There’s nothing better than a YBK Workshop

Recommendations? Local? Regional? National? All of the above, of course. Yearbookers grow by leaps and bounds as a direct result of attending workshops. It’s the exposure to YBK experts from around the country and learning from other amazing yearbook staffers. It’s bouncing ideas off their peers and having those precious lightbulb moments when an idea becomes a plan. It’s all worth it. So, take a look at the camps and workshops provided in your area and sign up to attend the national Herff Jones workshop, either virtually or in-person. It’s just another way we help make yearbook special for you and your students.

JUNE

HJYBK Houston 
June 8-9, 2023
Houston, TX
Meredith Bledsoe
mabledsoe@herffjones.com

HJYBK Austin/Waco
June 12-13, 2023
Texas
Meredith Bledsoe
mabledsoe@herffjones.com

Yearbook San Diego Summer Workshop
June 19-20, 2023
Pacific Ridge School – Carlsbad, CA
Elizabeth Doebler, Tracie Smithson and Andria Rosas
yearbooksd@gmail.com

SoCal YBK Camp
June 21-22, 2023
San Dimas HS – San Dimas, CA
Elizabeth Doebler, Tracie Smithson and Andria Rosas
yearbooksd@gmail.com

Yearbook University
June 21-23, 2023
Utah State University – Logan, UT
Scott Hansen
yearbooks@campusgrads.com

Rocky Mountain Journalism Summer Camp
June 26-29, 2023
University of Colorado – Boulder, CO
Rebecca McGrath
rockymountainjournalism.com

YBK Experience
June 28-30, 2023
Grand Valley State University – Allendale, MI
Darin Arnett and Ruth Ann Brown
daarnett@herffjones.com or rabrown@herffjones.com

JULY

Oklahoma Journalism Yearbook Workshop
July 6-7, 2023
Southern Nazarene University – Bethany, OK
Kris Hooper, Charles Cook and Stacy Gose
rkhooper@herffjones.com

California Yearbook Academy
July 10-13, 2023
Cal State East Bay – Hayward, CA
Susan Heffran and Jaclyn Holman
www.picapower.com

Yearbookpalooza
July 10-12, 2023
Florida Hotel & Conference Center – Orlando, FL
Jean Henry
yearbookpalooza.com

Georgia Yearbook Expo
July 13-14, 2023
Lambert HS – Suwanne, GA
Gwen Childers, Megan Morris, Kacie Kerhof and Natalie White
YBKexpo@gmail.com

YBKAll Day – NC Summer Workshop
July 17-18, 2023
St. John’s Lutheran Church – Salisbury, NC
Carole Parrott
cyparrott@herffjones.com

Sound Yearbooks
July 17-19, 2023
University of Puget Sound – Tacoma, WA
Jennifer Gregerson and Paul Sun
soundyearbooks@herffjones.com

YearbookNV
July 18-21, 2023
Westfield HS – Chantilly, VA
Kara Petersen, Pam Tripp and Denise Miller
novayearbooks.com/events

YearbooksNCA!
July 18-22, 2023
University of the Pacific – Stockton, CA
Sara Cowan and Annette Johnson
sjcowan@herffjones.com or aajohnson@herffjones.com

Tampa Bay Cover Workshop
July 24-25, 2023
Hilton Garden Inn – Tampa Ybor Historic District
Morgan Miltner
mjmiltner@herffjones.com

Yearbook VA
July 25-26, 2023
Jefferson Forest HS – Forest, VA
Olivia Nicholson
tinyurl.com/yearbookva23 or osnicholson@herffjones.com

YBK-STL
July 25-27, 2023
Ladue Horton Watkins HS – St. Louis, MO
Dan Mueller
dbmueller@herffjones.com

Yearbooks Northwest // North
July 26-28, 2023
Liberty HS – Hillsboro, OR
Genie Westfall and Carly Langdon
rdwestfall@herffjones.com

Albuquerque Summer Yearbook Workshop
July 27-28, 2023
University of New Mexico – Albuquerque, NM
Devin Wolfel
dwolfel@herffjones.com

Yearbooks@theBeach
July 28-31, 2023
Cal State Long Beach
Mimi Orth
yearbooksatthebeach.com

YBKickstart
July 31- August 1, 2023
Oakland County, MI
Greg Morrison
gmorrison@herffjones.com

AUGUST

HJYBK Austin Back-to-school Adviser Training
Aug. 1, 2023
Austin, TX
Meredith Bledsoe
mabledsoe@herffjones.com

Inland Northwest Yearbook Camp
Aug. 1-3, 2023
Eastern Washington University – Cheney, WA
Matt and Jen Johnson
jtjohnson@herffjones.com

Yearbooks Northwest // Central Oregon
Aug. 1-3, 2023
Mountain View HS – Bend, OR
Genie Westfall and Carly Langdon
rdwestfall@herffjones.com

HJYBK Houston Back-to-school Adviser Training
Aug. 3, 2023
Houston, TX
Meredith Bledsoe
mabledsoe@herffjones.com

New Adviser Training
Aug. 12, 2023
Tucson, AZ
Shawna Kugler
skugler@herffjones.com

eDesign Orientations

All orientation recordings can be found here using your My HJ login.

The JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention is a semiannual gathering of high school journalists and advisers sponsored by the Journalism Education Association and its partner, the National Scholastic Press Association. Learn more here. 

April 20-22, 2023

Hilton Union Square

San Francisco, CA

Nov. 2-5, 2023

Sheraton

Boston, MA

April 4-6, 2024

Sheraton-Westin

Kansas City, MO

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association invites high school students and faculty advisers to attend this national gathering of student editors and faculty advisers to newspapers, yearbooks, magazines, video productions, and online media. Learn more here.

March 15 – 17, 2023

Columbia University

New York, NY

College Media Association: Spring National College Media Convention

March 8-11, 2023 // New York Marriott Marquis

CMA’s Spring National College Media Convention offers sessions, special events, activities and extra that you can’t get anywhere else – just like the city itself welcomes you with attractions, landmarks, food, movie moments and more that you won’t find outside its boundaries. Learn more here. 

Associated Collegiate Press: Spring National College Media Conference

March 9-11, 2023  //  Hyatt Regency Embarcadero San Francisco

ACP’s spring conference returns to San Francisco, one of our favorite sites for one of our best conferences. With dozens of learning sessions from experienced journalism professionals and advisers, the conference will give you that much-needed boost to conclude the academic year and prepare you for what’s ahead. Learn more here. 

ACP/CMA: Fall National College Media Convention

Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 2023 // Hyatt Regency Atlanta

The fall convention returns to the South in 2023. The largest gathering of college journalists and advisers in the world will meet in Atlanta for three days of sessions, keynote speakers, critiques and contests. Plus we’ll offer our traditional hands-on workshops and discussion groups, including our focused pre-convention workshops. Learn more here.