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SPOA adds Bambee as HR partner News 

SPOA adds Bambee as HR partner

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School Photographers of America (SPOA) announces a partnership with Bambee, a leading U.S. human resources company providing small businesses the ability to simplify human resource management by automating HR tasks and providing a dedicated HR Manager to navigate employee and business compliance complexities. Bambee’s features go beyond essential HR management and payroll processing. Bambee helps businesses comply with HR regulations... Read More
SPOA executive director questions mandatory rebate policy News 

SPOA executive director questions mandatory rebate policy

GaryPageau
David Crandall, the executive director of the School Photographers of America (SPOA), was featured in the Charlotte Observer when he questioned a policy by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) district mandates a profit on student picture packages as a fundraising tactic. Crandall said a CMS board policy mandates school pictures and yearbooks be treated as fundraisers and forces school principals to... Read More
Supporting the school photography and yearbook industry with David Crandall, SPOA Podcasts 

Supporting the school photography and yearbook industry with David Crandall, SPOA

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with David Crandall, executive director of the School Photographers of America (SPOA). Crandall talks about the association’s upcoming conference, developing the school photography boot camp, and ways members can be more involved. School Photographers of America is a non-profit association formed in 2020 on behalf of school portrait studios to advocate for and protect their copyrights, as... Read More
School Photographers of America announces 2023 Volume Photography Boot Camp Events 

School Photographers of America announces 2023 Volume Photography Boot Camp

GaryPageau
School Photographers of America (SPOA) announced its 2023 Volume Photography Boot Camp program. The program is designed to take entrepreneurs through the process of starting a volume photography business from the ground up, while also providing key insights for those with existing photography businesses. “There’s more interest in the volume photography business now than ever before,” says David Crandall, executive... Read More
School Photographers of America opens registration for 2023 annual conference Events 

School Photographers of America opens registration for 2023 annual conference

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School Photographers of America (SPOA) announced registration is open for the 2023 Annual International Conference on School Photography & Yearbooks will be held in Greenville, South Carolina starting July 10-14, 2023. Go to https://www.schoolphotographersofamerica.com/conference for more information. The conference will be hosted at the Hyatt Regency Greenville in beautiful downtown Greenville, SC.  Because of the expected size of the conference, two... Read More
Inaugural SPOA conference a success Events News 

Inaugural SPOA conference a success

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The School Photographers of America held its first conference, the International Conference on School Photography & Yearbooks, held June 7-11, 2021, at the Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas. This conference and trade show brought together all segments of the school portrait and yearbook industries. The event was preceded by the ImageQuix/PhotoLynx Mastering Volume Photography user group conference. The conference drew more... Read More
Claudia Dencer presented with first SPOA Presidents’ Award of Excellence News 

Claudia Dencer presented with first SPOA Presidents’ Award of Excellence

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The School Photographers of America (SPOA) recognized Claudia Dencer, Leonard’s Photography, St. Augustine, Fla., with the first SPOA Presidents’ Award of Excellence at the International Conference on School Photography & Yearbooks. Dencer is the first chairman of the SPOA Governing Board. As executive vice president and general manager of the family-owned Leonard’s, she has 21 years of experience as a... Read More
SPOA recognizes ImageQuix/PhotoLynx, Sony and Fotomerchant for support of industry initiatives Events 

SPOA recognizes ImageQuix/PhotoLynx, Sony and Fotomerchant for support of industry initiatives

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The School Photographers of America (SPOA) recognized three school photography firms for going above and beyond their service to the industry. David Crandall, executive director, SPOA, honored the three companies Friday, June 10, during the association’s awards banquet and celebration at the Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas, at the first International Conference on School Photography & Yearbooks. ImageQuix/PhotoLynx – Rich Scanlon,... Read More
SPOA recognizes four as Rising Stars at annual conference Events News 

SPOA recognizes four as Rising Stars at annual conference

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The School Photographers of America (SPOA) recognized four individuals from a variety of companies as Rising Stars at the first International Conference on School Photography & Yearbooks. The awards were presented Friday, June 10, at during the association’s awards banquet and celebration at the Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas. The four honorees are: Chris Barbarito, Barbarito Photographers McKenna Booth, Cahill Studios... Read More
SPOA announces finalists for 2022 National School Photographic Competition Events News 

SPOA announces finalists for 2022 National School Photographic Competition

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School Photographers of America (SPOA) announced the finalists for the inaugural 2022 National School Photographic Competition. The grand champions for each category will be announced June 10 in Houston, Texas at the International Conference on School Photography and Yearbooks held at the Westin Galleria. The contest spotlights the best in school photography, from traditional classroom portraits and graduation photos to... Read More
Growing volume industry leadership with David Crandall and Tim McCain Events News Podcasts 

Growing volume industry leadership with David Crandall and Tim McCain

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with David Crandall, executive director of the School Photographers of America, and Tim McCain, CRO of ImageQuix/PhotoLynx to discuss the importance of the upcoming MVP and SPOA conferences for the volume photography industry. Crandall and McCain talk about the importance of leadership development in the business world and how the MVP and SPOA conferences differ from other photo industry events. The Mastering Volume Photography... Read More
SPOA launches 2021-22 National School Photographic Competition Events News 

SPOA launches 2021-22 National School Photographic Competition

GaryPageau
School Photographers of America (SPOA) has kicked off the 2021-22 National School Photographic Competition spotlighting the best in school photography, from traditional classroom portraits and graduation photos to dynamic sports photography and creative senior portraits. Finalists will be invited to attend an Awards Banquet on June 10, 2022 in Houston, Texas, during School Photographers of America’s 2022 International Conference on... Read More
Leadership lessons in a family business and beyond, with Claudia Dencer, Leonard’s Photography Feature Podcasts 

Leadership lessons in a family business and beyond, with Claudia Dencer, Leonard’s Photography

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Claudia Dencer, executive vice president and general manager of Leonard’s Photography, St. Augustine, FL. Dencer talks about growing up in the third generation of the family photography business and how the business has changed and has adapted to massive changes. She also describes the leadership skills she has learned. Leonard’s Photography has a 36,000-square-foot production facility, with approximately 250 employees,... Read More
SPOA announces International Conference on School Photography & Yearbooks Events News 

SPOA announces International Conference on School Photography & Yearbooks

GaryPageau
The School Photographers of America (SPOA) announced the inaugural International Conference on School Photography & Yearbooks, will be held June 9-11, 2022, at the Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas. This conference and trade show will bring together all segments of the school portrait and yearbook industries in the broadest education and networking opportunity in the volume photography industry. “First and foremost,... Read More
Claudia Dencer named first female chairman in industry history named by SPOA People on the Move 

Claudia Dencer named first female chairman in industry history named by SPOA

GaryPageau ,
School Photographers of America (SPOA) has elected a woman to chair its board for the first time in the industry’s 99-year history. Claudia L. Dencer, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Leonard’s Photography, St. Augustine, FL, was named chair of the governing board of SPOA. Dencer, the first woman to serve in the top leadership role of the new association,... Read More