A Conversation with Rabbi David Paskin on What Is New in Canva, for New and Old Users
The Design Tool Everyone Uses. The Features Almost Nobody Does.
Canva has quietly become the creative workbench for millions of teachers, small businesses, non-profits and everyday makers, and it keeps adding new tricks faster than most of us can keep up. This week Tony is joined by Rabbi David Paskin, an educator and creator who puts Canva to work every week, for a live, learn-together tour of what is new, whether you opened Canva for the first time yesterday or have been designing with it for years.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET Live at conversationswithtonymobley.com
Why Canva, and Why Now
Design used to be the bottleneck. If you could not afford a designer, your flyer, your worksheet, your social post or your pitch deck simply looked like it. Canva changed that bargain, and it keeps changing it: the platform has been rolling out new AI-powered tools, smarter templates and whole new ways of working that many longtime users have never even clicked on.
That is the gap this show closes. Not a press release, not a feature list, but two people opening the tool live and asking the only question that matters: what does this actually do for you?
Let’s Learn Together, Literally
This one is billed as a learn-together session, and Tony means it. Rather than a guest lecturing from on high, expect a working conversation: trying things, comparing habits, and finding the features that earn a permanent place in your toolkit. Bring your questions, because the live chat is part of the show.
What We Expect to Explore
Canva for the Newcomer
- What Canva is, what it costs, and what the free tier really gives you
- The first five things every new user should learn
- Templates, brand kits and how to make something great in minutes
What’s New for Longtime Users
- The recent additions and AI tools that are easy to miss
- Workflow habits that separate casual users from power users
- Which new features are genuinely useful, and which are just shiny
Creating for Real Life
- How educators and community leaders put Canva to work every week
- Making designs that look professional without a design degree
- Where Canva fits alongside the other tools in your creative kit
Who Should Not Miss This
Teachers, community leaders and non-profit volunteers who make the newsletters, slides and flyers everyone else takes for granted
Small-business owners and side hustlers who need professional-looking design without a professional-sized budget
Longtime Canva users who suspect the tool has grown new powers while they were busy using the old ones
The best tools are the ones that disappear into the work. This week we find out how much more Canva can carry for you, together, live.
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“You do not need to be a designer to make something beautiful. You need the right tool and an hour with someone who knows it.”