{"id":3764,"date":"2025-08-07T18:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=3764"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:35:38","slug":"alycia-leno","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/alycia-leno\/","title":{"rendered":"Alycia Leno"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default speaker-highlight-column is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b9a46375 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-faint-background-color has-background wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7a30299c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-container-content-b1208fed\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"6840\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/alycia-leno\/alycia-leno-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/08\/alycia-leno.png?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alycia-leno\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/08\/alycia-leno.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/08\/alycia-leno.png?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/08\/alycia-leno.png?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6840\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover;width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/08\/alycia-leno.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/08\/alycia-leno.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/08\/alycia-leno.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-faint-background-color has-background wp-container-content-8f85718f has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>A creative strategist, Alycia has turned AI into a collaborator instead of a competitor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born of equal parts curiosity and burnout, Alycia\u2019s journey started with skepticism. The early tools sounded like robots. But over time, she got more comfortable, and the tools got better.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now she uses AI to brainstorm faster, edit smarter, and she\u2019s even rediscovered her own creative voice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So. Are you a writer? A marketer? Do you just want to feel more confident about the future of AI?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/from-overwhelmed-to-augmented-how-everyday-creators-can-use-ai-without-losing-the-plot\/\" data-type=\"wcb_session\" data-id=\"3765\"><strong>From Overwhelmed to Augmented: How Everyday Creators Can Use AI Without Losing the Plot<\/strong><\/a>, she\u2019ll share practical tools for idea generation, drafting, and polishing. Plus, you\u2019ll get a peek at what\u2019s coming next with Agentic AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-091b0950 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:10px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sessions\">Check out Alycia&#8217;s Session<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;\" class=\"wp-block-wordcamp-speaker-sessions\"><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/from-overwhelmed-to-augmented-how-everyday-creators-can-use-ai-without-losing-the-plot\/\">From Overwhelmed to Augmented: How Everyday Creators Can Use AI Without Losing the Plot<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wordcamp-speaker-sessions__session-info\">October 16, 2025 at 3:00 pm in <span class=\"wordcamp-speaker-sessions__track slug-track-2\">Track 2<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alycia on the Socials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Website\/Portfolio: <a href=\"https:\/\/artdecotech.carrd.co\/\">Alycia\u2019s Carrd<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/artdecotech\/\">Alycia on LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Give Alycia a follow, and don\u2019t miss her talk this October in Ottawa! \ud83c\udf41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And now for something a little Canadian \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What comes to mind when you think of Canada?<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>\u201cLake swims, ancient forests, late sunsets, and people who say \u201csorry\u201d before you bump into them\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favourite Canadian band or artist?<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>\u201cFeist. 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