Scott Geesey, CJE

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: how’s your book sale right now? Making a good book is important but so are good sales. Work with your company representative to come up with effective in-school promotion ideas. But people pay more attention to in-school promo methods. Homegrown works.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: just two months left in 2026. Do you have a page deadline upcoming? Hitting deadlines is crucial to good production. Check your plans today, how are those pages tracking to completion? Behind schedule? Make plans now to catch up. Ask rep for help.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: today is Election Day, for those that still go to polling places. For many HS 18 year olds this is a big event, their 1st vote. Yearbook worthy? Absolutely – tell those stories with quotes, maybe not who voted for but feelings about their first vote.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: Daylight Saving Time ended Saturday night, no changes. It’s a hot topic everywhere – what do students think? Might make for an interesting yearbook survey – keep the current plan, all DST, no DST and why. Easy way to include more kids in the book.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: Portrait Pages #5 – most schools put portraits in the front of the book. Why? Perhaps lead with stories & student life coverage, keep head shots for later. Senior section is special but don’t let it dominate a HS/college book, all classes important.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: Portrait Pages #4 – these pages are often the most boring part of most books, just head shots & names. Instead choose/create templates w/ open areas to tell stories about students in those grades or classes. Head shots don’t need to be big. #readable

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: Portrait Pages #3 – you could place one kid at a time & type each name, but flowing entire grades or classes is a lot easier. Layout those sections & page designs, then use your company flowing tools to quickly place pictures & names. BIG time saver.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: Portrait Pages #2– get a name list from your office, find out who doesn’t have an image. You’ll have some. Then decide to take their pic on your own, or just list their name at the end of their grade/class. Make sure no 1 is missed. Our view: take pic.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: Portrait Pages #1 – make sure you receive your annual head shots AFTER Retake Day to be sure images are accurate. Clearly marked as YEARBOOK, not those low resolution images for the front office/ID cards. Yearbook can’t use those. Best reso possible.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: remember film? LOL kids don’t. Even with the improvements with digital cameras, film just looks different. Photo pro Mark Murray of @ATPI has done both, what does he think? youtu.be/QldQkP9Fqg8. Have a high end book? What's old could be new again?

Proud of my high school Alma mater involved with a NASA program. Of course the Rockets would be involved: abc27.com/local-news/local-s…

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: the big question today is AI & photography. How to use? What NOT to do? How AI is already behind the scenes with your digital images. Mark Murray of @ATPI gave us a look at the different angles of this issue: youtu.be/QldQkP9Fqg8. A real pro's view.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: what do students do for fun on weekends in your area? Yearbook worthy? YES. Get pictures & stories from classmates, turn that into an informative spread. Years from now those places may disappear. Remember them always in your book, pictures & stories.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: could your staff use a workshop refresher? Haven’t done much training? Check our new TYR online workshop series: yearbookingreport.com/worksh…. Taken from an actual recent online event with schools. Five basic topics with student activities included. #Learn

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: do many of your pg layouts have a dominant photo? This is 1 image near the center way bigger than all the rest. Something needs to grab your reader’s attention. Images all the same size=no place to start. Give readers that place, along or over gutter.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: have fun with numbers. Today is 10/16/26. Math nerds see 10 + 16 = 26. Research school numbers & then have some fun making similar combinations. Use those numbers in your book for an interesting read that folks will notice. Not the same boring stuff.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: using mobile devices for image taking? Great, but it’s more than just snapping. What apps can help you do better? Pro Mark Murray of @ATPI shares suggestions: youtu.be/D5EdMuSYmf8. Some free, some cost $$. But take better pics right from the snap.

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: if a nearby fall workshop is being offered, consider attending. Not too late to use fresh ideas, learn new skills, see examples of great books. A good yearbook effort is a never ending learning exercise. And aren’t we in the education biz? #TryIt

#Yearbook Tweet of the Day: most staffs never consider using a photo RAW file. Most folks don’t even know what that is. Photo pro Mark Murray of @ATPI describes pros & cons: youtu.be/auMwwDhcdv4. Using original RAW files can lead to better quality on the page. Consider it.

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