Mind Mapping 

 Challenge & Selection     Some years ago I was part of a small team of students participating in a one - day design competition   in our school . The brief was to design an immediate response solution that a community can utilize   in times of natural calamity . Before designing this product , our team needed to identify insights about   what people need and how they react in times of disaster . We would need to gather stories from   people in the locality and organize information and take away insights to inform our design . ​To do   this , our team used the concept of mind mapping . Mind mapping records and organizes all our   data , differentiates and relates them to each other and helps uncover useful insights that we   may not have seen otherwise .     Application     To begin , my team and I went around the local area interviewing people regarding their experience   with calamity ; what they did and what thoughts they had prior to , during , and after the disaster .   Different people talked about different things ; anxiety during the event , the destruction of their   homes , loss of family members , etc . We recorded these stories and transcribed them .     We each took time to read through the stories , looking at our data as individual entries and as a   collective while jotting down remarkable points on post - its . After this , we stuck the post - its to the   wall . Focusing on seeing the similarities and differences and figuring out how they relate to each   other , we gradually organize the post - its into groups . We ended up organizing them into distinct   personas based on how our respondents relate to other people during a natural disaster . We created   an illustration and description for each persona and ended up choosing one persona to design for :   The Guardian , an altruistic and responsive citizen who will do what they can to keep their family and   community members out of harm ’s way . We designed for them a waterproof , reflective bag that   contains , among other basic rescue equipment , a tent with printed resources and instructions on   how to aid affected people immediately after a disaster .     Insight & Approach     By using the mind mapping tool , my team was able to identify the different personas that we could   create our disaster relief product for . This is significant because we discovered that it would be   impactful to design for the persona that positively and actively responds to the needs of the whole   community during a calamity . Moreover , in our case , designing one product for one persona that can   effectively and efficiently aid them in helping others is better than designing a one - size - fits - all   solution that costs more and that everyone in the community needs to learn to use . In the end , we   designed a tool that strengthens the Guardian , and in turn protects the community better .       Were it not for the mind mapping tool , my team and I probably would not have come up with the   different personas we did , nor analyzed and understood our collected data as deeply . With this tool   we were able to design and prototype a product informed by people ’s stories . If I were to change 

 something about our mind mapping strategy , it would be to interview people belonging to our   “ Guardian ” persona and doing another round of mind mapping to gain a much deeper understanding   of their needs .     I now use mind mapping all the time and consider it essential when coming up with solutions for all   sorts of problems I might come across , as this tool spans across multiple fields . It helps me see my   data in a more profound way and opens up the opportunity for more sophisticated and impactful   solutions . 


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: Mind Mapping 

 Challenge & Selection     Some years ago I was part of a small team of students participating in a one - day design competition   in our school . The brief was to design an immediate response solution that a community can utilize   in times of natural calamity . Before designing this product , our team needed to identify insights about   what people need and how they react in times of disaster . We would need to gather stories from   people in the locality and organize information and take away insights to inform our design . ​To do   this , our team used the concept of mind mapping . Mind mapping records and organizes all our   data , differentiates and relates them to each other and helps uncover useful insights that we   may not have seen otherwise .     Application     To begin , my team and I went around the local area interviewing people regarding their experience   with calamity ; what they did and what thoughts they had prior to , during , and after the disaster .   Different people talked about different things ; anxiety during the event , the destruction of their   homes , loss of family members , etc . We recorded these stories and transcribed them .     We each took time to read through the stories , looking at our data as individual entries and as a   collective while jotting down remarkable points on post - its . After this , we stuck the post - its to the   wall . Focusing on seeing the similarities and differences and figuring out how they relate to each   other , we gradually organize the post - its into groups . We ended up organizing them into distinct   personas based on how our respondents relate to other people during a natural disaster . We created   an illustration and description for each persona and ended up choosing one persona to design for :   The Guardian , an altruistic and responsive citizen who will do what they can to keep their family and   community members out of harm ’s way . We designed for them a waterproof , reflective bag that   contains , among other basic rescue equipment , a tent with printed resources and instructions on   how to aid affected people immediately after a disaster .     Insight & Approach     By using the mind mapping tool , my team was able to identify the different personas that we could   create our disaster relief product for . This is significant because we discovered that it would be   impactful to design for the persona that positively and actively responds to the needs of the whole   community during a calamity . Moreover , in our case , designing one product for one persona that can   effectively and efficiently aid them in helping others is better than designing a one - size - fits - all   solution that costs more and that everyone in the community needs to learn to use . In the end , we   designed a tool that strengthens the Guardian , and in turn protects the community better .       Were it not for the mind mapping tool , my team and I probably would not have come up with the   different personas we did , nor analyzed and understood our collected data as deeply . With this tool   we were able to design and prototype a product informed by people ’s stories . If I were to change 

 something about our mind mapping strategy , it would be to interview people belonging to our   “ Guardian ” persona and doing another round of mind mapping to gain a much deeper understanding   of their needs .     I now use mind mapping all the time and consider it essential when coming up with solutions for all   sorts of problems I might come across , as this tool spans across multiple fields . It helps me see my   data in a more profound way and opens up the opportunity for more sophisticated and impactful   solutions .
### Output: 