From Vision to Vows: Bringing Dream Weddings to Life

 In the bustling world of wedding planning, one entrepreneur stands out for her dedication, creativity, and the exceptional services she provides to couples—Hannah Nuque-Carizon, owner of the events management business Hulyo Trece Management Services.

Organizing events, especially life milestones like weddings, requires meticulous planning and attention to detail. Her previous role as a Business Process Manager prepared her with the critical skills needed to thrive inher business.

“We’ve been operating since 2016 and started with crafting invitations and souvenirs, photography serviceand later on have invested in equipment and more items in order to provide full event planning services ofcourse with the help of outside suppliers,” Hannah shares.

Wedding planner Hannah Nuque-Carizon shares the beginning of their business, their struggles, inspiration and how they make couple’s dream weddings come true with Canva.

Hannah's path to becoming a successful wedding planner has its challenges. “As an owner with a little knowledge about graphic design, it was hard to communicate how I wanted the proposal, presentations and printouts and visualizing the expected output to our designers. Canva helped me express what I want in a way that saves our time as well. I have used different online apps in the past so adjusting to using the Canva interface was easy for me,” said Hannah.

 

Despite the initial success, Hannah faced the hurdles of brand awareness and maintaining the businessduring the pandemic. However, her passion and determination inspired her to move forward.

Her passion and determination inspired her to move forward.

Elevating the Wedding Planning Experience with Canva

Hannah's expertise in wedding planning goes beyond the usual responsibilities. She believes in staying current with the latest trends, designs, and technology. With Canva, Hannah can deliver exceptionalexperiences to her clients.

 

“There was a memorable instance where a couple, both overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), entrusted HulyoTrece Management Services to plan their dream wedding. Due to this, we had limited personal meetings, but the couple had specific pegs and preferences, it was really difficult for us to finalize these details that needed their approval,” recalls Hannah.

Canva's publishing feature allowed Hannah’s team to showcase design updates and changes seamlessly,ensuring the couple's vision was brought to life. “We collaborated through Canva and it made the planning process more efficient and convenient for both parties. We’re more than happy that the couple were more than happy with the results.”

  

“Sharing your thoughts and insights helps in refining the planning process, making it a collaborative journey. I encourage couples not to stress but to enjoy every step of the planning process, cherishing themoments that will become cherished memories,” Hannah emphasizes the importance of effective communication between couples and their wedding planners.

As with all businesses, collaboration plays a significant part in ensuring success. With Canva’s visual collaboration tools, any entrepreneur’s team member can design better, together.

For aspiring Filipino entrepreneurs, Hannah’s advice is simple: start now. “Embrace the learning curve,learn from failures, and always strive to provide the best for your clients. With the right tools, dedication, and a passion for improvement, success is within reach,” Hannah shares. 

Canva Negosyantrends EXPO

If you’re a business owner with big dreams like Hannah, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a creative newbieinterested in discovering more about how you can unlock the magic of Canva, join the Canva Negosyantrends 2023 Expo on August 5 at the SM Mall of Asia, Music Hall from 10am to 10pm. The expo will feature interactive learning sessions, seller booths, and fun prizes and activities.

To know more, visit canvaph.com/NegosyantrendsExpo-2023  and join the Canva for Negosyantes  on Facebook.

 

Get better at brainstorming sessions with Canva Whiteboards

In today's age of remote and hybrid work, organizations want teams to collaborate, share ideas, and scale their creative process better. According to Canva's Visual Economy Report that surveyed 1,600 global business leaders, communicating visually is fast ​becoming the most impactful way to ​communicate in the workplace. Eighty-nine percent of them believe that it enhances collaboration and agree that visual communication methods have helped team members connect with each other.

 

"Businesses now must learn how to communicate visually and leave lasting impact to their stakeholders and customers. It's made possible when your teams have the tool to create and collaborate together, without having to learn complex processes that take time to learn," said Maisie Littaua, head of growth of Canva Philippines.

Canva's Visual Suite revolutionizes the way teams work by providing a comprehensive platform that addresses all their visual communication needs, empowering them to streamline their workflow and boost creativity. It is designed for the modern workplace–whether it be a multinational with teams scattered across the world or a start-up seeking a cost-effective, all-in-one tool for their communication and creative requirements. 

 

The report also highlights that 89% of the respondents believe that communicating visually helps them articulate ideas better. With Canva's intuitive tools and features, teams can easily create visually compelling content that enhances communication and drives better results. Its powerful collaboration features also make it easier for teams to brainstorm and convert ideas into ready-to-share designs.

Get better at brainstorming sessions with Canva Whiteboards

Canva Whiteboards help solve many problems that teams might encounter during meetings, brainstorming and planning sessions, and team buildings.

• Make collaborations more engaging. Grab participants’ attention with an experiential online collaboration thanks to hundreds of fun elements like sticky notes and stickers. You can even add reference photos and videos from Canva’s vast content library.
• Provide structure. Get the ideas going with ready-to-use templates, or create customized idea maps, flow charts and diagrams.
• Take a vote. Ready to choose ideas? Use stickers to react to an idea, or mark it for further discussion
• Jumpstart the conversation. Use the Magic Write tool within Whiteboards to generate prompts or lists to stimulate discussion, or instantly summarize key points into a paragraph for a report or email.
• Leave your mark. Use the new Canva Draw Tool–which has pens and highlighters in different colors and thickness, and automatic shape features–to sketch, doodle, mark up text, or quickly create diagrams and flowcharts. 

Turn documents into multimedia masterpieces with Canva Docs 

In the visual age, it’s important to add images, infographics and other interactive elements into any kind of work. With Canva Docs, anyone can create stunning multimedia reports even without a design background. 

·      Access one of the world’s biggest design libraries. Get 20,000 premium templates and 3.5 million graphic elements like images, icons, and videos for project plans, strategy documents, lesson plans, and other document types.

·      Use data storytelling. Quickly create graphs and infographics from thousands of templates, graphic elements. You can even animate images and text for dynamic data visualization. 

·      Collaborate and share. For collaborative documents like editorials or business planning, teams can comment on a document, and tag and assign tasks to specific members. Once the document is complete, teams can even turn it into a pitch-ready presentation deck by clicking the “Convert to Presentation” button.

·      Overcome writer’s block with Magic Write. Canva’s AI-powered content generation is now available on Visual Suite products like Docs, Whiteboards, and Presentations. Use it to generate drafts, create outlines, or kicko ideas for your next post. 

 

Make pro-quality videos with Canva Video 

Video editing used to require a lot of skill and equipment. But with Canva’s drag-and-drop editor, anyone can make videos for any platform or need whether it’s a reel, an advertisement, or even a tutorial. 

·      Get intuitive and functional features. Upload your clips, drag them to a timeline, and then use the tools to adjust speed, size, and appearance on the screen. Not sure how to start? Pick from thousands of customizable templates for different formats and industries.

·      Enjoy a personal sound studio. Access the pre-licensed music and sound effects in the library, or record voice overs, your screen or yourself without leaving Canva. For those subscribed to Canva Pro, you can use the Beat Sync feature to automatically sync video to any tune.

·      Add special effects. Upgrade to Canva Pro to get powerful features like video background removers, filters and effects, animations, and Magic Resize which instantly converts videos for different social media platforms. 

Kaya sa Canva! 

Littaua believes that the best creative process should feel like play, "We want to show everyone how easy and fun it can be to use these tools to make everyday work look and feel amazing. Visual Suite can be used throughout the creative process to stimulate ideas and increase collaboration and productivity." 

In its effort to empower more Filipinos to design, Canva Philippines also launched a YouTube Channel, where the community can get ideas, tutorials and tips to help them maximize the potential of the Visual Suite potential to help them achieve their goals. 

Check out youtube.com/@canva_ph to subscribe and learn more. 

Canva announces the launch of Canva for Campus

Canva announces the launch of Canva for Campus, its new college and tertiary education offering, bringing the power of visual communication to colleges and universities around the world.

 

"As visual communication becomes a part of everyday life, there has never been a more important time for classrooms around the world to embrace the power of digital and design literacy. Not only is visual communication an essential skill for today’s workplace, it’s also an enabler for creativity and collaboration," said Cameron Adams, Canva co-founder and chief product officer.

 

"Creativity and collaboration are skills that become even more crucial for university students. With Canva for Campus now becoming available in the Philippines too, we are excited to see how it will empower Filipino college students as they step into their future careers," said Yani Hornilla-Donato, Canva Philippines country manager.

With Canva for Campus, Canva brings the power of its entire visual communication platform to colleges and universities through a new subscription. From team management and collaboration to brainstorming and its entire Visual Worksuite, Canva for Campus brings all of the magic from its fully fledged Canva for Teams product, designed with schools and universities in mind. 

 

All college and university institutions across the globe can now unlock free access to Canva for their students when they begin purchasing Canva for Campus licenses for staff. Depending on the size of the student population, colleges, and universities with a certain number of staff licenses graduate into a full Canva Campus, unlocking free access to the platform for entire student cohorts. You’ll only ever need to pay for staff accounts.

Game-changing learning just got easier

Canva makes it easier than ever to facilitate collaborative, interactive and exciting learning experiences with the added advantage of helping students develop digital literacy skills along the way.

 

With Canva for Campus, students are able to create compelling assignments, eye-catching resumes and visually engaging portfolios – so whether it’s for a school assignment or a personal project, Canva’s visual communication suite has it covered. Canva for Campus includes access to rich data visualization tools, making it a whole lot easier to create stunning and informative visual research reports.

 

Whether students are learning on campus or at home, Canva’s intuitive drag-and-drop editor has been designed for every kind of device. With access to millions of educational templates and more than 100 million different design assets, Canva for Campus makes it easy for students to create engaging content while also effortlessly collaborating with peers, brainstorming ideas, leaving feedback and assigning tasks for group projects – all without leaving Canva.

Supercharging collaboration and communication for faculties 

 

Canva for Campus is designed to empower teachers and faculty staff too. Through its integration with popular learning tools including Microsoft Teams, Canvas, Blackboard and Brightspace; every team and faculty department can reduce overhead and maximize collaboration. Its collaboration and media library tools make it easy to seamlessly design across groups and departments with 1TB of storage to organize files, graphics, and videos. 

 

Canva for Campus also takes the guesswork out of maintaining a great brand. Simply upload the brand fonts, colors, and logos to create Brand Kits that can be used across faculty departments or share premade templates that allow everyone to create their own content while maintaining brand consistency. For college and university marketing teams, Canva makes it easy to streamline communications with templates for newsletters, social media posts and student enrollment materials. 

 

To sign up or learn more about Canva for Campus, check out https://www.canva.com/for-campus/.