Challenge Reflection - Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 Hello ! I work in private economic policy research agency in South Korea . We devise policies that 

 can solve problems the local government is facing , and submit them to the local government for 

 references . The more successful the policy becomes , the higher profit we gain . I took this course to 

 make some creative ideas when I face challenges with devising policies . 

 South Korea ’s current problem is that the population is aging drastically , and there are many 

 senior citizens living alone with no family . This is a severe problem to the local government as well . 

 Not only the number of these citizens are increasing , the suicide rate of these citizens is growing 

 as well . Our agency has worked really hard to make policies solving this problem . We suggested 

 polices that provide more subsides to the elderlies , but the rate did n’t seem to decrease . We also 

 used many tools and did a lot of surveys figuring out what the fundamental problem is , but were n’t 

 successful as well . Taking this course , I thought maybe storytelling could be a proper design tool 

 that I can give a shot , finding out what factors make the elderlies so depressive . 

 I learned that storytelling is not just simply telling sloppy stories to the audience . From the video 

 I watched , I learned that the emotional connection with the people we give storytelling is really 

 important . It has to captivate the audience to change their perceptions . 

 Application 

 I discussed with my agency about this plan , and we carried out a conversation with 20 chosen 

 elderly people who were above 65 years old . All of them lived alone for at least 5 years and they 

 all showed symptoms of depression . This was a huge change because we used to do surveys on 

 paper and it was a first time to actually invite them and have a real ‘ face to face talk . ’ When they 

 all gathered , I started my storytelling . I told them about my grandfather who lived alone for a long 

 time , but had quite a decent life thanks to the subsidies from the government which were enough 

 to go traveling sometimes and have some nice meals occasionally . I also told them about all kinds 

 of subsidies from the local government they can get , since I thought that many of them were not 

 aware of these things . I believed that my storytelling would be quite effective , but many of them ’s 

 reaction were lukewarm . Then , an old woman wanted to make a speech as well , so I let her . She 

 told me that money is not an essential problem and the subsides were enough to make a living . 

 She told me that all she wants is to see her children and grandchildren more often , or at least have 

 a talk with any people . She says the most thing that makes her frustrated is sitting on a couch every 

 single day watching TV shows . Many other people nodded when she spoke and agreed with her 

 speech , bemoaning their lonely life . I listen carefully to all of their speech , and I told them that my 

 grandfather had similar issues so he made a group with his neighbors . They had regular meetings , 

 playing chess and having lunch together . I suggested that they can have these meetings as well , 

 even though it was the first time they met each other . Some of them seemed quite interested in it . 

 Insight & Approach 

 I always thought that ‘ social connection ’ could be one of the factors , but our agency did n’t focus 

 on these factors since we thought that they were minor problems comparing with monetary issues . 

 Few ideas started to pop out of my brain . I started thinking that it would be nice to make a social 

 network between the elderlies who needed to have social relationships . However , the problem was 

 that SNS would not work for them because most of them do n’t know how to use internet . I thought 

 that maybe I could use ‘ Journey Mapping Tool ’ , which was mentioned earlier in the course . I could 

 enter their lives temporarily , observing their daily life and figuring out how I can make social network 

 between them in a way they can comprehend . 

 Furthermore , I thought that providing them jobs would also be an excellent method to help them 

 be socially involved , and also be financially independent . Even though the kinds of jobs would be 

 limited , I believed most of them might find jobs that they are capable of based on their previous 

 occupations , if the government help them . Visualization could be a method that I could use when 

 devising the policy , asking them to create a collage of image of the jobs they want to have during 

 the rest of their lives . 

 I told the agency about these ideas and most of them were quite satisfied , commenting that it 

 would make a good policy if specific details are added . After all , storytelling performed a huge role 

 for my career . 


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: Challenge Reflection - Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 Hello ! I work in private economic policy research agency in South Korea . We devise policies that 

 can solve problems the local government is facing , and submit them to the local government for 

 references . The more successful the policy becomes , the higher profit we gain . I took this course to 

 make some creative ideas when I face challenges with devising policies . 

 South Korea ’s current problem is that the population is aging drastically , and there are many 

 senior citizens living alone with no family . This is a severe problem to the local government as well . 

 Not only the number of these citizens are increasing , the suicide rate of these citizens is growing 

 as well . Our agency has worked really hard to make policies solving this problem . We suggested 

 polices that provide more subsides to the elderlies , but the rate did n’t seem to decrease . We also 

 used many tools and did a lot of surveys figuring out what the fundamental problem is , but were n’t 

 successful as well . Taking this course , I thought maybe storytelling could be a proper design tool 

 that I can give a shot , finding out what factors make the elderlies so depressive . 

 I learned that storytelling is not just simply telling sloppy stories to the audience . From the video 

 I watched , I learned that the emotional connection with the people we give storytelling is really 

 important . It has to captivate the audience to change their perceptions . 

 Application 

 I discussed with my agency about this plan , and we carried out a conversation with 20 chosen 

 elderly people who were above 65 years old . All of them lived alone for at least 5 years and they 

 all showed symptoms of depression . This was a huge change because we used to do surveys on 

 paper and it was a first time to actually invite them and have a real ‘ face to face talk . ’ When they 

 all gathered , I started my storytelling . I told them about my grandfather who lived alone for a long 

 time , but had quite a decent life thanks to the subsidies from the government which were enough 

 to go traveling sometimes and have some nice meals occasionally . I also told them about all kinds 

 of subsidies from the local government they can get , since I thought that many of them were not 

 aware of these things . I believed that my storytelling would be quite effective , but many of them ’s 

 reaction were lukewarm . Then , an old woman wanted to make a speech as well , so I let her . She 

 told me that money is not an essential problem and the subsides were enough to make a living . 

 She told me that all she wants is to see her children and grandchildren more often , or at least have 

 a talk with any people . She says the most thing that makes her frustrated is sitting on a couch every 

 single day watching TV shows . Many other people nodded when she spoke and agreed with her 

 speech , bemoaning their lonely life . I listen carefully to all of their speech , and I told them that my 

 grandfather had similar issues so he made a group with his neighbors . They had regular meetings , 

 playing chess and having lunch together . I suggested that they can have these meetings as well , 

 even though it was the first time they met each other . Some of them seemed quite interested in it . 

 Insight & Approach 

 I always thought that ‘ social connection ’ could be one of the factors , but our agency did n’t focus 

 on these factors since we thought that they were minor problems comparing with monetary issues . 

 Few ideas started to pop out of my brain . I started thinking that it would be nice to make a social 

 network between the elderlies who needed to have social relationships . However , the problem was 

 that SNS would not work for them because most of them do n’t know how to use internet . I thought 

 that maybe I could use ‘ Journey Mapping Tool ’ , which was mentioned earlier in the course . I could 

 enter their lives temporarily , observing their daily life and figuring out how I can make social network 

 between them in a way they can comprehend . 

 Furthermore , I thought that providing them jobs would also be an excellent method to help them 

 be socially involved , and also be financially independent . Even though the kinds of jobs would be 

 limited , I believed most of them might find jobs that they are capable of based on their previous 

 occupations , if the government help them . Visualization could be a method that I could use when 

 devising the policy , asking them to create a collage of image of the jobs they want to have during 

 the rest of their lives . 

 I told the agency about these ideas and most of them were quite satisfied , commenting that it 

 would make a good policy if specific details are added . After all , storytelling performed a huge role 

 for my career .
### Output: 