Canva Overview & Training via Zoom
This Zoom meeting invited church communicators to learn more about using Canva for church communication. An overview was provided and specific questions were addressed.
This Zoom meeting invited church communicators to learn more about using Canva for church communication. An overview was provided and specific questions were addressed.
Personalizing an existing DST image
DST ends Nov. 7. You’ll want to remind your parishioners (and clergy) to get that well-deserved extra hour of sleep. When doing that, make sure you are honoring copyright guidelines when using any images found on the internet. '
Canva has some fun graphics you can use. Take a photo of your clocks at church or the staffs’ watches and include those in an upcoming newsletter to make it more personal.
Or use one of these I created in Canva for you. I’ve create a two-minute tutorial on how to add your logo and a date, if you’d like to personalize them in Canva or another graphic-editing app. Enjoy!
Creating a Prayer Image to Use on Social Media (via Canva)
Consider creating your own images with prayers from the Book of Common Prayer (or your own) along with your church logo/name to share on social media.
Here are the websites mentioned in this video: https://www.canva.com/ and https://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/
Downloading Prayer Images for Social Media
Here is a quick way to bring prayer to social media…use these pre-made prayer images from the Diocese website.
Here is the website mentioned in this video: https://www.anglicandoma.org/special-occasions
Cannot find a great, free stock image? Take your own! Easy examples...
Have you ever felt frustrated that there just isn’t that “perfect” or even “GOOD” photo for your website, newsletter, or announcement/publication? Do the stock photos you are finding look too “fake” and like an advertisement?
Consider taking a photo! Most handheld devices take really nice photos for digital use (not always for print media). Here are some examples that show you how easy and effective that can be.
Pointers: Whenever possible, take photos outside (cloudy days offer a nice, natural filter) and turn off your flash.
Using a Free Resource to Create a Links Page for Instagram (Video 3 of 3)
One way to create a links page for your Instagram Bio is to use one of the many free resources out there, such as LinkTree.
LinkTree is one of many free resources for creating a quick links page for your instagram account.
Creating a Links Page via your Website (Video 2 of 3)
If you use the blog feature through your website host/manager, you can easily create a links page, too!
Using the blog (tag/category) feature on your website builder, you can create a links page for your Instagram account.
Link in Bio for Instagram: WHY? (Video 1 of 3)
Instagram will not make hyperlinks active (like Facebook does) so if you want someone to “read more” about a post…what do you do?
Instagram will not make hyperlinks active (like Facebook does) so if you want someone to “read more” about a post…what do you do? Create a links page connected to your Instagram bio!
I currently use Facebook and Instagram somewhat equally. This most likely goes against all social media protocol, but it works for the Diocese for the time-being. I like to post each individual newsletter article from The Mid-Atlantic Messenger with a link to “read more.” This is how I do that for instagram.
Free Fonts and Graphic Design Elements!
Creative Market (https://creativemarket.com/) offers weekly freebies, including fonts and social media tools.
Creative Market (https://creativemarket.com/) offers weekly freebies, including fonts and social media tools. This website also offers inexpensive graphic elements for your website, newsletters, and print needs. There are a lot of similar websites…if you have one you like to use, will you share it with me to share with other communicators?
Using Canva
Here is a short video on how to use Canva to create professional-looking images for social media, announcements, newsletters, and more.
Here is a short video on how to use Canva to create professional-looking images for social media, announcements, newsletters, and more.
Non-scripted, non-professional, and including all of my clicking and typing noises. But let me know if you want a longer tutorial over Zoom!
Using Business Tools to Schedule/Manage Facebook & Instagram Posts
Facebook Business Tools helps you schedule and manage social media (facebook & instagram) easily! And it’s free. Here is a quick introduction on how that works.
Facebook Business Tools helps you schedule and manage social media (facebook & instagram) easily! And it’s free. Here is a quick introduction on how that works.
