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Need to sharpen your yearbook skills? Ask Mike! Mike Taylor, CJE,is exploring what it takes to tell a great story with your yearbook,with a few laughs along the way. Mike enhances his already immenseyearbook knowledge through interviews with yearbook advisers acrossthe country and answers questions along the way.

  1. 04/27/2023

    Ask Mike | Yearbook Staffers Support Each Other at Patricia E. Paetow High School

    We’re close to the end of the year now, and yearbook editors are preparing to hand over the torch to the next generation. In the latest episode of the Ask Mike podcast, host Mike Taylor chatted with Yvette and Gabbie, soon-to-graduate yearbook editors at Patricia E. Paetow High School in Katy, Texas.  Both editors have been on yearbook staff since seventh grade. They call each other their best friend. And they, along with adviser Sara Gonzales, have helped create a supportive yearbook environment that allows their staff to thrive.

    40 min

  2. 03/23/2023

    Ask Mike | South to Texas with Chisholm Trail High School

    Cortney Wood is in her first year of advising yearbook at Chisholm Trail High School in Fort Worth, Texas. She’s new to advising but has experience working on yearbook staffs in high school and college. Copy editor Sydney Hawkins also joined the conversation. In this interview with host Mike Taylor, CJE, Cortney and Sidney share their experiences creating a yearbook in the 2023 school year.

    41 min

  3. 02/17/2023

    Ask Mike | North to Minnetonka High School

    As Anna, Halle and Gabby work to finish their yearbook, they're also preparing for a significant absence. Host Mike Taylor sat down with the three editors from Minnetonka, Minnesota, to discuss their roles in the yearbook team, their interests, and how they fill their time outside of yearbook. They share the the highs and lows of yearbook photography, event coverage, learning new software, and dealing with deadlines. The conversation also touches on the good relationship the yearbook staff has with the school administration and how they have earned their trust.

    38 min

  4. 10/27/2022

    Ask Mike | Onward to Orlando with Boone High School

    In this episode, taped live from Elite Weekend in Orlando, Mike sits down with the editors of Boone High School to discuss their yearbook.

    16 min

  5. 10/07/2022

    Ask Mike | Mike Goes Down to Florida to Visit Dreyfoos School of the Arts

    In this episode, Mike chats with Faith Parksinson, Editor-in-chief at A. W .Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Their chat comes fresh off an Elite Weekend they both attended, and Mike and Faith discuss what was learned in the busy three days in Orlando.

    37 min

  6. 09/29/2022

    Ask Mike | Staying in North Carolina with Southern Alamance High School

    This week, Mike Taylor is in a different part of North Carolina as he continues his interviews from all over the country. In this episode, Mike speaks to Adviser Lynn Bare and the staff of the Southern Alamance High School yearbook. The Southerner’s Editor-in-Chief Noel, Assistant Editor Kinley, Sports Editor Lexie, Business Manager Emma, and staffers Xander, Abigail,  Maddie, Giselle, Adriana and Lexie chat with Mike about all kinds of things. They share how they try to bring as much of their school culture and “what makes us us” into the book every year, like coverage of the strong FFA program at their school. They discuss challenges they’ve faced in recent years. Their business manager discusses selling books, senior tributes and business ads, connecting with the community, and dealing with the occasional difficult customer. And they share their favorite teambuilding activities – and one involves marshmallows and spaghetti.

    39 min

  7. 09/22/2022

    Ask Mike | Heading South to Athens Drive Magnet School

    Ask Mike is traveling the country this season! The last episode was from Maine, and for episode two Mike traveled south to North Carolina to talk to staff members from Athens Drive Magnet School. Co-editors-in-chief Zoe and Greta and Head of Design Nevaeh shared their thoughts on creating a yearbook for the 2022/2023 year.

    41 min

  8. 08/25/2022

    Ask Mike | Back to School with Presque Isle High School

    Ask Mike is back! This season, host Mike Taylor will chat with yearbook staffs all over the United States, starting with Presque Isle, Maine, in the far northeast corner of the country. Listen in to hear about the 2023 yearbook plans for Presque Isle High School, ideas for coverage that you can use, and more information about potatoes than you'd expect in a yearbook podcast.

    41 min
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Need to sharpen your yearbook skills? Ask Mike! Mike Taylor, CJE,is exploring what it takes to tell a great story with your yearbook,with a few laughs along the way. Mike enhances his already immenseyearbook knowledge through interviews with yearbook advisers acrossthe country and answers questions along the way.

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  • Creator
    Walsworth Yearbooks
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2023
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Ask Mike
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