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Hello there and welcome to my master course about Canva. My name is Ronnie and
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I will be your instructor for the next few hours. The fact that you are here shows me that you are interested in design. Maybe you are in charge of
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designing important documents for your company like annual reports, company's brochures or even project proposals. Or maybe you are the social media person in
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your company and you constantly have to come up with cool photos, visuals or
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infographics to populate your feeds. Well let me tell you one thing before we get
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started. Discovering Canva literally changed the way I work. I wouldn't go as
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far as saying it changed my life but it definitely changed the way I work. Indeed
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I do all these tasks I just mentioned for my company. I design documents, I
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produce social media content on a regular basis and I constantly need
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graphics to insert in my videos. Today I use Canva for 99% of these tasks and I
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barely use more complicated and expensive softwares like Photoshop or Illustrator. Canva not only has accelerated my workflow but it has made
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designing more fun, more affordable and quicker. Also because Canva uses so many
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cool templates and because I use Canva almost on a regular basis I developed a
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better eye for design. It's just like when you're trying to learn a new
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language. The best way to do it is to surround yourself with native speakers
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right? Well I experienced the same with design. By using Canva and constantly
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being exposed to good designs through their templates I actually became much
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better at design. It's quite amazing. As you can see I'm really passionate about
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this topic and I just love Canva. It made such a big difference for me and my work
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that I wanted to share this tool with you guys. See I've been working with
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entrepreneurs and small businesses for over seven years now and I'm horrified to
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see how much they suck at design. No offense, it's not your fault, it's just
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the way it is. So I decided to do something about it and start my journey
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with this course to help entrepreneurs like you become better at visual
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marketing. I take this mission very seriously and that's probably why I
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spent over a month producing the best course possible about Canva and this for
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two reasons. Number one I am 100% convinced that in 2018 good design will
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help you become a better entrepreneur and we will come back to this topic. And
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number two I truly believe that Canva is the fastest and cheapest way to produce
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good design even if you suck at design. I know many entrepreneurs, small
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businesses but also nonprofits and social businesses are struggling with design. Design is often overlooked by many organizations why it is so
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important in reality. Just think about it this way, what is the first thing
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people will notice when they log on to your website or when you hand them your
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business card or when they discover your Facebook page? The first thing they will
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notice is the quality of your designs. Let me break it down for you, if your
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website, your business card or your Facebook cover is ugly, your first-time
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visitor will keep that in mind as the first impression they make about your business. Good design inspires trust, it makes your company look bigger than it
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actually is. Now trust me this is what you want for your business and Canva
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will help you achieve just that, whether or not you're good at design. Now isn't
