I love Canva. I feel like one of the perks of administrative work is that I am not required to be the eloquent one - thats the visionary's job. But inevitably I end up needing to send out an email to our whole list of constituents or let a group of people know about an upcoming resource we are offering or set up a registration sheet for something and want it to look nice/professional/on-brand but I don't really feel like that is my “gift set”.. And that is where Canva comes in.
They have definitely upped their game in the past year or two a
nd the templates are really solid for a range of different graphic needs. The free version of Canva is solid and allows a lot of flexibility with creating so many things, from blog banner’s to graphics for websites to email headers. The paid version is worth it if you manage any social media accounts or mailchimp accounts for a brand - even a ministry of 1 person - I think if you are trying to build a brand or keep on-brand Canva has been key for me. I have very limited graphic skills but I have used Canva for a graphic or picture in email updates, bio pics (there is a feature to take out a background easily), social media posts, google form ba
nners, event promos, email signatures, infographics, annual report graphics, entire reports used for consulting projects, almost every picture used on 3 different websites, invoices, invitations and announcement slides. Thats just off the top of my head, the things I have used Canva for in the past couple of months.
I would recommend Canva to anyone who wants professional looking graphics without having to learn a graphic design program or hire a graphic designer. And if you manage any type of social media account for a ministry or org, I would suggest the paid version. Well worth 12.95/month to me.
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