Teaching & Workshops
At Designed by Kelly, we bring over 20+ years of combined design and branding experience, both real-world business experience and practical teaching to every presentation. Our sessions are hands-on, engaging, and practical, giving attendees tools they can use immediately.
Canva Design Training
This hands-on session teaches attendees how to confidently use Canva from the basics to more advanced features to create professional designs quickly and consistently. The length of this session and the types of designs taught can be customized to fit your audience. All our classes are easy to follow and come with hands-on training where we walk around and assist those in attendance as they design.
Canva Basics That Make Design Easy:
Learn the essential Canva tools, layouts, and features that help beginners create clean, professional graphics with confidence.
Advanced Canva Tips for Faster Workflows:
Discover time-saving tools such as brand kits, templates, resizing, and design shortcuts that help you design smarter and faster.
Designing for Real-World Marketing:
Learn how to build a brand kit, create consistent designs for social media, presentations, flyers, and digital media that strengthen your brand and communication.
Our Canva classes are tailored specifically to your group.
You tell us what you want your team, staff, or ministry to learn in Canva, and we build the training around that. No more sitting through a class that teaches what you already know—this is focused on what you want to learn.
We have taught these workshop for pastors, teachers, school administrators,
nonprofit teams, and small business owners, making it adaptable for a wide variety of organizations.
Contact us for workshop pricing. We work with event organizers and can accommodate most budgets.
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Class Reviews
Amazing Class. Loved it!
Tailored to individuals.
Very kind and knowledgeable.
Answered questions as they came up.
I liked the hands-on opportunity to "play" in Canva and create my digital content with assistance.
Our attendees loved learning from you. Thank you for investing in them. We hope to see you back next year!
Why Choose Us?
When you invite Kelly Thomas and Cara Williams to speak, you’re getting more than a presentation — you’re getting real-world experience, practical training, and an encouraging teaching style that equips your audience with tools they can actually use.
Clear, Practical Teaching
Their sessions are designed to be easy to understand and immediately useful. Attendees walk away with practical tips, strategies, and tools they can begin using right away.
Hands-On Learning
Rather than long lectures, Kelly and Cara focus on interactive workshops and real examples, helping participants feel confident applying what they’ve learned.
Designed for Real Organizations
Their presentations are especially helpful for small businesses, churches, schools, and nonprofit teams who often need practical solutions without large marketing budgets.
A Friendly and Encouraging Approach
Kelly and Cara are known for their warm, approachable teaching style, making learning design, branding, and technology feel accessible to everyone — regardless of skill level.