Reflection – Storytelling in Purpose Talks 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I ’m applying the storytelling tool in a series of talks I ’m conducting . In these talks I speak to   people of diverse origins and professional profiles about the seek of purpose in their lives , and I   give advice using some very interesting tools and fundamental questions I ’ve researched about   the topic . Connecting with my audience and delivering a speech that makes sense is a must and   it is crucial in order to fulfill my main goal : to mobilize them to a positive change in their lives . 

 This tool is wonderful for what it brings to the table : the possibility of putting together logic ,   emotional connection and a greater purpose . This makes it the right tool to deliver the message   I have in hand . 

 Application 

 I begin the talk with my own personal story , which contains a breaking moment that helps me   achieving a fast , deep connection with the audience . 

 The sequence follows with a series of questions , regarding the audience childhood hobbies , past   happy moments and memories , and key moments of their lives when they had to make difficult   choices , all of this in order to help them rediscover their natural toolbox and reconnect with   their childhood dreams . 

 Later I explain why is important to observe some key moments in their lives and I use some   neuroscience concepts to explain how our brain works , how it grows and why that is important   in the process of finding their personal answers . We know that delivering some data and hard   facts is a vital part of the storytelling tool , and the audience always appreciate it . Without a   doubt , facts help a lot in bringing a sense of reality to anything we tell to people . 

 I share with them some psychological testing tools that can aid and to the end , I deliver some   recommendations to help them take their own road to the seek of their purpose . Data , facts and   recommendation , that completes what the audience usually looks for . 

 Insight 

 The first big insight I got from the exercise was the tremendous impact that the initial emotional   connection has on people . It helps us get more of their attention and it keeps them engaged for   the rest of the journey . 

 Additionally , following the structure of engaging with the challenge , then involve people , show   the tensions and finally show them that there is a way through , that there is a way out , sets their   mindsets to a growth frequency . It helps tuning the audience to confront any upcoming   challenge regarding not only this , but every matter you use this technique for . 

 In Design Thinking , introducing a problem with this tool helps us putting a good context to the   challenge we meet , and serves as a powerful ally to set a common purpose . That paves the road   for faster , more agile design processes . 

 Approach 

 What I will add for future talks and future workshops , is Visualization . I ’ve found that the   activation of the right portion of the brain helps a lot to see things “ out of the box ” , or how   Kaah Caputi says , “ to seek the higher ground ” . We can make great use of tools that encourage   us in the process of rethinking old problems and finding new solutions letting aside old mental   maps . Just as the storytelling tool helps us putting good context and connect with the big   problem , alternatives such as visual thinking can be great partners to deliver different   alternatives and conditions to any problem we may want to face through design thinking . 

 The reason I would add Visualization is that when delivering tools , it ’s easier to correlate them   through visual thinking than doing it through simply speaking . It ’s not that I will replace one for   the other , it ’s just that I think they could get along really really well in what I do . 


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 – Storytelling in Purpose Talks 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I ’m applying the storytelling tool in a series of talks I ’m conducting . In these talks I speak to   people of diverse origins and professional profiles about the seek of purpose in their lives , and I   give advice using some very interesting tools and fundamental questions I ’ve researched about   the topic . Connecting with my audience and delivering a speech that makes sense is a must and   it is crucial in order to fulfill my main goal : to mobilize them to a positive change in their lives . 

 This tool is wonderful for what it brings to the table : the possibility of putting together logic ,   emotional connection and a greater purpose . This makes it the right tool to deliver the message   I have in hand . 

 Application 

 I begin the talk with my own personal story , which contains a breaking moment that helps me   achieving a fast , deep connection with the audience . 

 The sequence follows with a series of questions , regarding the audience childhood hobbies , past   happy moments and memories , and key moments of their lives when they had to make difficult   choices , all of this in order to help them rediscover their natural toolbox and reconnect with   their childhood dreams . 

 Later I explain why is important to observe some key moments in their lives and I use some   neuroscience concepts to explain how our brain works , how it grows and why that is important   in the process of finding their personal answers . We know that delivering some data and hard   facts is a vital part of the storytelling tool , and the audience always appreciate it . Without a   doubt , facts help a lot in bringing a sense of reality to anything we tell to people . 

 I share with them some psychological testing tools that can aid and to the end , I deliver some   recommendations to help them take their own road to the seek of their purpose . Data , facts and   recommendation , that completes what the audience usually looks for . 

 Insight 

 The first big insight I got from the exercise was the tremendous impact that the initial emotional   connection has on people . It helps us get more of their attention and it keeps them engaged for   the rest of the journey . 

 Additionally , following the structure of engaging with the challenge , then involve people , show   the tensions and finally show them that there is a way through , that there is a way out , sets their   mindsets to a growth frequency . It helps tuning the audience to confront any upcoming   challenge regarding not only this , but every matter you use this technique for . 

 In Design Thinking , introducing a problem with this tool helps us putting a good context to the   challenge we meet , and serves as a powerful ally to set a common purpose . That paves the road   for faster , more agile design processes . 

 Approach 

 What I will add for future talks and future workshops , is Visualization . I ’ve found that the   activation of the right portion of the brain helps a lot to see things “ out of the box ” , or how   Kaah Caputi says , “ to seek the higher ground ” . We can make great use of tools that encourage   us in the process of rethinking old problems and finding new solutions letting aside old mental   maps . Just as the storytelling tool helps us putting good context and connect with the big   problem , alternatives such as visual thinking can be great partners to deliver different   alternatives and conditions to any problem we may want to face through design thinking . 

 The reason I would add Visualization is that when delivering tools , it ’s easier to correlate them   through visual thinking than doing it through simply speaking . It ’s not that I will replace one for   the other , it ’s just that I think they could get along really really well in what I do .
### Output: 