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Client stories / Levantar

Case study · Nonprofit

How Candice got her newsletter time back and kept her own voice

One monthly newsletter took Candice about 8 hours. A second one never got started. So I made her a bet: an email plan before she finished her coffee, or I'd run her email for a year.

Candice Bún · Administrative & Communications Manager, Levantar
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Candice tells it in her own words.

~8 hrsfor one monthly newsletterHer estimate: "probably eight hours"
3 minof talking to start a storyHow long the engine asks her to talk
1 coffeethe bet: a plan before her coffee was goneOr I run her email for a year
Where her time goes

From a blank page to a 3-minute story.

BeforeOne newsletter, her estimate
about 8 hours
Now, to startWhat the engine asks of her
3 min talking
Her email story engine

She talks. It keeps her words.

1She types "story"
2It asks her to talk for three minutes
3Claude turns her words into sentences
4It brackets every word it added, so she can see them
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And I love that it actually says it has bracketed the words that Claude added and they're very minimal. It's maybe a couple handfuls of words and none of them are critical content words. They're just clarifying, connecting, helping tell the story.
Candice Bún, Administrative & Communications Manager, Levantar · recorded in our session, Aug 2026
Being straight with you

What this does and doesn't show

The 8 hours is her own estimate for one newsletter. She didn't give a new total time. She said the engine "is actually saving me so much time."

Still her voice: asked if it was still her, her voice, her story, she said "Yeah, for the most part."

Questions people ask

The short answers

Does AI write her newsletter?

No. She talks, and Claude turns her words into sentences. Any word it adds is bracketed so she can see it.

How much time does it save?

She estimated one newsletter took about 8 hours. She says the engine is "saving me so much time," and it starts with 3 minutes of talking.

What was the bet?

That I could build her an email plan before she finished her coffee. If I couldn't, I would run her email program for a year.

Your work is good. So what's in the way?

In 20 minutes, find the one gap slowing you down (your message, your data, your team or your time) and the first move to close it. A person looks at it with you, not a bot.