First impressions count. If you want to put a professional face forward for your business, you need the right look and feel for your marketing materials. If your budget doesn’t extend to using a graphic designer, the good news is that you can do it yourself using Canva.

This easy-to-use design program makes it easy to create branded graphics for your business including social media posts, brochures and a range of other branded materials.

This is a hands on workshop, so you will need a computer or laptop and login details for your Canva account. Canva is free to join, visit canva.com to register prior to the workshop.

Main topics covered

• The basics of using Canva.
• How to set up brand-consistent designs and templates.
• How to create professional looking designs and videos.
• How to choose the right template and content for each design.
• How to post directly from Canva to your Facebook business page.

Who it’s for

This workshop is for people who are in business and want to learn a simple way to create graphic design elements to build their brand.