{"id":"ind-np-impact-report-donor-bullets","audience":"nonprofit","category":"summarizing","technique":"grounding","title":"Turn year-end program numbers into donor-friendly impact bullets","free":false,"task":"You're writing the impact section of a year-end donor letter. Write exactly 3 bullets, each starting with a number and then saying what it meant for a real person (not a statistic), under 60 words, plain text. Use the audited numbers, not the preliminary ones, and make no claims the data doesn't support. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The program data (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"2026 PROGRAM NUMBERS - Northfield Literacy Partners (fictional)\n\nPRELIMINARY (from our Sept board deck):\n- Adult learners served: 412\n- Learners who passed the GED: 61\n- Tutoring hours: 9,800\n\nAUDITED FINAL (from our CPA, Nov 3 - use these going forward):\n- Adult learners served: 388\n- Learners who passed the GED: 57\n- Tutoring hours: 10,240\n- Volunteer tutors: 126\n\nWhat these mean (from program staff):\n- GED passers mostly go on to job training or community college.\n- Tutoring is one-on-one, usually 2 hours a week.\n- Learners range from 19 to 74.\n\nNotes:\n- Board chair wants to say \"we changed thousands of lives.\" We served 388 people.\n- Last year's letter used \"over 400 learners\" - that was 2025.\n- Gala recap goes in a separate section.","rules":[{"type":"maxBullets","max":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"No size or shape","why":"The AI writes a full narrative with a headline and a closing appeal.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 bullets, nothing else.\"","checks":["maxBullets","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 60 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each bullet under 18 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Using the first numbers","why":"The preliminary numbers are listed first, and the AI uses them.","fix":"Add: \"Use only the audited Nov 3 numbers.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Leading with words","why":"The AI writes \"Thanks to you, many learners...\" and the number gets lost.","fix":"Add: \"Start each bullet with the number, then what it meant for a person.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Inflating impact","why":"The AI picks up the board chair's \"thousands of lives\".","fix":"Add: \"No claims beyond the data.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses audited numbers","patterns":["audited","final","cpa","nov(ember)? 3"]},{"label":"Starts with the number","patterns":["start (each|with).{0,20}number","number first","lead with (the|a) number"]},{"label":"Rules out inflated claims","patterns":["thousands","inflat","exaggerat","only (the )?data"]},{"label":"Limits the bullets","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,15}bullet","bullet.{0,20}\\b(3|three)\\b"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Donors trust numbers they can check. Tell the AI which numbers are final, what each bullet starts with, and not to inflate.","rubricLabels":["Uses only the audited numbers (388 learners, 57 GED passers, 10,240 tutoring hours or 126 tutors) and none of the preliminary ones (412, 61, 9,800) or 'over 400'","Each bullet starts with its number as the first word (like '57 adults...'), followed by what it meant for a person (for example, moving on to job training or college, or one-on-one weekly tutoring)","Makes no claim beyond the data (no 'thousands of lives', no percentages or outcomes not in the notes)"]}