Canva Philippines Empowers Filipino Entrepreneurs with First-Ever Negosyantrends Expo

Learn from design experts and business leaders at the Canva Negosyantrends Expo 2023 on August 5 at the Music Hall of SM Mall of Asia.

Canva Philippines will hold Negosyantrends Expo 2023, its biggest face-to-face event geared for all entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners, on August 5 at the Music Hall of SM Mall of Asia. The event will feature one-on-one consultations with brand and design experts, interactive stations, and design activities to help entrepreneurs level-up their businesses. Interested participants can sign-up for the expo by registering at canvaph.com/NegosyantrendsExpo-2023. 

The expo will also feature success stories from select entrepreneurs and a panel discussion on innovation and design headlined by entrepreneurs Reese Fernandez Ruiz, president and co-founder of Rags2Riches, Andre Chanco, head of product and co-founder of Yardstick Coee, and Cara Paguio, senior creative for photography at Canva and owner of the local beachwear brand Guppy PH. 

“We heard countless stories of Filipino entrepreneurs using Canva. Following the success of Negosyantrends 2022, Canva Philippines aims to continue uplifting the entrepreneurial spirit of Filipinos through this event and we're excited to interact with our community in person. We believe that through Negosyantrends Expo 2023, we'll be able to help more negosyantes take their business to the next level with Canva,” Maisie Littaua, Canva Philippines’ Head of Growth said. 

Empowering Entrepreneurs Through Design 

Canva Philippines also held its education caravan through engaging online webinars with various partners such as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Globe Business, Edukasyon.ph, and Bayan Academy. 

The series kicked o with the "Design & Diskarte Talks for Entrepreneurs" with DTI, highlighting Canva's brand management capabilities like Brand Kits, Brand Guidelines, and Brand Folders. These tools help businesses manage their brand assets in one place, maintain consistency, and allow teams to collaborate more easily. 

As part of the series, Canva Philippines also partnered with Globe Business, Edukasyon.ph, and Bayan Academy for a session on building a digital brand. 

In 2020, Canva Philippines launched Canva for Negosyo, which provides entrepreneurs with branding and graphics design resources for free, marketing toolkits, photo collections, and video tutorials, and has since established an engaged community of Filipino entrepreneurs. Now with over 60,000 members, its Canva for Negosyantes community on Facebook continues to be a platform for many business owners to share ideas, collaborate on designs, and provide insights to each other. 

"As Pinoy entrepreneurs take their businesses online, we want to be right there with them," Littaua said. "When it comes to design and branding, Canva for Negosyo is the Filipino business owner's partner in creativity and productivity for their digital presence." 

For more updates on Canva Philippines' eorts for entrepreneurs, follow @CanvaPhilippines on Facebook or join Canva for Negosyantes. 

Unlock Your Creativity, Collaborate Better with Canva's Visual Suite

In today's age of remote and hybrid work, organizations want teams to collaborate, share ideas, and scale their creative process better. According to Canva's Visual Economy Report which surveyed 1,600 global business leaders, communicating visually is fast ​becoming the most impactful way to ​communicate in the workplace. Eighty-nine percent of them believe that it enhances collaboration and agree that visual communication methods have helped team members connect.

"Businesses now must learn how to communicate visually and leave a lasting impact on their stakeholders and customers. It's made possible when your teams have the tool to create and collaborate, without having to learn complex processes that take time to learn," said Maisie Littaua, head of growth of Canva Philippines.

Canva's Visual Suite revolutionizes the way teams work by providing a comprehensive platform that addresses all their visual communication needs, empowering them to streamline their workflow and boost creativity. It is designed for the modern workplace–whether it be a multinational with teams scattered across the world or a start-up seeking a cost-effective, all-in-one tool for their communication and creative requirements. 

The report also highlights that 89% of the respondents believe that communicating visually helps them articulate ideas better. With Canva's intuitive tools and features, teams can easily create visually compelling content that enhances communication and drives better results. Its powerful collaboration features also make it easier for teams to brainstorm and convert ideas into ready-to-share designs.

Get better at brainstorming sessions with Canva Whiteboards

Canva Whiteboards help solve many problems that teams might encounter during meetings, brainstorming and planning sessions, and team building.

• Make collaborations more engaging. Grab participants’ attention with an experiential online collaboration thanks to hundreds of fun elements like sticky notes and stickers. You can even add reference photos and videos from Canva’s vast content library.
• Provide structure. Get the ideas going with ready-to-use templates, or create customized idea maps, flow charts, and diagrams.
• Take a vote. Ready to choose ideas? Use stickers to react to an idea, or mark it for further discussion
• Jumpstart the conversation. Use the Magic Write tool within Whiteboards to generate prompts or lists to stimulate discussion, or instantly summarize key points into a paragraph for a report or email.
• Leave your mark. Use the new Canva Draw Tool–which has pens and highlighters in different colors and thicknesses, and automatic shape features–to sketch, doodle, mark up text, or quickly create diagrams and flowcharts. 

Turn documents into multimedia masterpieces with Canva Docs 

In the visual age, it’s important to add images, infographics, and other interactive elements to any kind of work. With Canva Docs, anyone can create stunning multimedia reports even without a design background. 

• Access one of the world’s biggest design libraries. Get 20,000 premium templates and 3.5 million graphic elements like images, icons, and videos for project plans, strategy documents, lesson plans, and other document types.
• Use data storytelling. Quickly create graphs and infographics from thousands of templates, and graphic elements. You can even animate images and text for dynamic data visualization. 
• Collaborate and share. For collaborative documents like editorials or business planning, teams can comment on a document, and tag and assign tasks to specific members. Once the document is complete, teams can even turn it into a pitch-ready presentation deck by clicking the “Convert to Presentation” button.
• Overcome writer’s block with Magic Write. Canva’s AI-powered content generation is now available on Visual Suite products like Docs, Whiteboards, and Presentations. Use it to generate drafts, create outlines, or kick ideas for your next post. 

Make pro-quality videos with Canva Video 

Video editing used to require a lot of skill and equipment. But with Canva’s drag-and-drop editor, anyone can make videos for any platform or need whether it’s a reel, an advertisement, or even a tutorial. 

• Get intuitive and functional features. Upload your clips, drag them to a timeline, and then use the tools to adjust speed, size, and appearance on the screen. Not sure how to start? Pick from thousands of customizable templates for different formats and industries.
• Enjoy a personal sound studio. Access the pre-licensed music and sound effects in the library, or record voiceovers, your screen, or yourself without leaving Canva. For those subscribed to Canva Pro, you can use the Beat Sync feature to automatically sync video to any tune. 
• Add special effects. Upgrade to Canva Pro to get powerful features like video background removers, filters and effects, animations, and Magic Resize which instantly converts videos for different social media platforms. 

Kaya sa Canva! 

Littaua believes that the best creative process should feel like play, "We want to show everyone how easy and fun it can be to use these tools to make everyday work look and feel amazing. Visual Suite can be used throughout the creative process to stimulate ideas and increase collaboration and productivity." 

In its effort to empower more Filipinos to design, Canva Philippines also launched a YouTube Channel, where the community can get ideas, tutorials, and tips to help them maximize the potential of the Visual Suite potential to help them achieve their goals. 

Check out youtube.com/@canva_ph to subscribe and learn more. 

Canva Launches Canva for Campus for Colleges and Universities

Canva announces the launch of Canva for Campus, its new college and tertiary education offering, bringing the power of visual communication to colleges and universities around the world.

"As visual communication becomes a part of everyday life, there has never been a more important time for classrooms around the world to embrace the power of digital and design literacy. Not only is visual communication an essential skill for today’s workplace, but it’s also an enabler for creativity and collaboration," said Cameron Adams, Canva co-founder, and chief product officer.

"Creativity and collaboration are skills that become even more crucial for university students. With Canva for Campus now becoming available in the Philippines too, we are excited to see how it will empower Filipino college students as they step into their future careers," said Yani Hornilla-Donato, Canva Philippines country manager.

With Canva for Campus, Canva brings the power of its entire visual communication platform to colleges and universities through a new subscription. From team management and collaboration to brainstorming and its entire Visual Worksuite, Canva for Campus brings all of the magic from its fully-fledged Canva for Teams product, designed with schools and universities in mind. 

All college and university institutions across the globe can now unlock free access to Canva for their students when they begin purchasing Canva for Campus licenses for staff. Depending on the size of the student population, colleges, and universities with a certain number of staff licenses graduate into a full Canva Campus, unlocking free access to the platform for entire student cohorts. You’ll only ever need to pay for staff accounts.

Game-changing learning just got easier 

Canva makes it easier than ever to facilitate collaborative, interactive, and exciting learning experiences with the added advantage of helping students develop digital literacy skills along the way.

With Canva for Campus, students can create compelling assignments, eye-catching resumes, and visually engaging portfolios – so whether it’s for a school assignment or a personal project, Canva’s visual communication suite has it covered. Canva for Campus includes access to rich data visualization tools, making it a whole lot easier to create stunning and informative visual research reports.

Whether students are learning on campus or at home, Canva’s intuitive drag-and-drop editor has been designed for every kind of device. With access to millions of educational templates and more than 100 million different design assets, Canva for Campus makes it easy for students to create engaging content while also effortlessly collaborating with peers, brainstorming ideas, leaving feedback, and assigning tasks for group projects – all without leaving Canva.

Supercharging collaboration and communication for faculties 

Canva for Campus is designed to empower teachers and faculty staff too. Through its integration with popular learning tools including Microsoft Teams, Canvas, Blackboard, and Brightspace; every team and faculty department can reduce overhead and maximize collaboration. Its collaboration and media library tools make it easy to seamlessly design across groups and departments with 1TB of storage to organize files, graphics, and videos.

Canva for Campus also takes the guesswork out of maintaining a great brand. Simply upload the brand fonts, colors, and logos to create Brand Kits that can be used across faculty departments or share premade templates that allow everyone to create their content while maintaining brand consistency. For college and university marketing teams, Canva makes it easy to streamline communications with templates for newsletters, social media posts, and student enrollment materials. 

To sign up or learn more about Canva for Campus, check out https://www.canva.com/for-campus/.

About Canva

Launched in 2013, Canva is a free online visual communications and collaboration platform with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations, social media graphics, posters, and apparel to videos, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips, anyone can take an idea and create something beautiful. Canva is available on desktop, web, iOS, and Android.

Make Your Christmas Preparation Extra Fun & Meaningful with Canva

Take this Canva Quiz to Plan for Your Best Christmas Yet

For many Pinoys, celebrating Christmas for the past two years came with limitations due to the pandemic. Now, with restrictions being lifted, many Christmas traditions are making a comeback, including everyone’s favorite Christmas party and exchange gift tradition.

The excitement to celebrate and reunite with your favorite Christmas kabarkada is definitely in the air. What better way to celebrate than to make sure everyone feels just how much you miss them? Here’s how you can make your Christmas celebration extra fun and meaningful with Canva:

For the reliable planner 

Do you love to plan and convince everyone to get together this Christmas? From choosing the venue and budgeting and splitting your bills to taking care of the food or checking everyone’s availability, you are the group’s go-to person when it comes to organizing a party!

You’ll definitely benefit from having a party checklist so you don’t miss out on any details. You can also design your own invitation or event website easily and for free without any coding needed using Canva.

For the generous Santa 

Giving is your love language. You are everyone’s favorite because you’re way too generous when it comes to giving Christmas gifts. You like customizing gifts or sourcing presents from local businesses.

Take your gift giving up a notch higher and design your own gift tags using Canva! Design custom tags for gifts and more with free, printable tag templates that are easy to customize to suit your needs.

For the holiday hustler 

You may be too busy with work, school or your business but you can’t miss making Christmas extra despite your packed schedule. Sometimes things can get overwhelming too but because you always want to put your best foot forward for the people who matter to you, even simple gifts can look more extra if you design your own gift wraps from scratch with Canva.

If you really don’t have the time, consider giving cash as gifts—all you need is a QR code template that makes sending money a little extra.

For the ultimate performer 

No Christmas party will be complete without you and your vibrant energy! You’re either the star performer, the host, the game master or everyone’s cheerleader. No one in the group feels left out because your presence makes any room light up.

Surprise everyone with the perfect performance complete with visual backgrounds made on Canva or use these game presentation templates to start it all off!

For the sweet sentimentalist 

You are the self-proclaimed official videographer and photographer of the night. While at times, you just like lurking around and observing on the side, what brings you real joy is to see everyone who’s important to you in one place and creating memories that last.

Your gift may be in the form of a printed photograph or a same-day-edit video or Instagram Reel so everyone has something to look back on. However you want to capture these special moments, make them more extra with Canva’s mobile video templates.

Not sure which Christmas kabarkada you are? Check out Canva’s Christmas Persona Quiz here and start designing your way to an extra merrier Christmas.

Downloadable Assets here ! 😊

Got any lessons learned from mom? Say it with Canva

From free templates to photos and graphics, Canva Philippines empowers Filipinos to design something special for Mom this Mother’s Day

‘Tama Ka, Ma’ campaign spotlights unique lessons learned from mom.

Moms know best, and when it comes to navigating life, they never run out of lessons to teach us. This Mother’s Day, Canva Philippines continues its #SayItSaCanva campaign, this time inspiring us to appreciate our moms who imparted their wisdom and experiences to us by saying 'Tama ka, Ma.'

From simple cooking tips to heartwarming love advice, moms never fail to comfort us and tell us what we need to hear.

“Moms are unsung heroes. They manage the households, look after the family, and some even do it while having a full-time job or running their own business. They’re also our first teachers who equip us with life lessons that will make us thrive in life. What better way to honor them than to let them know that we appreciate and heed the lessons they taught us,” says Yani Hornilla-Donato, Canva Philippines’ Country Manager.

To share your own “Tama Ka, Ma” statement, visit the Mother’s Day content hub and choose from the featured templates, elements, and photos. Share your design and story on social media using the hashtags #TamaKaMa and #SayItSaCanva.

From April 29, the content hub will include a Virtual Hall of Fame featuring select stories from the campaign.

More ways to express love and gratitude for mom using Canva

Aside from sharing your own “Tama Ka, Ma” design, there are other creative ways to show love and appreciation for mom on Mother’s Day using Canva.

Design a touching presentation for Mom using Canva’s free Presentation templates. Upload your favorite photos with her and take a trip down memory lane on her special day.

For those who want to remind mom how amazing she is every day, print out stickers from Canva’s free photos and graphics made exclusively for Mother’s Day. Whether it’s an uplifting quote or a colorful bouquet, she’ll surely have fun sticking them on her favorite things.

If you have videos of your travels with mom or the days you shared during the pandemic, pull them together and make a high-quality Mother’s Day video in minutes using Canva’s simple drag-and-drop tools and pre-made video templates.

In celebrating your mom this Mother’s Day, remember that it’s always the thought that counts. Whether it’s for nanay, mama, mommy, or inay, with Canva’s diverse content library, you’ll be able to express your love and gratitude for mom in creative and unique ways.

To learn more about Canva, visit www.canva.com or follow Canva on Facebook and Instagram. Canva is also available for download on App Store and Play Store.

About Canva

Launched in 2013, Canva is a free online visual communications and collaboration platform with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations, social media graphics, posters, apparel to videos, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips, anyone can take an idea and create something beautiful. Canva is available on desktop, web, iOS, and Android.

Canva empowers home based entrepreneurs with its accessible suite of tools

Sandee Sevilla, who use Canva as their main business tool.

With the passion for helping more online entrepreneurs, Canva has launched Canva for Negosyo, the Filipino business owner’s partner in creativity and productivity for their digital footprint. It’s an online hub that offers a wide selection of resources useful for designing, marketing, and managing a small business online: from video tutorials on branding and graphic design to customizable marketing templates and toolkits. 

Entrepreneurs who are looking to present their products and services to attract more customers can choose from among Canva’s many user-friendly templates and toolkits. Then, there are entrepreneurs, like Sandee Sevilla, who use Canva as their main business tool.

Sandee, a stay-at-home mom, creates banners, visual content, marketing assets, and various other designs for her clients. “I had a client 3 years ago who needed a postcard. I did my research, saw Canva, tried it and fell in love with it.” She has been taking on her clients’ design needs ever since, averaging 30 clients a month. “I have taken on more than 600 projects already, with 14 regular clients who ask me for social media graphics, banners, etc.,” she says proudly.

Currently she earns up to 150,000 pesos monthly. Sandee has been able to provide employment opportunities as well. “I started as a one-woman team, but with the big demand, I then had to hire my first assistant.” Now, she has five team members who are mostly fellow Filipino stay-at-home moms.

With her home based business allowing her to earn as much as P20,000 to 30,000 a month back in 2016 to 2017, Sandee has been able to contribute significantly to their family income, “We have been able to move to a bigger home where my four kids now have rooms of their own. My husband and I have also transferred them from public school to private school.”

“For me, Canva is a time-saver because it is so easy to use. It allows me to compete internationally even though I am just a self-taught designer. It has opened so many doors for me. There are really a lot of opportunities through Canva,” Sevilla shares.

Maisie Littaua, Head of Growth for Canva Philippines says that Canva is happy to partner with “homepreneurs” in building their online businesses. “Canva is designed for ease of use, and with our toolkit, we offer a variety of choices which small businesses can harness for their growth. Madaling matutunan at gamitin ang Canva, at maraming business opportunities ang pwedeng pag-gamitan ng skills dito. With Canva, truly, your imagination is your limit.” 

Canva for Negosyo also hosts a series of webinars covering topics such as Intro to Canva and Designing 101, Branding for your Business & Social Media Mastery, and Designing Your Marketing Materials on Canva. A Canva for Negosyo Facebook community is also online, where members can network and share their own tips on how to expand their market. These and other business help tools are available on Canva.

 

If you are a small business owner, a local entrepreneur, visit https://www.canva.com/canva-for-negosyo/ to know more about Canva for Negosyo.

 

ABOUT CANVA

Launched in 2013, Canva is an intuitive online design and publishing platform with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast library of templates ranging from presentations, social media posts, posters, invitations to resumes, a huge collection of stock photography, illustrations and fonts, anyone can take an idea and create something beautiful. Canva is available on web, iOS and Android.

 

Canva Philippines Recognized Among Best Workplaces in PH

Online design platform Canva was named among the Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work Philippines, the only startup to make it to the list. Placing on top three, Canva Philippines runs shortly after Synchrony Global Services Philippines, DHL Express. Others in the top five were Icon Hilton and Ingram Micro.

Great Place to Work ranks companies according to their high-performing culture, trust in their managers, and how employees take pride and joy in the work that they do. Guided by its values — be a force for good, empower others, pursue excellence, be a good human, make complex things simple, and set crazy big goals — Canva has put its employees’ wellbeing as a top priority to encourage them to deliver work that creates meaningful impact in the lives of their partners and communities.

Canva Philippines Country Manager Yani Hornilla Donato said, “This recognition gives us a sense of fulfillment that we are on the right track of providing a healthy and sustainable workplace

In 2019, Canva announced its valuation of US$3.2 billion, making it one of the fastest growing startups in the world. Donato added, “At a time when startups continue to be on the rise, this only goes to show that we can provide a fulfilling workplace to our employees and that we are here to stay”

The onset of COVID-19 also motivated Canva Philippines to show that workplace culture goes far beyond the physical workplace. As a high-growth start-up, it leveraged its adaptable and agile teams to get the job done. In return, Canva remains committed to safeguard not only its employees’ livelihood but also their health and wellness.                                                           

Working from home means they have doubled down on communicating through video conferences and Slack channels. The clubs they have at work have been uploaded into virtual communities they can tune in to such as a make-up tutorial group, and deskcersise group. They have also retained the jobs of their in-house chef and baristas and have provided a channel where they show simple recipes with basic ingredients and brewing coffee from home.

In addition to this, each employee has been provided with food and internet allowance; pocket wifi units were also given out to aid remote work. Those who were recently from overseas were also provided with hotel accommodation to delay physical contact with their families.

Prior to the quarantine, Canva Philippines was already proactive in going the extra mile for its Canvanauts by encouraging their passions with activities such as movement corner, chair yoga, and even table tennis. Canva’s latest recognition only goes to show that it pays for companies to invest in its people.

For more information on Canva, visit https://www.canva.com/.