Canva Philippines Launches #SayItSaCanva Campaign to Help You Express Your Messages of Love this Valentine’s Season

Manila, Philippines – We Filipinos have always loved love, and we aren’t afraid to show it. Sadly, the pandemic has limited even the way we express love, trading face-to-face efforts and those classic, swoon-worthy grand gestures into “next times”, promises, and video calls, even when we know we can’t fit our big hearts into those tiny chat bubbles. But this season, Canva Philippines says keep expressing yourself.

Canva is encouraging Filipinos to continuously communicate their feelings by turning them into visual stories through their newly launched #SayItSaCanva campaign.  

This month, Canva Philippines is releasing new Valentine’s Day themed templates and elements to help you express your love in different formats whether it's through videos, presentations, social media posts, and more. 

“While the pandemic has affected our physical bonds, this doesn’t mean that it should also restrict us from sharing our love and appreciation for our loved ones. Canva’s mission is to empower the world to design, and we found this opportunity for Filipinos to express themselves in a creative and unique way through our engaging tools and resources; we want people to share their stories and ‘Say It Sa Canva’,” said Yani Hornilla-Donato, Canva Philippines’ Country Manager.

To make it easier for users, Canva has launched a Content Hub that holds all of the templates and elements you’ll need to convey your kilig, lambing or pasasalamat for anyone in any form, across any platform.  

Through #SayItSaCanva, you can make use of the thousands of available resources from the Canva Content Hub — from photos and illustrations to music — to make your message stand out. 

“We want to enable Filipinos to share what’s in their heart, not just this February but all year-round with a diverse content library for all the milestones you want to commemorate and the feelings you want to celebrate,” Donato said. 

Whether your love language is words of affirmation, acts of service, or gift-giving, it's always going to be creative and one-of-a-kind when you choose to #SayItSaCanva. Spark connections with your significant other, family, or friends in a fun, creative, and thoughtful way, any day of the year. 

Find inspiration from Canva Philippines’ Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram accounts and spread the message of love this love month. 

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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 Makes Virtual Learning More Fun and Interactive with Canva Eskwela

Manila, Philippines – As Filipino teachers and students kick off yet another school year in virtual classrooms, online design platform Canva offers resources to make learning and interacting more engaging this back-to-school season with Canva Eskwela.

For many Filipino teachers, connecting with their students has become extra challenging with the absence of physical interaction, making learners more prone to fatigue and lack of focus. With Canva Eskwela, teachers can create fun and compelling presentations as well as activities to encourage more lively class discussions.

The Canva Eskwela page  features free and visually engaging content especially tailored for educators and learners in the Philippines: from desktop organizers and lesson plan templates, to presentations and ice breakers to make virtual classes more interactive and fun.

“Through Canva Eskwela, we want to express our deep appreciation for our teachers and students who push themselves to teach and learn as we navigate the new normal. We know it is especially challenging for our teachers to reach out to students and inspire them to get excited about school while we continue to hold classes online,” expressed Canva Country Manager Yani Hornilla-Donato. “We want to support them through locally relevant digital education resources that they can easily access for free.”

Canva is known for being user-friendly and accessible even to those with no design background and it is even more convenient for educators to create content from scratch with Canva Eskwela so they can save time and focus on other tasks.

With Canva for Education, students and teachers can also access easy-to-learn resources such as videos and audio recordings that contain tips and guides on designing their materials. Teachers can also find a community where they can share stories and best practices and support one another on the Canva for Filipino Teachers Facebook group.

To sign up for Canva Eskwela for FREE, go to www.canva.com/education/canva-eskwela/.

 

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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 Offers Jobseekers a Headstart with Easy CV Templates

Manila, Philippines — The first step to applying for a job is to submit a CV, a snapshot of a job seeker’s background and skills that will serve as a reference for employers to see if an applicant is the right fit for their organization. At this stage in a competitive job market, it is important to have a CV that stands out and presents your qualifications and accomplishments in a creative way. 

Canva, the leading intuitive online design and publishing platform, wants to empower jobseekers by providing ready-to-use templates that can help their application get noticed. There are many designs to choose from to make sure that your CV looks polished and presentable.

With Canva’s suite of tools, you can make your CV both striking and professional looking. There are templates that can let you stand out with a pop of color, help you highlight your important details such as academic achievements or extra-curricular projects through font choices, or even present your CV in a 3D effect. All you need to do is to pick the design that you think best represents you.    

“When applying for a job, first impressions are important. In an increasingly visual era, a great resume or CV makes you stand out, get interviewed, and ultimately land the job of your dreams.  Canva’s resume templates are easy to use and can be customized to reflect your skills, values, personality and creativity. We have world-class talent in this country, and with our platform, we want to help Filipino jobseekers get a headstart with their careers. Canva’s templates provide design solutions for every milestone, because we believe that whatever creative needs you may have, Kaya sa Canva,” says Yani Hornilla-Donato, Canva Philippines Country Manager.

With a catalogue of thousands of design options, Canva makes it easy to design inspiring and engaging content, helping you to achieve your personal and professional goals at any stage of your career. Whether you are a fresh graduate looking for your first job, a seasoned professional looking for your next step up the career ladder, or an entrepreneur presenting your business idea to potential clients, Canva has many user-friendly features that can help you get noticed.

Canva helps to make the creative process easier for any design-related task, through thousands of templates and images at your disposal so you don’t need to start from scratch. The site is easy to navigate, and you can narrow down your search through keywords and advanced search tools that can quickly pull up your best design suggestions.

Explore the site through https://www.canva.com/resumes/templates/ and find the CV template that best represents you. Build your confidence as you create a resume that highlights what makes you hireable, and take that important first step towards your dream job.

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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.

Whatever your design needs, Kaya sa Canva

Manila, Philippines – Whether you’re a student, a teacher, a small business owner, a job-seeker, a home buddy, a content creator, or simply someone who wants to express creatively, there’s a template for you in Canva. Canva launches ‘Kaya sa Canva’ campaign to highlight its vast selection of free ready-to-use templates that can cater to a wide range of projects and needs.

"At Canva, our mission is to empower the world to design with our easy-to-use design platform," Yani Hornilla-Donato, Country Manager, Canva Philippines said. "Good design is about achieving goals through visual communication. With our campaign, "Kaya sa Canva" we want to encourage our Filipino users to explore our beautifully curated library, and find thousands of free templates that will empower them to communicate with purpose and get things done."

Whatever your design needs, Kaya sa Canva. From advocacy, career development, business, education, special events and more, Canva has thousands of templates that can be edited to fit anyone’s visual communication needs.

1. Get your dream job with fresh CV templates

Your CV or resume should showcase your personality and uniqueness. It’s your key to standing out among the other applicants, and   impressing your potential employer. Job-seekers and college and university students who want to enhance employment prospects should maximize Canva’s customizable resume templates with creative, sleek, and professional-looking layouts.

Canva offers a wide variety of CV templates, from college resume 

to corporate resume designs and creative layouts

2. Make your business  stand out with amazing marketing content

Micro, small, or medium-sized businesses can build their brand by making the most out of all the branding and marketing templates that Canva offers. With millions of beautiful social media templates, photos, videos and graphics, brands are not only able to create visually appealing online ads, marketing brochures, business cards, but save a lot more time as well.  

Canva offers templates that will help you build your business’ online presence

3. Grow your audience with inspiring and engaging visual content

Aspiring influencers and professional designers who make content professionally can design with ease with Canva to enhance their content. Content creators can bring their ideas to life in minutes using Canva’s social media templates, video editing and animation features, and content library. Creators can also design, schedule, and post their social media content right from the Canva platform.

Customizable social media templates that caters to different niches

4.  Collaborate with your team with ease through Canva’s presentations templates

In an increasingly visual era, presentations are the way to go when it comes to communicating your idea. And as remote working quickly becomes the norm, presentations are no longer just delivered in a physical meeting room, teams are finding new ways to collaborate online and get things done. Canva Presentation templates allow teams to co-create, review, and comment on projects real-time.

Beyond making your deck stand out, Canva Presentations also brings the entire design and collaboration workflow together more conveniently for teams

Canva makes it easy to design engaging visual content, helping you achieve your personal and professional goals. “Whatever project you have in mind, whether it’s a winning resume, an engaging branding collateral, or a visually appealing content for your channel, Kaya sa Canva,” Donato said. “Our high quality templates make it easy and efficient for anyone to design for any purpose. Individuals and teams can create content with Canva to suit any brand and topic.”

To further empower Filipinos to design, Canva will also roll out new templates in the coming weeks that anyone will surely love. To know more about Canva, visit https://www.canva.com/

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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’s Health and Well-being Lead Shares Quick Pointers for Busy Dads

There is no one-size-fits all way to being a father, but most working dads want to do the best to support their loved ones. With all the pressure that comes with these responsibilities, dads also need to look after their own wellbeing too.

Donato Avellana is the Health and Wellbeing Lead for the Vibe Team at Canva Philippines, and as a father himself, he acknowledges the importance of work-life balance. He has helped build programs at Canva that empower employees to have a healthy work-life balance, with holistic programs for all domains of wellness. Taking his learnings from this, he shares some helpful and practical tips to help dads to develop healthy habits that can boost their happiness at work and at home.

1. Rest and recover well
Rest and relaxation is crucial to improve our overall health. Try your best to get at least 7 hours of sleep, go to bed an hour before you go to sleep, and stay away from your TV or mobile phone, as several studies show that the blue light from screens can disrupt sleep. Sleep is often a neglected component of overall well-being, but this is where the body repairs itself to get ready for another day. Remember that you deserve to rest.

2. Start your day with a cold shower
Showering can also offer more benefits than many realise. By using water that is a little cold, you can improve blood circulation, with the lower temperature causing blood to run to the skin’s surface. Good blood circulation plays an important role in our health for proper nutrient distribution throughout our body.
This is also a good time for dads to have their ‘me’ time. Breathing exercises are a great way to start the day, by offering the opportunity to regroup and reflect.

3. Move more, make it a habit
The health benefits of movement have been scientifically proven time and time again. Your body is connected to your brain and your movement habits can positively impact how you think and feel. Inactivity can make you feel sluggish and tired, making it hard to find motivation and deliver on responsibilities.
Add regular walks, stand often, or follow stretching routines that you can commit to during the day. Taking time for a short 10-15-minute walk is a great way to have a mental and physical break.

4. Eat smart: practice a mindful eating habit.
We have been educated about what healthy eating is since we were kids. Eating intuitively on a regular schedule is very important. Eating with no structure creates mindless eating that can lead to poor nutrition choices. Think of nourishing your body with healthy fuel for efficient performance instead of just eating. Eat a variety of whole foods, have fruits and vegetables, and hydrate smartly.

5. It's okay to ask for help
This shortlist might not be easy for everyone, so I encourage dads to seek help when they need it. You might want to start at home with your spouse, ask for help from co-workers, peers, fellow fathers, professionals such as your doctor.

Showing appreciation to your father
If you’re still looking for heart-felt gift ideas for your dad, you can browse through Canva for free design ideas and inspiration.
Make your dad, grandfather or any other special figure feel loved and appreciated by designing personalized cards. A wide variety of photos, customizable templates, and full-color professional layouts are available. You can also find Filipino templates by changing the language settings to Tagalog and searching for the word ‘tatay’.

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

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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 Launches New Collaboration Features to Help Teams Work Better

As remote working quickly becomes the norm, people are finding new ways to collaborate online and get things done, resulting in a tremendous growth spurt for Canva, where today, over 40 million people bring their visual creations to life each month. Today, Canva launches a number of new collaboration features to help every team work better, together.

Among the new features, users can try out are Canva’s new Online Whiteboards, new Notifications Center, and new Talking Presentations. Users can also easily join and manage teams through Suggested Teams and distributed teams can now stay on brand with Canva’s Brand Kits.

Maisie Littaua, Head of Growth at Canva Philippines said, “Canva is combining the simple and intuitive design experience that many Pinoys know and love, with the communication and teamwork functions they need to get work done — all within the same platform.”
“We find design works best as a team effort, and if there are any new features we can ship that will make it easier for people to design together, we’re going to build them. Kaya ngayon with Canva we made sure na mas effortless na ang collaboration with your teammates. Mas mapapadali na rin gawin at ipakita ang kanya-kanyang mga ideas dahil real-time ang collaboration sa aming platform,” Littaua added.

Design and Collaborate in Real-Time

Real-time collaboration is now available for everyone in Canva — bringing collaborative designing to everything from social media posts to videos — so you can co-create, brainstorm and see each other's contributions as they happen. Try out Canva’s new Online Whiteboards, featuring a collection of Brainstorm templates to help bring the magic of in-person ideation online, or our Mind Maps, to help organize complex ideas.

Canva avatars show which team members are in the same document. Collaborators can see which elements are selected by who, thanks to color-coding, and names on-display within designs.

Comments and replies show-up right away, and are optimized for web and mobile. Mobile comments are accessed through the app menu, and appear as threads, making it easy to respond to, and action requests on small screens.

For those with distributed teams, Canva’s Brand Kit also lets teams select and define colors that match their brand, so everyone can make the best design choices. Due to overwhelming demand, this Enterprise-level only feature will be rolled out to all Pro plans in November.

Streamline and Manage Teams More Efficiently

Communications can become more complex as the team grows. The new Notifications Center helps teams stay informed by making it easy to review and respond to team members and move design projects faster than ever before.

Once enabled, team members have the ability to receive alerts when tagged in comments, granted permissions to designs, folders and teams, or when approval or access requests are received. All requests can be easily seen and responded to in one place, leaving less time searching through emails, and more time being creative. This feature is being rolled out to Enterprise customers in November and will be available to everyone on Canva over the next few months.

Canva also helps you bring all your assets into shared folders, whether that’s your logos, graphics, fonts, and now videos too. Canva’s Suggested Teams makes it easy for colleagues to find and request access to the teams they work with, by simply using their work email address. Once given access, they can use the pre-approved brand assets and designs in their Team storage, and start collaborating immediately.

Add a Personal Touch with Talking Presentations

Talking Presentations are perfect for teams located in different time zones, where finding times for group sessions can be a challenge. With distance learning now the norm, teachers can embed video explanations in their presentations for students, so they can be watched from anywhere. Canva’s new Talking Presentations gives an alternative to live, or fully pre-recorded formats, letting presenters integrate short videos of themselves as playable elements within slides.

Whether you’re a small business owner teaming-up with others to create social media graphics, a large enterprise who wants to keep your assets on-brand across global offices, or a teacher who wants to share your lessons in a more collaborative way, now is the time to join millions of others around the world who are using Canva for their design needs.

Purchase 1 Canva Pro account now (priced at Php649/month) and get 4 for free from 2 November, until 31 January 2021 to unlock Canva Pro’s full library of over 80 million images, 4.5 million videos, and 25,000 audio tracks — plus time-saving tools like Background Remover, Content Planner, and Magic Resize — for your whole team.

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

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 Launches Canva for Negosyo to Empower Filipino Entrepreneurs as they take their Business Online

Filipinos are so naturally creative that even the realities and challenges of the pandemic could not hinder the so-called diskarteng Pinoy. Amidst losing jobs, declining sales, closing of physical stores and businesses, Filipinos are resourceful and able to find solutions to make ends meet. To keep up with the rapidly changing times, Pinoy MSMEs are now transitioning their businesses online.

Many business owners find themselves in an unfamiliar environment where they have little to no experience but with Canva for Negosyo, Filipino entrepreneurs now have an ally to take their first steps. Canva for Negosyo is the Filipino business owner’s partner in creativity and productivity for their digital presence. It aims to empower local entrepreneurs to create everything their negosyo needs in one easy-to-use collaborative space. 

Canva for Negosyo 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.

“With Canva for Negosyo, Filipino entrepreneurs now have a headstart in bringing their businesses online. Madaling intindihin, mabilis matutunan. In minutes, kayang-kaya gumawa ng magaganda, engaging at patok na brand materials using our marketing toolkits and templates. Siguradong mag-eenjoy ang mga Pinoy na nag-nenegosyo with Canva's new hub of essential business resources, articles, and expert advice from fellow local entrepreneurs,” Maisie Littaua, Head of Growth for Canva Philippines said.

For those who are in need of photos for their businesses but have limited budget for hiring professional photographers, Canva for Negosyo offers a huge library of free photos and product shots that business owners can draw inspiration from or use on their designs and marketing materials.

Those who've turned their passion for food into a business during the lockdown, Canva for Negosyo offers photos of Pinoy dishes, from street food, local bakery breads, to everyday merienda. There's also a collection of fashion photos perfect for those with local clothing and accessory stores.

“Canva for Negosyo is more than just a tool, we also aim to highlight other successful local entrepreneurs who use Canva for their businesses, to inspire them and share expert advice to fellow entrepreneurs. Dahil kung kaya nila, kaya mo rin,” Littaua shared.

Canva is currently holding a series of webinars covering entrepreneurship topics such as Intro to Canva and Designing 101, Branding for your Business & Social Media Mastery, and Designing Your Marketing Materials on Canva. On October 28, Canva will be hosting Canva for your Negosyo, an online design workshop focusing on content categories relevant to branding one’s business. This includes designing storefront, product features, and design feed. It will also discuss the Canva resources and toolkit for newbie entrepreneurs. To join the webinar, tune in to Canva’s live session on their Facebook page.

Canva also introduces Canva for Negosyo Facebook community, where entrepreneurs can interact with each other and start conversations in growing their business online.

If you are 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 videos, 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 Launches New Collection of Free Home Screen & Icon Pack for iOS 14

Following the launch of Apple’s iOS 14, global online design platform Canva is now offering customizable iOS templates to make it easier than ever to design the home screen and app icons of your dreams.

With this growing collection of iOS templates, anyone can design their very own personalized screen with a unique look-and-feel in minutes, at no cost. Whether you’re looking for a minimalist theme, neon lights, one-of-a-kind icons or something as quirky as recreating the Windows 98 aesthetic, Canva makes it easy.

Create your own set of icons in just three simple steps:

1. Browse and select your preferred theme
2. Adjust the colors, illustrations and images to your liking
3. Download the new icon pack directly to your device

The emerging trend has seen millions getting creative with the design aesthetic of home screen layouts, replacing traditional, standard app icons with custom characters, seasonally-inspired decorations and even hand-drawn designs.

“We’re excited to see Filipinos explore their creativity with these new iOS 14 templates. Our phones have become extensions of our personalities, and with Canva, it’s incredibly easy to create a home screen that matches your personal style! Napakaraming designs ang naghihintay for all Pinoys, and they will surely have fun exploring it,” Yani Hornilla-Donato, Canva Philippines Country Manager said.

“There really aren’t any do’s or don’ts when it comes to this kind of design - personal tastes vary and that’s what makes this trend so interesting,” said Lynneal Santos, Canva templates designer.

“There’s no limit to what and how you design – color code each page, or seek inspiration from your favorite brand; whatever you choose, we’re excited to bring these new creative options to our community as we continue on our mission of empowering anyone to unleash their design superpowers and show off their individual style and personality.”

Get started with Canva’s free home screen and icon packs today, available here.


About Canva

Valued at $6B USD, Canva is an online graphic design platform used by more than 35 million people every month across 190 countries who have created more than 3 billion designs using Canva’s intuitive drag-and-drop design tools.

Mang Inasal favorites now come in Family Size

Your favorite Mang Inasal meals now come in Family Size and are available only via takeout or delivery.

To address the growing demand for group meals for stay-at-home customers, Mang Inasal has added to its menu five new offerings: 4 pieces Chicken Inasal Paa Large, in either original or spicy variant; 3 pieces Chicken Inasal Pecho Large; 10 sticks Pork BBQ; and Palabok good for 4 to 5 servings. Prices start at Php199.

The Mang Inasal Family Size meals are available for delivery through GrabFood, FoodPanda, and LalaFood. Customers may also call the specific Mang Inasal store for delivery or place their orders online through Mang Inasal Facebook Messenger Chatbot, Jose.

In addition to observing high quality standards in food preparation and service, Mang Inasal also follows strict ‘no-touch’ delivery protocols for the safety of its employees and consumers.

For a complete listing of stores that offer takeout and delivery services, visit https://stores.jfc.com.ph/manginasal.html .

In a related development, Mang Inasal has also launched its Everyday Sarap Savers – a line of delicious, value-for-money meals intended to draw customers to buy them as often as they want. It is comprised of the regular Chicken Inasal, one-stick Pork BBQ and Pork Sisig -- all served with one cup of rice – and Palabok.

Also, Mang Inasal has added a third variant to its line of creamy Halo-Halo for merienda. The Mang Inasal Buko Pandan Halo-Halo, which is on a limited run, has been delighting customers since its introduction in July.