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January 5, 2016

Canva: A Free, Online Graphic Creation Program

About a year and a half ago, I wrote a post on my two favorite free social media tools. Over the course of the last year, I met a number of social media professionals unaware of one of these tools. Consequently, I figured it’s time for me to give another shout out to Canva, an online image creation tool. The best part about Canva (aside from being free) is you don’t need an extensive knowledge of graphic design to use this tool.

When you log-in, you click on the type of image you would like to create – Facebook cover photo, Facebook post, etc.

Canva 1

Once you’ve clicked on the appropriate selection, there is a whole sidebar of options you can choose from to design your perfect image.

Canva 2

If I were you, I would stop reading right now and take 10 minutes to play around on Canva. You’ll get way more out of playing around on Canva than reading my description of the program. For a sampling of some of the images I’ve created, take a look below.

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Tip Tuesday 8-19-2014

Tip Tuesday 10-7-2014

10-17-2014

Canva is an especially critical tool for nonprofits on a budget. If you can’t afford a full-time graphic design artist or social media strategist, you can use Canva to create engaging social media images with a few clicks of your mouse.

 

Meghan M. Longenecker
Meghan M. Longenecker, IOM
Professional Development Manager
American Academy of Audiology

Meghan Longenecker, IOM is the professional development manager at the American Academy of Audiology, the world's largest professional organization of, by, and for audiologists. Prior to joining the Academy, Meghan worked at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation on the Institute for Organization Management program. Under Meghan's leadership, Institute won “Gold” in the Association TRENDS All-Media competition in the category of social media in 2014 and “Silver” in 2015. Meghan served as an Institute faculty member teaching classes on social media and communications.

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