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Toastmaster Tips

Crazy About Canva:
Crazy About Canva:
How to Make Toastmasters Facebook Ads Pop Off the Screen
How to Make Toastmasters Facebook Ads Pop Off the Screen

By Jennifer Schmidt

I absolutely love Canva. When given the chance, could achieve, the process was easy. I created
I find myself talking about this amazing graphic ads using the free account option, and found
design platform, and how it has helped me ways to enhance photos, videos and text to grab
create fun Facebook ads for New Horizons the reader’s attention. It doesn’t have to take a
Toastmasters Club. lot of time because Canva is pretty much click,
drop, and copy. Also, there’s always the handy
But it definitely wasn’t love at first sight. Because undo button which I’ve used often if I don’t like a
my perception in 2020 was it would be too certain look.
complicated to create Facebook ads. However,
once Maren Zieba (who introduced me to For this issue, I thought it would be helpful to
Canva) showed me how easy it could be, I soon share the ads I posted during the week prior
discovered the magic of graphic design through to the New Horizons picnic that was held on a
Canva. This encouraged me to create ads that Saturday. After each example, I’ll explain why
could pop off the screen. I chose the different elements for each ad. My
hope is that it will inspire you to try different
The biggest lesson I learned was that trying concepts in Canva and make your club’s
out Canva didn’t have to be hard. When I gave Facebook ads pop as well.
myself the chance to explore and see what I

Monday - Facebook Ad #1 - HERE

Mondays tend to be stressful for most people. I wanted to ease into the week by showing a
carefree and fun experience. Additional details were in the text attached to this ad and choos-
ing a yellow color makes the ad feel light, cheerful, and optimistic as people start thinking
about the weekend.

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