BUSINESS SEMINAR: Canva for Small Business
Guest Presenter: Melanie Crutchley, Futurpruf Marketing
Topic: Canva for Small Business: Practical Design That Gets You Noticed
Cost: FREE for Erin Chamber members ($25 for non-members)
Learn to create on-brand, professional marketing faster — even if you’re not a designer. This hands-on seminar shows small and mid-sized business owners and their teams how to use Canva to build a consistent brand look, produce images and short videos, and quickly generate marketing materials that work for your prospects and customers. We’ll cover brand kits, the whiteboard for team brainstorming, smart use of templates (and how to make your own), Canva’s image-editing tools, basic visual design principles, video creation, and the best resizing & export options so your files look great everywhere.
What you’ll leave with:
- Steps to build a clear, usable brand kit you can apply across all your designs
- Quick wins for customizing templates and creating repeatable layouts
- Confidence editing photos and building short marketing videos
- Know-how to resize and export correctly for socials, print and web
- Practical ways to use the Whiteboard for planning campaigns and team collaboration
Melanie is the Founder & Owner of Futurpruf Marketing, a full-stack branding, website and marketing agency based out of Erin. Working from a base of 12+ years in marketing and business development at national professional services firms and tech companies, Melanie is passionate about empowering small businesses with tools and strategies that drive growth and engagement with high ROI.
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Erin Chamber Business Seminars provide participants with a small group experience that encourages discussion and idea sharing. Presentations will be provided by professional experts, Erin Chamber business owners will share their experiences, and group discussion will focus on ideas and challenges shared by seminar participants.
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Please note that capacity is limited and advanced registration is recommended
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Brought to you by a partnership between the Erin Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Erin
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Planning support generously provided by Culture & Talent Works
September 30, 2025
7:00-9:00pm
Rural Commons
92 Main Street
Erin, ON
Cost: FREE for Erin Chamber members ($25 for non-members)
Learn to create on-brand, professional marketing faster — even if you’re not a designer. This hands-on seminar shows small and mid-sized business owners and their teams how to use Canva to build a consistent brand look, produce images and short videos, and quickly generate marketing materials that work for your prospects and customers. We’ll cover brand kits, the whiteboard for team brainstorming, smart use of templates (and how to make your own), Canva’s image-editing tools, basic visual design principles, video creation, and the best resizing & export options so your files look great everywhere.
What you’ll leave with:
- Steps to build a clear, usable brand kit you can apply across all your designs
- Quick wins for customizing templates and creating repeatable layouts
- Confidence editing photos and building short marketing videos
- Know-how to resize and export correctly for socials, print and web
- Practical ways to use the Whiteboard for planning campaigns and team collaboration
Melanie is the Founder & Owner of Futurpruf Marketing, a full-stack branding, website and marketing agency based out of Erin. Working from a base of 12+ years in marketing and business development at national professional services firms and tech companies, Melanie is passionate about empowering small businesses with tools and strategies that drive growth and engagement with high ROI.
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Erin Chamber Business Seminars provide participants with a small group experience that encourages discussion and idea sharing. Presentations will be provided by professional experts, Erin Chamber business owners will share their experiences, and group discussion will focus on ideas and challenges shared by seminar participants.
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Please note that capacity is limited and advanced registration is recommended
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Brought to you by a partnership between the Erin Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Erin
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Planning support generously provided by Culture & Talent Works