Reflection : Mind Mapping 

 Challenge   I work for a small company that ’s looking to launch a new product / service to really make a   difference . The goal is to keep more teens and young adults informed on day to day news ,   events , movements and changes happening in the world . This is crucial as these youngsters   are the future and their decisions and thoughts matter immensely . They need to be more   involved and aware to make the right decisions and sustain future generations . 

 Selection   I decided that mind mapping would be a great tool to help my co - workers and I explore our   ideas and come up with solutions to this problem . A mind map is a diagram used to visually   organise information . It shows the relationship amongst different pieces of the whole .   Individual mind maps are converted by accommodation . This could help organise the   group ’s ideas in a manner that best represents each persons views and shows how they ’re   linked and to what . 

 Application   The process begins by exploring the current situation , or ‘ what is ' . We conduct extensive   research on how much our target audience knows about what is going on in the world right   now and how they came to know of it . We figure out what interests them and what drives   them to research different topics . Most importantly , we separate them into age categories   ranging from 13 to 25 and speak with these different groups personally and really engage   with them and figure out what could help each group more . 

 This is followed by sharing the data we ’ve obtained with everyone involved and each of us   drawing a mind map of our proposed solutions or what we think would work best . Related   ideas are connected with simple lines and everything flows logically . For example someone   might say 13 to 15 year olds are more visually inclined and often on their phones . This   implies their source would have to include graphics and big letters and be digital and hassle   free . They might propose an app or a website without necessarily requiring log in as that   saves time . 

 These individual mind maps are then shared with the group to get an idea of how each   individual is thinking . From this , co creation happens . People with similar ( not same ) ideas   can try and make a single mind map to incorporate their thoughts and differences best . This   process repeats till we have one final mind map which is a best fit of every individuals   thoughts and ideas . The ideas which do n’t make it to the final mind map are saved for later   trials . 

 Insight   From using the tool of mind mapping , everyone ’s thoughts became clearer . We were able to   make sense of why a person thought something was fitting and were also able to 

 accommodate differences . The final mind map helped us bring our project to life including   bits of everyone ’s ideas based off the initial research . There were a lot of new approaches   which resulted from everyone making their individual mind maps first . For example , instead   of just an app , having uniquely chosen notifications alone ( perhaps from a website without   needing too much information ) would be a good idea based on the target group ’s interests . 

 Approach   Mind mapping seemed to be the perfect tool in our case and helped us come up with several   smart solutions to implement . It satisfied our requirements .    Another way to approach the problem would be to use visualisation to look at our target   group as different personalities and use that as the basis of finding our solutions   individually . Different people might visualise different personalities and hence different   solutions from which our final personalities arise , similar to the example in week 3 . 

 In our next step we would include the tool learning launch to see how our product , which is   the result of our final mind map , performs . We would try it out on our sample groups and   see the responses and engagement and compare it to previously collected data . If there is an   improvement , we ’re ready to officially release the product . Else , we return to the mind   mapping stage and try out other ideas and iterate till the goal is reached . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### 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: Reflection : Mind Mapping 

 Challenge   I work for a small company that ’s looking to launch a new product / service to really make a   difference . The goal is to keep more teens and young adults informed on day to day news ,   events , movements and changes happening in the world . This is crucial as these youngsters   are the future and their decisions and thoughts matter immensely . They need to be more   involved and aware to make the right decisions and sustain future generations . 

 Selection   I decided that mind mapping would be a great tool to help my co - workers and I explore our   ideas and come up with solutions to this problem . A mind map is a diagram used to visually   organise information . It shows the relationship amongst different pieces of the whole .   Individual mind maps are converted by accommodation . This could help organise the   group ’s ideas in a manner that best represents each persons views and shows how they ’re   linked and to what . 

 Application   The process begins by exploring the current situation , or ‘ what is ' . We conduct extensive   research on how much our target audience knows about what is going on in the world right   now and how they came to know of it . We figure out what interests them and what drives   them to research different topics . Most importantly , we separate them into age categories   ranging from 13 to 25 and speak with these different groups personally and really engage   with them and figure out what could help each group more . 

 This is followed by sharing the data we ’ve obtained with everyone involved and each of us   drawing a mind map of our proposed solutions or what we think would work best . Related   ideas are connected with simple lines and everything flows logically . For example someone   might say 13 to 15 year olds are more visually inclined and often on their phones . This   implies their source would have to include graphics and big letters and be digital and hassle   free . They might propose an app or a website without necessarily requiring log in as that   saves time . 

 These individual mind maps are then shared with the group to get an idea of how each   individual is thinking . From this , co creation happens . People with similar ( not same ) ideas   can try and make a single mind map to incorporate their thoughts and differences best . This   process repeats till we have one final mind map which is a best fit of every individuals   thoughts and ideas . The ideas which do n’t make it to the final mind map are saved for later   trials . 

 Insight   From using the tool of mind mapping , everyone ’s thoughts became clearer . We were able to   make sense of why a person thought something was fitting and were also able to 

 accommodate differences . The final mind map helped us bring our project to life including   bits of everyone ’s ideas based off the initial research . There were a lot of new approaches   which resulted from everyone making their individual mind maps first . For example , instead   of just an app , having uniquely chosen notifications alone ( perhaps from a website without   needing too much information ) would be a good idea based on the target group ’s interests . 

 Approach   Mind mapping seemed to be the perfect tool in our case and helped us come up with several   smart solutions to implement . It satisfied our requirements .    Another way to approach the problem would be to use visualisation to look at our target   group as different personalities and use that as the basis of finding our solutions   individually . Different people might visualise different personalities and hence different   solutions from which our final personalities arise , similar to the example in week 3 . 

 In our next step we would include the tool learning launch to see how our product , which is   the result of our final mind map , performs . We would try it out on our sample groups and   see the responses and engagement and compare it to previously collected data . If there is an   improvement , we ’re ready to officially release the product . Else , we return to the mind   mapping stage and try out other ideas and iterate till the goal is reached .
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