Board Meeting Metrics

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: deliver the board metrics section — same dashboard every quarter, every change with its cause, cash and runway flagged before anyone asks.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The sixty-second health check

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Board Meeting Metrics

    Read a 405-word text about Board Meeting Metrics

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Board Meeting Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A model board metrics walkthrough

    Read a 338-word text about A model board metrics walkthrough

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Board Update Phrases

    Word-ordering exercise, 8 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: board-meeting language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Presenting KPIs at a Board Meeting

    Role-play: You're presenting your quarterly KPIs to the board of directors. A board member is asking probing questions about the numbers and what they imply for the company's strategy. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: deliver the board update

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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board deckmonthly burn raterunwayRule of 40burn multiplenew vs. expansiontrend over timemonth-over-month (MoM)

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