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If you'd like input on theme development, design, photography or writing, our team of experts is here to help. Schedule a meeting with Tina Cleavelin, Jeff Moffitt or Liz Walsh by clicking below.

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SESSIONS:

Come to our booth to link into the sessions happening each hour! We can't wait to see you!

Thursday 9:00 AM Central
Tell This Story

Instead of concentrating on what is not happening, let’s focus on what is happening. If events, clubs and/or sports have canceled or postponed for your school, this session provides ideas and strategies for solid coverage.

Session Giveaway: Messenger Bags

Speakers: Tina Cleavelin, Peter Griffin


Thursday 10:00 AM Central
Work and Play

Come discover some great ways to make work feel more like play every day. With ideas from all over the country, you’ll see there’s always some fun to be had from staff recruitment to classroom activities. We’re here to help you create a consistently positive culture in your publications room.

Session Giveaway: Game of Things & Wireless Phone Chargers

Speakers: Tina Cleavelin, Jeff Moffitt


Thursday 11:00 AM Central
Photoshop, Cut out backgrounds and the popular color on color duotone from social media and Spotify

Photoshop is a powerful tool and there are dozens of ways to create every technique. See how easy it is to create quick high-quality cutouts in Photoshop using the layers mask. Once you have a great cutout background image, it can even be enhanced with the color-on color-effect seen in social media and Spotify.

Session Giveaway: Stylus Pens

Speaker: Rick Brooks


Thursday 2:00 PM Central
Yearbook+

Yearbook+ is a low-effort way to increase the Wow Factor of your yearbook. With cutting-edge, patent-pending technology, portraits and candid photos in the printed book can now unlock additional digital content that showcases the personality and favorite memories of each student, as determined by them. And that's just the beginning.

Session Giveaway: Insulated Campfire Mugs

Speaker: Mike Wolf


Thursday 3:00 PM Central
Coverage & Composition with Smartphone Photography

If you have your phone, you have a camera. The best camera to use is the one you have with you. Gather settings information, camera use tips, and ways you can turn your entire student body (and maybe even faculty and parents) into an amazing photography staff.

Session Giveaway: PopSockets

Speakers: Margaret Sorrows, Casey Nichols


Friday 9:00 AM Central
It's All About the Details

Doing all the little things can make a big difference. From making sure your cover and spine have all the pertinent information to designing interior page elements that carry through your theme, your fine details pull together an entire book look.

Session Giveaway: Foam Yearbook Royalty Crowns

Speakers: Jeff Moffitt, Lizabeth Walsh


Friday 10:00 AM Central
Pretty as a Picture Portrait Pages

You may not have the portrait section you’d normally have, but this isn’t the year you’d normally have. Come check out coverage and design ideas that can help you include students, even if they don’t submit a portrait this year. Give your student body multiple reasons to buy your book!

Session Giveaway: Game On Bags

Speakers: Lizabeth Walsh, Rick Brooks


Friday 2:00 PM Central
Photography with Gumption

If you want to get the very best photos, you’ve got to show some gumption. Get ideas the staff can use as they cover the events in your school’s community, whether they shoot with a smartphone or DSLR.

Session Giveaway: Photo Tip Cards

Speakers: Margaret Sorrows, Casey Nichols


Friday 3:00 PM Central
Photoshop, Cut out backgrounds and the popular color on color duotone from social media and Spotify 

Photoshop is a powerful tool and there are dozens of ways to create every technique. Creating quick High quality cutouts in photoshop is easy using the layers mask, see how that works. Once you have a great Cut out background image; it can be used as is or taken to the next level using adjustment layers to quickly create the color on color effect seen in social media and Spotify.

Session Giveaway: Stylus Pens

Speaker: Rick Brooks