Motivate+Staff+Members

=Motivation can make your staff members happy while they do work.= On a staff everyone has a job, make EVERYONE feel loved and make sure they feel appreciated.

Setting deadlines is something EVERY publication has to do. Once you set your deadline have goals and incentives for your staff members-- you can tell them or they can just be fun things you do to congratulate them, but make it a BIG deal if you're happy with them.

Easy ways:

 * A simple thank you
 * High-fives
 * Tell staffers they did an amazing job on something in front of the entire staff
 * *Use their lead/caption/whatever as an example
 * A note on the page/in a mailbox
 * Thank you notes and cards from editors, section/page editors, writers, other teachers/staff
 * Send them a facebook message
 * Rivalries: newspaper v. yearbook
 * "Our staff is better than yours because..."
 * Kickball tournament

A little more work/money

 * Pencils
 * Erasers
 * Stickers
 * Cookies
 * Candy
 * //Basically food of any kind!//
 * Press Passes
 * Matching t-shirts

**Major goals:**

 * Make a bigger deal out of them!

**Make deadlines a part of having fun!**

 * Try to find a way to celebrate holidays.
 * Remember elementary school? Have fun with your staff having a Thanksgiving feast and sharing thanks, ugly sweater day, a Secret Santa week, creating mailboxes for Valentine's Day and share Valentines-- make them or buy them!

Make your publications room a "second home" for students.

 * Give students their own space (mailbox?)
 * Capture fun memories by allowing them to post things around the classroom (school appropriate, of course!)
 * Is your "second home" cold? Bring a Snuggie with you to class!
 * Have fun with your adviser; a good relationship will make the extra hours you spend in the news room even more enjoyable!