.com for more information and to take a tour. 

Fall Workshop with Paul Ender

The one-and-only Paul Ender is back in Sacramento on Monday, September 26 for a full-day design workshop. This is the perfect opportunity to finalize your 2012 concept and designs before your first deadline. You'll be amazed at the difference one day with Paul and fellow yerds can make. Download a PDF flier with all the details. 

Monday, September 26

Doubletree Hotel-Sacramento

8:00am–3:30pm

$150/school (up to 5 attendees)

Advisers and Editors

To register, contact Adam.

About Paul
Paul Ender was adviser to the American yearbook at Independence High School in San Jose, Calif., for 23 years before his retirement in 2000. Paul speaks at conventions and workshops nationwide, was the Journalism Education Association’s 1997 National Yearbook Adviser of the Year, is a former Northern California Yearbook Adviser of the Year, and a 1994 CSPA Gold Key recipient. In 1999, he received National Scholastic Press Association’s Pioneer Award and was named to Oklahoma Interscholastic Press Association’s National Scholastic Journalism Hall of Fame. His students’ books were recognized at the state and national level. The American has received both NSPA’s Pacemaker and Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Crown. Previous volumes have won Best of the West and national Best of Show awards as well. Paul also co-wrote and edited the third edition of CSPA’s Scholastic Yearbook Fundamentals and the Herff Jones Modular Design Curriculum. A design authority, he helped introduce grids and modular design to the yearbook community.

Tech Talk is back in Sacramento October 5!

“It was phenomenal—perfect pacing and entertaining. A truly ‘advanced’ workshop.”
–Nancy Smith, Lafayette High School Missouri 

“This was the best conference I have ever attended anywhere.”
–Melissa Palmer, Jefferson Junior High School Illinois 

“I couldn’t wait to share what I’d learned with my class.”
–Elizabeth Doebler, Redding Christian School California 

Find out what all the talk is about on October 5 at the Hilton Sacramento Arden West. Herff Jones Tech Talks are free technology seminars for yearbook advisers. Whether you’re using desktop publishing or online software to create your yearbook pages, Tech Talk offers you valuable tips, tricks and techniques. 

In the morning eDesign session, you will experience first hand how fast and easy this state-of- the-art, award-winning online page-organization and page-creation program is to use. During the afternoon Photoshop session, you’ll master cool tricks for enhancing your yearbook pages and creating eye-catching graphics for use with InDesign or your online software. The lessons in these sessions will introduce you to key tools and techniques you can use right away.

While similar training would likely cost $500, there is no charge to attend Tech Talk, and lunch is on us! Herff Jones will also provide laptop computers for your training. Each session is limited to 25 advisers, so enroll by Sept. 28, 2011. 

Contact Adam to register and for our discount group code if you'd like to stay overnight at the hotel.