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Report quarter-over-quarter metrics to the board with the math
Practice: Asking for a format you can use. About 5 minutes.
About this exercise
You're preparing the marketing slide for Cedar Valley Food Co-op's board meeting. Write exactly 3 numbered lines in the shape Metric: this quarter vs. last quarter (change), showing the change as a number and a percent. Use the corrected newsletter count, and reply with only the plain-text list.
Common mistakes when you ask AI for this
- Missing the correction. The newsletter's 4,600 includes duplicates. Try: Add: "Q3 newsletter is 4,400 after removing duplicates."
- Number or percent only. The AI gives one kind of change, not both. Try: Show it: "Volunteers: 60 vs. 50 (+10, +20%)."
- Adding broken data. Website traffic is a common board metric, so the AI adds it. Try: Add: "No website traffic."
- Getting a table. The AI builds a markdown table with bold headers. Try: Add: "Exactly 3 numbered lines, plain text."
What a strong prompt includes
- Uses the correction
- Shows number and percent
- Sets the line shape
- Skips broken data
- Asks for only the list
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