Holiday promos are coming, and a lot of them will look like AI made them. Even if people can't articulate why something seems like it was AI-generated, more and more people find themselves detecting it in social media posts, ads, flyers, and more. And once they spot it, it instantly affects how they view the business behind it, often with a negative lens.
The solution isn't to hide your use of AI or quit it altogether. Instead, you just need a way of working with it that keeps your business sounding like your business. And with your holiday promos coming up, this is the perfect time to figure that out!
In this 60-minute workshop, you’ll learn:
You’ll go home with a worksheet of questions to help you design a workflow that fits your business, not someone else’s.
Your instructor:
Leila Kaneda (she/her) is the founder of Kaneda Consulting, an AI education and strategy firm that helps people understand how AI works so they can use it in ways that align with their values. She holds a master’s in AI, spent a decade building machine learning systems, and has helped everyone from restaurants and retailers to nonprofits and consultants put AI to work. She’s also taught for more than 20 years, including at Portland State University, and runs free monthly AI office hours in Hood River and the Portland metro area.
“Her session on AI Fluency for Creative Entrepreneurs was clear, practical, and really approachable. I especially loved the worksheet she created and the way she walked everyone through it step by step.”
— Ellyn Mole, Rural CREATOR facilitator, RAIN (Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network)
Who it’s for: Owners, managers, and team members who handle marketing, whether you use AI every day, are curious about it, or have sworn it off.
Details:
Thursday, November 19, 2026 from 4-5pm
Washington County Chamber of Commerce, 5193 NE Elam Young Pkwy Suite A, Hillsboro, OR 97124
$50 · Limited to 25 seats
Get your tickets here
Community office hours to follow at AVA Roasteria in Orenco Station.
Sign up for the poster session here!
The 2026 Pauling Medal will be presented to Professor Wooley at the 2026 Pauling Medal Symposium on November 7, 2026, at Portland State University in Portland, OR, in recognition of her pioneering studies.
Information about the symposium is posted at the Pauling Medal web page. The symposium includes lectures by eminent scientists and the awardee, a student poster session, a reception, and an evening banquet with presentation of the Pauling Medal to Professor Wooley.
The symposium is free and open to the public. The Awards Dinner is open to the public but requires advance purchase of a banquet ticket. Please visit the Pauling Medal web page for event details and banquet tickets.
Schedule:
1:00 - 5:30pm: Symposium in Hoffman Hall
Symposium speakers