Reflection - Storytelling 

 Challenge : 

 I am a master student in field of science , technology and innovation . As a part of my overall 

 studies and research that I undertake at university , I often come across challenges faced by 

 our society . One of the problems that I saw and may be quite important one from the 

 perspective of a human being is global hunger crisis . The problem is very severe in my own 

 country , India . Millions of people go without food to bed every day , ironically the country 

 has huge production in crops and other food resources . I have seen people surviving on one 

 meal per day in big cities , the situation is even worse in rural areas . While the country is 

 showing tremendous growth in economic parameters , this challenge still remains a top 

 priority for the nation . 

 Selection : 

 I have often noticed that people relate with ourselves better , if we can share with them real 

 life experiences in form of stories and then they think of similar situations with their own 

 lives or with them being part of that story . By this way you can provide them with a different 

 viewpoint , which is useful in different situations . Overall , storytelling is a great way to share 

 your thoughts and invoke similar thinking in your audience . 

 Application : 

 Once I had a chance to work with an NGO , which was involved in providing food assistance 

 to the poor and homeless people across Delhi , my home city . As part of my field work , I used 

 to interact with people involved in food business such as caterers , restaurant owners and even 

 big hotel chains and once conducted a joint session for them . I observed that most of these 

 people used to throw the extra food at the end of their business day , which could have been 

 consumed by a lot of needy people . Moreover , I found that these business owners wanted to 

 help people in need but did n’t know how to accomplish it . Then I decided to share story 

 about a homeless guy near our home who used to search for food near any place possible . 

 “ One day while throwing my trash , I observed that a guy is frantically looking for food items 

 near trash bin . I stood there and looked what he was doing , even though there was food lying 

 there , but it was all ruined due to summer temperature . This sight was very painful for me 

 and that day I realized the importance of food and decided not to waste extra food or better 

 share it with needy people . Next day , I asked my mom to keep all the extra food in a 

 container , after that I personally handed it to the homeless guy in evening . This gesture of 

 mine brought a big smile to his face and he even gave me his blessings ” . The people sitting in 

 the   audience were moved by my gesture , they decided to sign a pledge and committed to 

 donate extra food prepared during business days to nearest NGO ’s , home shelters or 

 community kitchens instead of throwing it . 

 Insights : 

 Story telling can really do wonders , I realize this fact now more than ever . After sharing this 

 story , people in the room clapped with appreciation and realized how a small gesture of their 

 can bring a huge change in lives of people in need . In my opinion this tool helped me add a 

 personal touch to the seemingly straight forward conversation . I noticed that people were 

 more enthusiastic about participating in this cause when they found someone taking initiative 

 towards a social crisis and finally deciding themselves to volunteer for the same . This shows 

 that although the effort might be small , it still has a potential to change the world to a better 

 place . 

 Approach : 

 The knowledge I gained by during this course helped me understand the true potential of 

 storytelling in design thinking . In future , I will try to explore this tool further by using it as a 

 mode of conveying social message in my research work . The idea is to expand this tool even 

 further by engaging stakeholders on a much larger scale and implementing it to solve other 

 challenges . 


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 

 Challenge : 

 I am a master student in field of science , technology and innovation . As a part of my overall 

 studies and research that I undertake at university , I often come across challenges faced by 

 our society . One of the problems that I saw and may be quite important one from the 

 perspective of a human being is global hunger crisis . The problem is very severe in my own 

 country , India . Millions of people go without food to bed every day , ironically the country 

 has huge production in crops and other food resources . I have seen people surviving on one 

 meal per day in big cities , the situation is even worse in rural areas . While the country is 

 showing tremendous growth in economic parameters , this challenge still remains a top 

 priority for the nation . 

 Selection : 

 I have often noticed that people relate with ourselves better , if we can share with them real 

 life experiences in form of stories and then they think of similar situations with their own 

 lives or with them being part of that story . By this way you can provide them with a different 

 viewpoint , which is useful in different situations . Overall , storytelling is a great way to share 

 your thoughts and invoke similar thinking in your audience . 

 Application : 

 Once I had a chance to work with an NGO , which was involved in providing food assistance 

 to the poor and homeless people across Delhi , my home city . As part of my field work , I used 

 to interact with people involved in food business such as caterers , restaurant owners and even 

 big hotel chains and once conducted a joint session for them . I observed that most of these 

 people used to throw the extra food at the end of their business day , which could have been 

 consumed by a lot of needy people . Moreover , I found that these business owners wanted to 

 help people in need but did n’t know how to accomplish it . Then I decided to share story 

 about a homeless guy near our home who used to search for food near any place possible . 

 “ One day while throwing my trash , I observed that a guy is frantically looking for food items 

 near trash bin . I stood there and looked what he was doing , even though there was food lying 

 there , but it was all ruined due to summer temperature . This sight was very painful for me 

 and that day I realized the importance of food and decided not to waste extra food or better 

 share it with needy people . Next day , I asked my mom to keep all the extra food in a 

 container , after that I personally handed it to the homeless guy in evening . This gesture of 

 mine brought a big smile to his face and he even gave me his blessings ” . The people sitting in 

 the   audience were moved by my gesture , they decided to sign a pledge and committed to 

 donate extra food prepared during business days to nearest NGO ’s , home shelters or 

 community kitchens instead of throwing it . 

 Insights : 

 Story telling can really do wonders , I realize this fact now more than ever . After sharing this 

 story , people in the room clapped with appreciation and realized how a small gesture of their 

 can bring a huge change in lives of people in need . In my opinion this tool helped me add a 

 personal touch to the seemingly straight forward conversation . I noticed that people were 

 more enthusiastic about participating in this cause when they found someone taking initiative 

 towards a social crisis and finally deciding themselves to volunteer for the same . This shows 

 that although the effort might be small , it still has a potential to change the world to a better 

 place . 

 Approach : 

 The knowledge I gained by during this course helped me understand the true potential of 

 storytelling in design thinking . In future , I will try to explore this tool further by using it as a 

 mode of conveying social message in my research work . The idea is to expand this tool even 

 further by engaging stakeholders on a much larger scale and implementing it to solve other 

 challenges .
### Output: 