Learning launch 

 Challenge : 

 Late In 2006 , I was invited to a US exchange program , in which I was introduced to the global ambassador   of Technovation , the biggest entrepreneurship program for young ladies aged between 10 - 18 . Through   Technovation girls work with women mentors , find a problem in their community , develop a mobile app ,   and launch a startup . 

 We had a talk about starting this program in Palestine . I got very excited about the idea and about the   idea of giving back to the community by teaching these young ladies soft skills as well as technical ones . 

 I got back and thought it would be an easy step to start it , what I found out is that there are so many   challenges that I have to face ; 

 1- Back then , Palestine was the first country to participate in the MENA region   2- The official curriculum is in English and some other languages ( we are an Arabic speaking country )   3- People here tend to be conservative and some of the mentors will be guys .   4- The political situation of Palestine made it hard for the groups to travel back and forth to their 

 main cities/ villages to attend the sessions 

 5- We have to go through a too complicated process to be able to access all the schools in Palestine 

 and the season on 2005 was about to start . 

 Selection : 

 Due to all the other main challenges we expected to face , I did some meetings with some experts who   have gone through the same experience in other projects in Palestine , and came up with an idea of getting   started with 3 private schools ( in which we can access and the English language is really good ) in the main   city in Palestine , because at that time we were more concerned account getting started and see how the   things go so we can learn for the next seasons , in which we will be having more time to get everything   sorted out in a more proper way . 

 Application : 

 We reached out to the schools and they got really excited about the whole idea . They even helped us in   selection process for the groups ( from 3 - 5 girls ) and so we ended up having 7 groups with a total of 32   ladies . That was not bad for a start . 

 For the mentors ’ selection , we reached out to some friends whom we know they might be interested in   this voluntary work . And we managed to convince 7 mentors to join the teams we have . ( Technical and   business backgrounds ) 

 After that , we invited everybody to kick - off meeting , in which we explained in details the idea behind the   project , deliverables and the main deadlines , then we went through the ideation process , in which each   team finally managed to get an idea to start working on with its mentor . 

 Each team was introduced to its mentor , and they with their mentor put a schedule of the meetings each   week ( twice a week for 2 - hours meeting each ) to work on the curriculum and the coding tool . 

 They had to work on the curriculum and the helping materials we equipped them with ( ready from global   Technovation ) and to deliver a mobile application prototype and a business plan of their project . 

 Insight : 

 By applying the learning launch tool without even knowing it ’s called like this , we got a very helpful   feedback from the participants about things that we should adjust to make the most out of the program ,   as well as the our observation through the application phase . The girls did very well and they were very   excited about the idea , but more preparations were needed and we had to start ahead of time to make   sure everybody is well prepared . We decided to start 2 month earlier the next year ( 2014 ) and try to   approach the ministry of education so we can reach as many schools , especially public ones , as possible .   We wanted to give those people as well the right to learn new technologies and gain new and very useful   skills for their future . 

 And that ’s what happened in 2014 , we managed to convince the ministry of education why this project is   really important for the future of those kids , and an official letter were sent to all the Palestinian schools   to encourage them to participate with us . More teams from all over Palestine joined and we started the   preparations and early workshops for both mentors and the teams . 

 After finishing the 2014 season , it hit us that most of the girls faced an issue while going through the   curriculum because it was in English , so we convinced young people from the university to help us   translate the chapter in Arabic and upload them so they can refer to it . 

 Approach : 

 Learning launch was the best tool to be selected and worked with for our own story , as it helped us year   after year to improve the outcome , number of participating teams , number of teams to deliver all the   deliverables at the end and the quality of work to compete with global teams . 

 In 2012 , we had around 260 participating teams , 98 fully submitted their deliverables . And out of 2500 +   mobile applications , one of our teams , out of the 6 finalist teams , was invited to the Silicon Valley to   attend the global pitch event , and they got the second place worldwide ! 


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: Learning launch 

 Challenge : 

 Late In 2006 , I was invited to a US exchange program , in which I was introduced to the global ambassador   of Technovation , the biggest entrepreneurship program for young ladies aged between 10 - 18 . Through   Technovation girls work with women mentors , find a problem in their community , develop a mobile app ,   and launch a startup . 

 We had a talk about starting this program in Palestine . I got very excited about the idea and about the   idea of giving back to the community by teaching these young ladies soft skills as well as technical ones . 

 I got back and thought it would be an easy step to start it , what I found out is that there are so many   challenges that I have to face ; 

 1- Back then , Palestine was the first country to participate in the MENA region   2- The official curriculum is in English and some other languages ( we are an Arabic speaking country )   3- People here tend to be conservative and some of the mentors will be guys .   4- The political situation of Palestine made it hard for the groups to travel back and forth to their 

 main cities/ villages to attend the sessions 

 5- We have to go through a too complicated process to be able to access all the schools in Palestine 

 and the season on 2005 was about to start . 

 Selection : 

 Due to all the other main challenges we expected to face , I did some meetings with some experts who   have gone through the same experience in other projects in Palestine , and came up with an idea of getting   started with 3 private schools ( in which we can access and the English language is really good ) in the main   city in Palestine , because at that time we were more concerned account getting started and see how the   things go so we can learn for the next seasons , in which we will be having more time to get everything   sorted out in a more proper way . 

 Application : 

 We reached out to the schools and they got really excited about the whole idea . They even helped us in   selection process for the groups ( from 3 - 5 girls ) and so we ended up having 7 groups with a total of 32   ladies . That was not bad for a start . 

 For the mentors ’ selection , we reached out to some friends whom we know they might be interested in   this voluntary work . And we managed to convince 7 mentors to join the teams we have . ( Technical and   business backgrounds ) 

 After that , we invited everybody to kick - off meeting , in which we explained in details the idea behind the   project , deliverables and the main deadlines , then we went through the ideation process , in which each   team finally managed to get an idea to start working on with its mentor . 

 Each team was introduced to its mentor , and they with their mentor put a schedule of the meetings each   week ( twice a week for 2 - hours meeting each ) to work on the curriculum and the coding tool . 

 They had to work on the curriculum and the helping materials we equipped them with ( ready from global   Technovation ) and to deliver a mobile application prototype and a business plan of their project . 

 Insight : 

 By applying the learning launch tool without even knowing it ’s called like this , we got a very helpful   feedback from the participants about things that we should adjust to make the most out of the program ,   as well as the our observation through the application phase . The girls did very well and they were very   excited about the idea , but more preparations were needed and we had to start ahead of time to make   sure everybody is well prepared . We decided to start 2 month earlier the next year ( 2014 ) and try to   approach the ministry of education so we can reach as many schools , especially public ones , as possible .   We wanted to give those people as well the right to learn new technologies and gain new and very useful   skills for their future . 

 And that ’s what happened in 2014 , we managed to convince the ministry of education why this project is   really important for the future of those kids , and an official letter were sent to all the Palestinian schools   to encourage them to participate with us . More teams from all over Palestine joined and we started the   preparations and early workshops for both mentors and the teams . 

 After finishing the 2014 season , it hit us that most of the girls faced an issue while going through the   curriculum because it was in English , so we convinced young people from the university to help us   translate the chapter in Arabic and upload them so they can refer to it . 

 Approach : 

 Learning launch was the best tool to be selected and worked with for our own story , as it helped us year   after year to improve the outcome , number of participating teams , number of teams to deliver all the   deliverables at the end and the quality of work to compete with global teams . 

 In 2012 , we had around 260 participating teams , 98 fully submitted their deliverables . And out of 2500 +   mobile applications , one of our teams , out of the 6 finalist teams , was invited to the Silicon Valley to   attend the global pitch event , and they got the second place worldwide !
### Output: 