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Known as the graphic design tool for the non-designer, this online, free graphic tool is used by small businesses to create everything from brochures, flyers, social media posts and business cards, through presentations and logos.

The Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center is pleased to offer a series of workshops to assist you with leveraging this cost-effective and valuable tool. No design experience is needed, and we invite you to take part in any or all of the sessions offered that cover a wide range of Canva skill levels.

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Use any of these sessions to Get Started, Brush Up, or Learn More!

This first workshop in the Canva series will serve as a beginner's guide to understanding the many uses of this online graphic tool. Use this session to learn all that Canva can do for you and your design projects. This session is great for those just getting started or those that want to learn more.

Session #1 was held on 8-18-22,and is scheduled next on: TBD

Some of what we'll cover in Session #1:

Understanding the difference between the FREE and PAID (Pro) Account
Finding your way around the Canva dashboard
The many types of things you can design in Canva
Templates: how to search, find and use the 250,000+ (600,000+ with Pro) available
Set up your own brand kit to easy keep all your designs on brand
Customizing and changing the colors in any design
Text: selecting, editing and adding effects and animation to your text
Images: searching from hundreds of thousands of free graphics and images
Uploading your own images, videos or audio
Importing from Dropbox, Google drive, Facebook, Hubspot, Flickr & More.
Naming, organizing and copying your files
Printing, sharing and saving your designs

Ready to take your designs to the next level? Great, because this session will introduce you to even more tools available to help with your designs. Get ready to explore and understand the many uses of CANVA’s elements, organizing tools and resources.

Session #2 was held on 9-13-22, and is scheduled next on: TBD

Some of what we'll cover in Session #2:

We’ll explore all the elements available and give you a better understanding of how you can use these tools to quickly and easily create professional looking designs.

Lines & Shapes, Graphics, Tables, Charts, Frames & Grids.
Photos, Videos & Audio.
Using collections to keep your designs consistent.
Keeping your design elements positioned properly with one click.
Working with layers and locking in designs.
Resources to help choose font and color combinations.
Photo editor, background remover.
Design size guide.
Adding Google Maps, Emoji’s, GIPHY and YouTube Videos to your designs.
Embedding a clickable link in your design.

In Session 3 we focus solely on using Canva to design incredible graphics, videos, GIFs and more for use in your social media marketing! Learn how to make use of the templates to design, schedule and post directly to your platforms.

Some of what we'll cover in Session #3:

Using the pre-sized templates available
Connecting your social media accounts to Canva
Posting directly to social media
Scheduling posts to social media
Magic resize for sharing on multiple platforms
Using video, animation and audio in your design
We’ll create these actual designs:

You Tube Thumbnail
LinkedIn Banner
Facebook Cover
Instagram Post

This session will dive even deeper into some of the more popular design options in Canva and focus on the specifics, tools and possibilities with each. We will walk you through using Canva to design a logo, business cards, presentations, proposals, infographics and more.

Some of what we'll cover in Session #4:

Tips, tools and tricks to create, share or print:

Logo's
Presentations
Proposals
Business Cards
Brochures
Flyers
Infographics
e-books

You are welcome to attend some or all of the sessions in this series.

Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center. 405 North Perry Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046