• SocialChain
• 29 October 2026
• 0 min

Key takeaways from SocialMinds LIVE x Canva 2026

Anyone can make something good now. AI has handed every team the same tools, templates, trends and prompts, and the blank page isn’t looking so blank any more.

What sets great social creative apart is harder to copy: taste, instinct and the people you bring into the room.

That’s why, on 22 October, we teamed up with Canva for The New Social Creative Toolkit, a day of keynotes, panels and a fireside chat on where AI belongs in the creative process, and where human taste still has to lead. And now, we’ve packed the best of it into one report.

Inside the report:

You’ll hear from Canva, Pinterest, YouTube, Time Out, Charlotte Tilbury, Innocent, Specsavers, DASH Water, creator Owen Cutts and SocialChain’s own creative and strategy leads.

We’ve gathered real examples of brands putting the new toolkit to work. Charlotte Tilbury turned years of comments into a product launch, Specsavers built a grassroots football series for a younger audience, and Canva sent Gemma Collins to LinkedIn. Plus, why a kebab shop at 2am might be the best creative brief there is.

You’ll get practical advice on letting AI do the groundwork, trusting creators with your brand, bringing your community into the brief and knowing your niche. Every section ends with takeaways you can bring straight into your next team meeting.

Fill in the form below to get your copy.

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