Role-Based Programme
RB0648

Canva for Senior Leadership

Create Executive Presentations, Visual Reports & Strategic Communications

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Duration
8 Hours
Level
Basic
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Workshop

Programme Objectives

  • Build foundational capability in using Canva for executive presentations, strategic communication, business reviews, and leadership updates.
  • Transform complex business information, plans, and data into concise visual stories for senior stakeholders.
  • Use Canva Sheets, Magic Charts, and Magic Insights to support data-driven executive communication.
  • Apply Brand Kit, templates, collaboration, and approval workflows to maintain consistent organisational communication.
  • Build reusable Business Input → Analyse → Structure → Visualise → Review → Present workflows for leadership communication.

Tools covered

Canva PresentationsCanva DocsCanva WhiteboardsCanva SheetsCanva AIMagic DesignMagic WriteMagic ChartsMagic InsightsBrand KitData VisualisationCollaboration & Approval Workflows

Who should attend

  • Chief Executive Officers
  • Chief Operating Officers
  • Chief Financial Officers
  • Chief Human Resources Officers
  • Business Unit Heads
  • Functional Heads
  • Department Heads
  • Senior Vice Presidents
  • Vice Presidents
  • General Managers
  • Senior Directors
  • Leadership Team Members
  • Transformation Leaders
  • Strategy Leaders

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Basic understanding of business planning, reporting, and leadership communication
  • Familiarity with presentations, business reviews, or management reports
  • Basic understanding of business metrics and organisational priorities
  • General familiarity with spreadsheets and presentation tools is helpful
  • No professional design expertise required
  • No previous Canva experience required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Canva as a visual communication platform for leadership teams
  • Exploring Presentations, Docs, Whiteboards, Sheets, and AI-assisted capabilities
  • Identifying leadership use cases across strategy, reviews, transformation, and stakeholder communication
  • Understanding executive communication principles: clarity, brevity, evidence, and action
Practical activities
  • Creating and organising a leadership communication workspace
  • Building a simple executive-update presentation from a structured brief
  • Mapping Leadership Need → Canva Tool → Communication Output

Scenarios

Quarterly Performance Data to Executive Business Review

Business Data → Canva Sheets → Magic Insights → KPI & Trend Analysis → Magic Charts → Executive Presentation → Leadership Review → Decisions & Actions

Participants transform operational and financial information into a concise leadership review that highlights performance, exceptions, implications, and required management action.

Strategic Initiative to Leadership Alignment

Strategic Objective → Canva Whiteboard → Options & Priorities → Leadership Discussion → Executive Brief → Branded Presentation → Decisions → Action Communication

Participants use collaborative visual planning and executive storytelling to turn a strategic initiative into a clear leadership decision and communication package.

## Current Capability Reference

Canva Sheets currently combines spreadsheets with AI-powered capabilities including **Magic Insights, Magic Charts, and Magic Formulas**. Magic Insights can surface patterns and trends, while Magic Charts can recommend and create visualisations that can be placed directly into Canva Presentations and Docs.

Canva's current enterprise environment includes **Presentations, Docs, Whiteboards, Sheets, Websites, Video, Brand Kits, templates, brand controls, collaboration, and built-in approval workflows**, supporting consistent executive and organisational communication.

Current Canva brand-management capabilities include **Brand Kit, Brand Guidelines, shared brand templates, locked design elements, data visualisation, and presentation tools**, helping leadership teams communicate consistently while enabling distributed collaboration.

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