{"id":"ind-np-sponsor-tiers-email","audience":"nonprofit","category":"writing-emails","technique":"grounding","title":"Lay out sponsorship tiers for a local business","free":false,"task":"A local business owner asked about sponsoring your 5K. Reply with one opening sentence, then exactly 3 numbered lines, one per tier from highest to lowest, in the form \"Tier - $amount - what you get\", under 90 words, plain text. Use the updated Gold benefits, and don't mention the tier that's sold out except to say so in one phrase if at all. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The sponsor packet notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SPONSORSHIP - Harvest Hustle 5K, Saturday April 11 - Greenway Food Bank (fictional)\n\nTiers:\n- Presenting ($5,000): name in event title, logo on shirt front, 10 race entries, booth. SOLD (Mapleton Credit Union).\n- Gold ($2,500): logo on shirt back, 6 race entries, booth at the finish line.\n- Silver ($1,000): logo on shirt back, 4 race entries.\n- Bronze ($500): name on the website sponsor page, 2 race entries.\n\nUPDATE from events committee (Nov 2): Gold now also includes a social media thank-you post. Booth at finish line is unchanged.\n\nInquiry (from Ty Bellamy, owner of Bellamy Bikes):\n\"Hey, saw your 5K flyer. What are the sponsor options? Probably can't do the top level but curious.\"\n\nNotes:\n- Shirt logo deadline: Feb 20.\n- Last year's race had 640 runners.\n- Ty's shop donated a bike for our raffle in 2025.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"No fixed shape","why":"The AI writes a long email with a section per tier and bolded headings.","fix":"Be exact: \"One opening sentence, then exactly 3 numbered lines: Tier - $amount - what you get.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 90 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each tier line under 20 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Listing the sold-out tier","why":"The AI lists all 4 tiers, including Presenting, which is sold.","fix":"Add: \"Only Gold, Silver and Bronze; Presenting is sold.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the update","why":"The Gold benefits in the main list are out of date.","fix":"Add: \"Gold now includes a social media thank-you post.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Padding the email","why":"The AI adds paragraphs about the cause and a long closing.","fix":"Add: \"One opening sentence, the list, then at most one short closing line.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets the number of tiers","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,20}(tiers|lines|levels)"]},{"label":"Uses the updated Gold","patterns":["update","social","gold"]},{"label":"Skips the sold-out tier","patterns":["sold","presenting","skip"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["tier - ","\\$amount","what (you|they) get"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"A sponsor wants to compare options fast. Tell the AI which tiers are available, which benefits changed, and the exact line shape.","rubricLabels":["Lists exactly Gold $2,500, Silver $1,000 and Bronze $500 as the 3 numbered lines, highest first, with Presenting not given its own line","The Gold line includes the social media thank-you post along with the shirt-back logo, 6 race entries and finish-line booth","There is exactly one opening sentence before the list and nothing after it other than at most one short line (like the Feb 20 logo deadline or a sign-off name)"]}