Course : Design Thinking for Innovation   01 - 10 - 2020 

 Assignment 

 Reflection - Visualization 

 Challenge and Selection . 

 I am one of the five Co – founders of University of India Organization , a Community Based Organization   operating in Nakivale refugee settlement with a noble mission of promoting youth through   Education and Trainings . This organization started as a simple English club with one goal of   teaching and improving English language skills since May of 2010 up to August 2012 . A refugee   settlement is an area with a bunch of opportunities but as a team it was not a piece of cake to   identify them and have the same insight on how we could take advantages from them and   improve . I have used various techniques such as Mind Mapping while collecting data from   English program beneficiaries on what should be done in order to improve and overcome youth   challenges within the Settlement . The responses given by my learners were too rich in   information and took me into idea generation . I started to visualize how our organization   should look like and what should be done to achieve more , extend our goals and attract funders   for our new programs . Visualization tool was the master of the game in our problem solving . 

 Application . 

 The Organization is now on a stage where some volunteers turned into permanent workers   with a regular salary per month . Despite of being in a strategic area with a plenty of   opportunities , it was not easy to identify them and have the same visual thinking on how to   explore them . 

 Through Visualization technique , I convinced my fellow Co - founders and enhanced them to   have a picture of what was a hindrance toward our development . The core challenges we had   was the lack of our own address ( working space ) and discrepancies on how we could turn our   English club into an Organization with different activities and objectives to attract funders   so   that it could move us from unemployment zone and assist a good number of our fellow refuges   ( youth ) . In every meeting , I could expose my dreams and make sure that every participant is   able to picture and figure out what I was trying to extrapolate and communicate . I showed   them how quite possible it was to own an office and hall by mobilizing and motivating our   beneficiaries ( English learners ) for bricklaying . We had no means to afford the cost of an office   and hall construction but I showed them how possible it was to get funders and supporters if   we make a request for a plot and obtain a construction space . With bricks on our disposal they   finally sow that anyone could give us a hand in rising up walls . I also portrayed how having our 

 own address ( office and hall ) could unlock different doors of success and enhance us to extend   our programs and goals with assurance , which is the fact today . 

 Insight and Approach . 

 As Co – founder , we all had dreams and we wanted to make them real but in different ways and   it was hard to convince each other the good way to go . By help of visual thinking we were able   to penetrate into every one ’s mind and discover what will work for our organization , how we   had to proceed from step one to the final step . 

 If I try to go a bit far from what Angela Meyer said about Visualization in the first week ,   Visualization as design thinking tool does not only help to see ideas in shape of pictures and   give you the image of what you are looking for , it also gives courage , hope for positive   outcomes and determination once you find out ways and tricks to develop your concepts in a   visual way . It is the most favored tool that I prefer whenever I am trying to solve a problem   simply because it requires to take time , explore ideas in a visual way , extrapolate and tackle the   problem with an idea of a probable solution . 


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: Course : Design Thinking for Innovation   01 - 10 - 2020 

 Assignment 

 Reflection - Visualization 

 Challenge and Selection . 

 I am one of the five Co – founders of University of India Organization , a Community Based Organization   operating in Nakivale refugee settlement with a noble mission of promoting youth through   Education and Trainings . This organization started as a simple English club with one goal of   teaching and improving English language skills since May of 2010 up to August 2012 . A refugee   settlement is an area with a bunch of opportunities but as a team it was not a piece of cake to   identify them and have the same insight on how we could take advantages from them and   improve . I have used various techniques such as Mind Mapping while collecting data from   English program beneficiaries on what should be done in order to improve and overcome youth   challenges within the Settlement . The responses given by my learners were too rich in   information and took me into idea generation . I started to visualize how our organization   should look like and what should be done to achieve more , extend our goals and attract funders   for our new programs . Visualization tool was the master of the game in our problem solving . 

 Application . 

 The Organization is now on a stage where some volunteers turned into permanent workers   with a regular salary per month . Despite of being in a strategic area with a plenty of   opportunities , it was not easy to identify them and have the same visual thinking on how to   explore them . 

 Through Visualization technique , I convinced my fellow Co - founders and enhanced them to   have a picture of what was a hindrance toward our development . The core challenges we had   was the lack of our own address ( working space ) and discrepancies on how we could turn our   English club into an Organization with different activities and objectives to attract funders   so   that it could move us from unemployment zone and assist a good number of our fellow refuges   ( youth ) . In every meeting , I could expose my dreams and make sure that every participant is   able to picture and figure out what I was trying to extrapolate and communicate . I showed   them how quite possible it was to own an office and hall by mobilizing and motivating our   beneficiaries ( English learners ) for bricklaying . We had no means to afford the cost of an office   and hall construction but I showed them how possible it was to get funders and supporters if   we make a request for a plot and obtain a construction space . With bricks on our disposal they   finally sow that anyone could give us a hand in rising up walls . I also portrayed how having our 

 own address ( office and hall ) could unlock different doors of success and enhance us to extend   our programs and goals with assurance , which is the fact today . 

 Insight and Approach . 

 As Co – founder , we all had dreams and we wanted to make them real but in different ways and   it was hard to convince each other the good way to go . By help of visual thinking we were able   to penetrate into every one ’s mind and discover what will work for our organization , how we   had to proceed from step one to the final step . 

 If I try to go a bit far from what Angela Meyer said about Visualization in the first week ,   Visualization as design thinking tool does not only help to see ideas in shape of pictures and   give you the image of what you are looking for , it also gives courage , hope for positive   outcomes and determination once you find out ways and tricks to develop your concepts in a   visual way . It is the most favored tool that I prefer whenever I am trying to solve a problem   simply because it requires to take time , explore ideas in a visual way , extrapolate and tackle the   problem with an idea of a probable solution .
### Output: 