Challenge   I have worked with some governing political parties in times of political transition and disrest in   recent years . As someone not caught up in the political games , or taking sides , I can see more   objectively without being reactionary . The challenge has been political campaigns where there   was so much focus on the opponent . With an opponent being bigger , louder , with more money   and resources , parties feeling outnumbered or outmatched . However , there was data supporting   that the bigger political party was not seeing past the data to see the voter ’s stories and   problems in their lives .   The team was in the middle of a campaign , overworked and tired , reacting to every blip they   saw in the polls or things the opponent said to get a reaction . In this way , they were not sticking   to a strategy or have a central core vision for the branding they were communicating .   However , the real problem is less what political parties and governments are doing and more   about the problems they are creating or solving for the people they are governing . While political   parties are a venue through which the solutions come , whether one political party is successful   is not the required solution . The real solution is to get them to work more effectively so they   provide solutions for people ’s lives .     Selection   Because I needed the team to focus on a common goal or vision , rather than being distracted   by a loud opponent , and also needed their focus to be not on data but solutions for the problems   in people ’s lives , storytelling became a good way to do this . Storytelling allows a focus on how   to create a cause instead of just solve problems by making the main character being the   problems , the reality that the current state is more dangerous than any other option by using   language that relates directly to the audience .   I also needed to change the problem/ solution focus to political party ideology and focus on the   policies and problems in people ’s lives . Storytelling made it possible to make the strategy   effective for all members of the political teams , to focus on a cause and build energy around that   goal .     Application   One team leader with one group used to be a coxswain for rowing crews , so I was able to use   this example as a base . That the team needed to bring a lot of different people pulling in   different directions to the same place working in coordination toward a goal . That the opponents   were like another boat in a race , and during a race it is a distraction from focusing on the work   to reach the goal and working with your team to look at the other boat . One of my team leaders   knew and had the specific experience to pull a team ’s focus together and how to motivate them   and get them to apply pressure to surge ahead so he was able to use those skillsets already in   place .   One of my other teams I had a historian expert tell the longer narrative story about the history of   the country . He observed trends and patterns in these interactions and engagements . That   when my team tried to go up against a Goliath head on , the Goliath focused all of the energy on   smashing them . However , the alternate narrative was that when they did not try to go head on ,   and let the opponent bicker among themselves , the opponent would crumble on their own , so 

 this became a core focus of our strategy , to let the opposing team ’s conflicting agendas work to   our advantage .   Starting with this basis for team strategy , then we focused on the story and vision they would   create to provide solutions that directly answered problems in people ’s lives , beyond data   points . We focused on creating the story that the current state was dangerous because the   opponent was taking more from the people than giving , and building a vision that was more   sustainable , that discussed the tensions this created in people ’s lives , and let the audience   debate for themselves which narrative presented more value for the problems they faced .     Insight   The first time I used this approach , the response I saw from the team and the energy they   created was a great . I saw them implementing these narrative points we discussed , and   creating a more comprehensive brand that they owned . They stopped focusing on what the   opponent was doing , and applying these strategies in their conversations with voters . In the   resulting elections , one team was successful in a landslide , winning with support of 60 % , a huge   increase over previous elections . Another team also had responses of 80 % approval from the   narratives and solutions they were presenting . It was great to see concrete metrics in response   to the new strategy I was taking to find more effective solutions .   It was exciting to see the energy the team had in implementing the ideas , but sometimes it was   trial and error to find the story elements to build trust and learn what works . Hopefully with more   practice , there will be less lag time on the front end to get things moving in the right direction .     Approach   I think one piece that would help as a next step would be some Mind - Mapping exercises . Since   there are different sectors of the community with different problems and different motivations ,   this could be an effective tool to define criteria for different ideas and approaches that can be   field tested to see which are most effective . Now that the political campaigns are over , in   government , there can be innovation applied in how the policies effectively continue to improve   solutions for people ’s lives .    Also , in upcoming performance measurements , using mind - mapping to define the criteria to   design strategy to take the bigger vision and apply to different sections of the community might   be a successful next step or approach to the problem . 


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   I have worked with some governing political parties in times of political transition and disrest in   recent years . As someone not caught up in the political games , or taking sides , I can see more   objectively without being reactionary . The challenge has been political campaigns where there   was so much focus on the opponent . With an opponent being bigger , louder , with more money   and resources , parties feeling outnumbered or outmatched . However , there was data supporting   that the bigger political party was not seeing past the data to see the voter ’s stories and   problems in their lives .   The team was in the middle of a campaign , overworked and tired , reacting to every blip they   saw in the polls or things the opponent said to get a reaction . In this way , they were not sticking   to a strategy or have a central core vision for the branding they were communicating .   However , the real problem is less what political parties and governments are doing and more   about the problems they are creating or solving for the people they are governing . While political   parties are a venue through which the solutions come , whether one political party is successful   is not the required solution . The real solution is to get them to work more effectively so they   provide solutions for people ’s lives .     Selection   Because I needed the team to focus on a common goal or vision , rather than being distracted   by a loud opponent , and also needed their focus to be not on data but solutions for the problems   in people ’s lives , storytelling became a good way to do this . Storytelling allows a focus on how   to create a cause instead of just solve problems by making the main character being the   problems , the reality that the current state is more dangerous than any other option by using   language that relates directly to the audience .   I also needed to change the problem/ solution focus to political party ideology and focus on the   policies and problems in people ’s lives . Storytelling made it possible to make the strategy   effective for all members of the political teams , to focus on a cause and build energy around that   goal .     Application   One team leader with one group used to be a coxswain for rowing crews , so I was able to use   this example as a base . That the team needed to bring a lot of different people pulling in   different directions to the same place working in coordination toward a goal . That the opponents   were like another boat in a race , and during a race it is a distraction from focusing on the work   to reach the goal and working with your team to look at the other boat . One of my team leaders   knew and had the specific experience to pull a team ’s focus together and how to motivate them   and get them to apply pressure to surge ahead so he was able to use those skillsets already in   place .   One of my other teams I had a historian expert tell the longer narrative story about the history of   the country . He observed trends and patterns in these interactions and engagements . That   when my team tried to go up against a Goliath head on , the Goliath focused all of the energy on   smashing them . However , the alternate narrative was that when they did not try to go head on ,   and let the opponent bicker among themselves , the opponent would crumble on their own , so 

 this became a core focus of our strategy , to let the opposing team ’s conflicting agendas work to   our advantage .   Starting with this basis for team strategy , then we focused on the story and vision they would   create to provide solutions that directly answered problems in people ’s lives , beyond data   points . We focused on creating the story that the current state was dangerous because the   opponent was taking more from the people than giving , and building a vision that was more   sustainable , that discussed the tensions this created in people ’s lives , and let the audience   debate for themselves which narrative presented more value for the problems they faced .     Insight   The first time I used this approach , the response I saw from the team and the energy they   created was a great . I saw them implementing these narrative points we discussed , and   creating a more comprehensive brand that they owned . They stopped focusing on what the   opponent was doing , and applying these strategies in their conversations with voters . In the   resulting elections , one team was successful in a landslide , winning with support of 60 % , a huge   increase over previous elections . Another team also had responses of 80 % approval from the   narratives and solutions they were presenting . It was great to see concrete metrics in response   to the new strategy I was taking to find more effective solutions .   It was exciting to see the energy the team had in implementing the ideas , but sometimes it was   trial and error to find the story elements to build trust and learn what works . Hopefully with more   practice , there will be less lag time on the front end to get things moving in the right direction .     Approach   I think one piece that would help as a next step would be some Mind - Mapping exercises . Since   there are different sectors of the community with different problems and different motivations ,   this could be an effective tool to define criteria for different ideas and approaches that can be   field tested to see which are most effective . Now that the political campaigns are over , in   government , there can be innovation applied in how the policies effectively continue to improve   solutions for people ’s lives .    Also , in upcoming performance measurements , using mind - mapping to define the criteria to   design strategy to take the bigger vision and apply to different sections of the community might   be a successful next step or approach to the problem .
### Output: 