WAYS TO SHOW APPRECIATION Keeping the auxiliary staff and faculty on your side throughout the school year is critical to lowering your stress level and getting cooperation for your stories. Besides the expected good habits of scheduling appointments and following through, it’s so easy to do other little things. Here are just some of the ways you can create positive ties on campus:
Order an additional pizza on deadline nights and go deliver it to custodians.
If your editors don’t have time to make sure these crucial acts of thanks take place, create a staff position and make it someone’s priority. It DOES make a difference.
Any requests to hand out surveys should come with a little appreciation gift. The dollar aisle at Target or Michael’s is perfect for creating a stash.
Offer to sponsor one of the days during Teacher Appreciation Week and bring the bagels/ donuts/coffee to the staff room. Be sure to hang a large sign that says it’s from yearbook.
Give secretaries a little bag of mints or tin of Altoids with a thank you note about how much you appreciate their comMINTment to the school. FOR THESE AND OTHER YERDY IDEAS, CHECK OUT HERFF JONES YEARBOOKS PINTEREST BOARDS pinterest.com/hjyearbook OR SCAN THIS ENABLED TAG WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE.
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After an interview with a teacher, the staffer should give him/her a hand-written thank you note and, if your budget allows, a $5 gift card for Starbucks or the like.