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.
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!