Canva for Business – Beginners

Date/Time: Thursday 17th September, 10.00 am – 1.00 pm

Overview

Canva makes it easy for businesses to create professional marketing materials without specialist design skills.

This beginner-friendly workshop introduces participants to Canva's core features and demonstrates how to design eye-catching graphics for social media, presentations, flyers, posters and other marketing materials while maintaining a consistent brand identity.

No previous Canva experience is required. Participants who wish to build on the skills learned in this workshop are encouraged to progress to our Canva for Business – Advanced workshop, which explores branding, video, AI-powered features and more advanced content creation techniques. The Advanced Workshop takes place on Thursday 1st October from 10.00 am – 1.00 pm

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Confidently navigate Canva
• Create professional marketing graphics
• Customise templates
• Apply consistent branding
• Produce content for both digital and print
• Export designs in the correct formats

Topics Covered

• Getting started with Canva
• Templates and layouts
• Basic design principles
• Branding with colours and fonts
• Working with photos and graphics
• Social media graphics
• Flyers and promotional material
• Canva Free vs Canva Pro
• Downloading and sharing designs
• Design tips for SMEs