Design Thinking for Innovation – Final Assignment 

 by Claudia Perez 

 Challenge and Selection :       As a Venezuelan , wanting to help my country overcome all the difficult situations led me 

 to one of the most beautiful and fulfilling experiences : Community Service . My desire to help   others who I knew were not capable of helping themselves made me commit to a cause that   made me the woman I am today . For the past three years I have been involved in an non - profit   organization that dedicates all their resources to helping these affected communities around   certain cities in Venezuela , by giving them food and medical resources , playing with the kids in   their schools or parks near the zone , and helping families with their situation by offering jobs to   the parents and education for their children . 

 This has been an incredible challenge for me and for the rest of the members of the 

 organization , and with time , we have achieved wonderful goals that at the beginning seemed   almost impossible . Mind Mapping was one of the most useful tools that helped us accomplish   great things , and without it , I think we would have taken another course of action that would   have not been as successful as the one we followed . This design tool made us look for patterns   and themes in the data we collected inside the communities we were working with , and made it   easier to move from the “ What is ? ” to the “ What if ? ” . As said in the lectures , mind mapping   involves studying and analyzing the minds of our customers , not only ours individually , and   thanks to this , we were available to translate the collected insights to concrete ideas .      Application :       The organization started in 2014 , and after a long process of identifying the opportunity 

 and necessities in several communities , we started scoping our project . We applied the Mind   Mapping tool to get a more thorough and concrete insight of what was happening in these   communities , along with what the members of them thought and worried about . We did   interviews , talked with a great amount of people , and observed from different points of view the   situation to try and come up with the better solution . These three things helped us identify   insights and translate them into ideas and concepts . 

 The process of moving from exploring the reality to envision a new future and 

 opportunity , although it sounds fast and easy , it was instead long and difficult , but completely   necessary . Learning about what the members of those communities thought and felt as a way of   mapping the mind of our customers was what helped us focus in specific data to find a more   creative and useful solution . At the end , the organizations scoped a more focused and specific   plan to attend the food , medical and economic situation of the members of selected communities   in Venezuela by creating a space that offered jobs for the unemployed , food for the community ,   medical assistance for those in need , and entertainment facilities for the children . The Mind   Mapping tool was applied successfully and effectively in the project , and made possible for us   ( the organization ) to obtain better results . 

 Insight and Approach :        After applying the Mind Mapping tool to the plans of the organizations regarding food , 

 medical , economic , and entertainment resources in the selected deprived communities in   Venezuela , the focus of the whole plan shifted to a higher and better solution . Getting to know   the minds of our customers and focusing on them instead of what the organization thought and   consider as a group , gave us an advantage and a better visualization of the situation . Thanks to   this design tool , we gain a lot of new data , making possible to get a bigger approach in the project   we were proposing . Mind Mapping let us expand our knowledge , as well as our focus on solving   some of the necessities in the mentioned Venezuelan communities . 

 The whole course helped me change my way of thinking and understanding the world , 

 gave me incredible tools to be applied in different situations , and made it possible to find more   innovative and creative solutions to multiple problems around me . I consider that not only the   Mind Mapping tool , but also the storytelling , visualization and learning launch tools were really   helpful for this project . I also think that along with the mind mapping , the learning launch tool   would have contributed too to the organization and its plans , but it is never too late to try new   things , learn and improve from them . 


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NAME_STUDENT: Claudia Perez
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### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Design Thinking for Innovation – Final Assignment 

 by Claudia Perez 

 Challenge and Selection :       As a Venezuelan , wanting to help my country overcome all the difficult situations led me 

 to one of the most beautiful and fulfilling experiences : Community Service . My desire to help   others who I knew were not capable of helping themselves made me commit to a cause that   made me the woman I am today . For the past three years I have been involved in an non - profit   organization that dedicates all their resources to helping these affected communities around   certain cities in Venezuela , by giving them food and medical resources , playing with the kids in   their schools or parks near the zone , and helping families with their situation by offering jobs to   the parents and education for their children . 

 This has been an incredible challenge for me and for the rest of the members of the 

 organization , and with time , we have achieved wonderful goals that at the beginning seemed   almost impossible . Mind Mapping was one of the most useful tools that helped us accomplish   great things , and without it , I think we would have taken another course of action that would   have not been as successful as the one we followed . This design tool made us look for patterns   and themes in the data we collected inside the communities we were working with , and made it   easier to move from the “ What is ? ” to the “ What if ? ” . As said in the lectures , mind mapping   involves studying and analyzing the minds of our customers , not only ours individually , and   thanks to this , we were available to translate the collected insights to concrete ideas .      Application :       The organization started in 2014 , and after a long process of identifying the opportunity 

 and necessities in several communities , we started scoping our project . We applied the Mind   Mapping tool to get a more thorough and concrete insight of what was happening in these   communities , along with what the members of them thought and worried about . We did   interviews , talked with a great amount of people , and observed from different points of view the   situation to try and come up with the better solution . These three things helped us identify   insights and translate them into ideas and concepts . 

 The process of moving from exploring the reality to envision a new future and 

 opportunity , although it sounds fast and easy , it was instead long and difficult , but completely   necessary . Learning about what the members of those communities thought and felt as a way of   mapping the mind of our customers was what helped us focus in specific data to find a more   creative and useful solution . At the end , the organizations scoped a more focused and specific   plan to attend the food , medical and economic situation of the members of selected communities   in Venezuela by creating a space that offered jobs for the unemployed , food for the community ,   medical assistance for those in need , and entertainment facilities for the children . The Mind   Mapping tool was applied successfully and effectively in the project , and made possible for us   ( the organization ) to obtain better results . 

 Insight and Approach :        After applying the Mind Mapping tool to the plans of the organizations regarding food , 

 medical , economic , and entertainment resources in the selected deprived communities in   Venezuela , the focus of the whole plan shifted to a higher and better solution . Getting to know   the minds of our customers and focusing on them instead of what the organization thought and   consider as a group , gave us an advantage and a better visualization of the situation . Thanks to   this design tool , we gain a lot of new data , making possible to get a bigger approach in the project   we were proposing . Mind Mapping let us expand our knowledge , as well as our focus on solving   some of the necessities in the mentioned Venezuelan communities . 

 The whole course helped me change my way of thinking and understanding the world , 

 gave me incredible tools to be applied in different situations , and made it possible to find more   innovative and creative solutions to multiple problems around me . I consider that not only the   Mind Mapping tool , but also the storytelling , visualization and learning launch tools were really   helpful for this project . I also think that along with the mind mapping , the learning launch tool   would have contributed too to the organization and its plans , but it is never too late to try new   things , learn and improve from them .
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