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. 

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!

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. 

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.

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

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. 

"From the start, we received much needed help from our Herff Jones representatives, Ray and Adam Slye who helped us transform our visions into reality. We appreciated their visits not only for the treats they brought us, but for the constant reminders and updates on the progress of our ever so precious yearbook."
-La Remuda staff, Bella Vista HS

"We would like to thank…our awesome yearbook representatives Ray and Adam Slye for putting up with all of our questions and mistakes and smiling through it all…" -Tesoro staff, Rio Americano HS "Thank you to our wonderful yearbook reps from Herff Jones, the dynamic duo, Ray and Adam Slye. They've been such a big help and have been with us since Day One. We truly appreciate what you guys have done for us and will continue to do for us."
-Titanium staff, Antelope HS

"Ray and Adam Slye, thank you for the treats and the endless hours you worked with us, not just on Tuesdays, but on the days we called you both a million times over. Adam, we're glad you "drive" fast; thank you for all your technical help. This book would have been…well, let's not think what it would have been without you guys!"
-Rampages staff, Casa Roble HS

"We couldn't possibly have gone further than just figuring out our theme without Ray and Adam Slye. Whenever we needed them they were always there. They were even in our dreams when Jenny came in one morning saying, 'Guys, does Adam need anything from us because he called me at 5 and I ignored it because I was asleep.' Mollie and Matt were freaking out, but we looked in her call log and no call history of Adam Slye could be found."
-Epic staff, Center HS

"Thank you also Ray and Adam Slye. Due to all of your incredibly constructive advice and patience, your never ending candy supply and Mama Slye's famous coffee cake, we had enough stamina to make it through the year without too many mental breakdowns. You made many trips up to the middle of nowhere to check in on us. You supported and put up with us often."
-Evergreen staff, Colfax HS

"We are also indebted to our Herff Jones representatives, Ray Slye (we always enjoyed the endless supply of candy), Adam Slye (thanks for not yelling at us when it took 45 days to return deadline two proofs) and Mama Slye (The coffee cake was very good. In fact, it was devoured within seconds)."
-Elite staff, West Campus HS

Join us in Sacramento this summer for the four yerdiest days of your life! You'll learn everything you've ever wanted to know about all aspects of yearbook.

Yearbooks CA offers an unparalleled staff of scholastic journalism experts from across the country teaching classes and lectures on theme, design, writing, coverage, selling your book, staying organized and using the latest technology to create your publication. With our intimate setting, you'll receive quality one-on-one time from every award-winning member of our staff.  

 Connect with fellow yearbook nerds from all over Northern California creating the next generation of school publications.

For more information and to register, visit www.yearbooksca.com

When your new staff gathers to dream the big dream, let us help your ideas become yearbooks. Let's get started now on your 2012 publications. Learn more in Solutions>Imagine 

Volume 15, #3 is another jam-packed issue of HJ's Yearbook Discoveries magazine. In addition to highlighting recently announced award-winning Advisers, tips on recruiting the right staffers, photo advice from the one-and-only Mark Murray, explaining the benefits of printing supplements, Linda Puntney's Maestro plan advice and the latest papercraft Yerd, this issue features our very own current and former Casa Roble HS editors, Corey Lau and Tori Brodsky. Watch your mailbox for the latest issue of Discoveries and stay tuned for the PDF version at www.yearbooks.biz. 

WHEN: May 4, 2011 from 9am to 3pm 

WHERE: El Torito Restaurant, 1598 Arden Way in Sacramento (across from Arden Fair Mall)

Get a jump start on goal setting, coverage planning, team building activities and theme brainstorming for next year during a fun-filled day with fellow yerds!

$25/student
Advisers FREE with four or more students
Lunch Provided
Space Is Limited So Register Now!

Click HERE to download a PDF of the workshop information/registration form or scan the tag below with your mobile device. Register by Friday, April 15 to make sure you don't miss out!

About Linda Puntney, MJE
The most recent addition to the Herff Jones Special Consultants team, retired Executive Director for the Journalism Education Association, Linda Puntney, MJE also was an assistant professor of journalism, director of Student Publications Inc. and adviser of the Royal Purple yearbook and Update magazine at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS for 21 years. She has advised award-winning newspapers, magazines and yearbooks on the high school, community college, small university and Big 12 levels. She has been recognized with the NSPA Pioneer Award, CSPA Gold Key and JEA Medal of Merit, Carl Towley Award and Lifetime Achievement Award in addition to their Teacher Inspiration Award. Linda is certified as a Master Journalism Educator by JEA, and is a frequent speaker at college and high school journalism conferences nationwide.