{"id":"data2-talk-track-chart-walkthrough-coo","audience":"executives","category":"data","track":"data","technique":"format","level":"intermediate","title":"Script a 30-second chart walkthrough for the COO","free":false,"task":"Marcus Bell, the COO, will present the weekly active users chart to the board and needs a script. Write exactly 4 spoken sentences in plain text, under 90 words: what the chart shows, the one thing to notice, how far we are from the goal, and the one decision he needs from the board. Write numbers as spoken, with the word percent, and no symbols.","materialLabel":"Chart facts (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Chart: Weekly active users, last 16 weeks (Orbit Notes)\n\n- Week of Jul 7: 36,000\n- Low point, week of Aug 18: 33,500 (summer holidays)\n- Latest, week of Oct 27: 48,200\n- Growth since the Aug 18 low: +14,700 users (+43.9%)\n- Goal: 50,000 weekly active users by Dec 31\n- Gap to goal: 1,800 users\n\nWhat drove the growth (from the growth team):\n- A referral bonus program launched Sep 8.\n- The referral bonus program ends Nov 30 unless the board extends it.\n- Extending it for December costs $40,000.\n\nMarcus's style: calm, plain words, says numbers aloud (\"forty-eight thousand two hundred\").\n\nChart axis: the vertical axis starts at 30,000, not zero.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using symbols and digits","why":"The AI writes 48,200 and 43.9% which are awkward aloud.","fix":"Add: \"Write numbers as spoken and use the word percent.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the ask","why":"The AI ends with 'thank you' and no decision.","fix":"Add: \"Sentence 4 asks the board to extend the referral bonus past Nov 30 for $40,000.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Too many details","why":"The AI narrates every week of the chart.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 4 sentences: what, notice, gap, decision.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Leaving the format to chance","why":"The AI picks its own length and layout unless told the exact shape.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold or headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the speaker","patterns":["marcus","coo"]},{"label":"Sets four sentences","patterns":["4 sentences","exactly 4"]},{"label":"Asks for spoken numbers","patterns":["as spoken","percent"]},{"label":"Gives the gap","patterns":["1,?800","one thousand eight hundred","50,?000"]},{"label":"Gives the decision","patterns":["referral","extend"]}],"hint":"A chart script has four jobs: what, notice, gap, decision. Give each its own sentence.","mission":"Write a script for presenting this chart.","musts":["Four spoken sentences","Numbers as spoken","One board decision"],"rubricLabels":["Sentence 1 says the chart shows weekly active users over 16 weeks, and sentence 2 notes the dip to about 33,500 in the week of August 18 and growth of about forty-four percent (43.9) to 48,200 since","Sentence 3 says we are 1,800 users short of the 50,000 goal for December 31","Sentence 4 states the board decision: whether to extend the referral bonus program past November 30 for $40,000, and the script has exactly 4 sentences with no % or $ symbols"]}