Reflection on mind mapping 

 Challenge & Selection 

 As a Master student in design and innovation , I use the mind mapping tool very frequently , in   order to generate ideas , whether it 's for creating an innovative product , to enhance it , or to find   solution to problematic situation . It does not only help me to generate ideas but also to   synthesize them . It ’s a diagram where you organize information visually in hierarchical way , it   also reveal the relationship between the ideas generated and the single concept that we try to   deal with in the center . There ideas that are connected directly to the central concept , while   other are branch out from those ideas . During this Master I had to do a lot of projects , one of the   main ones is a project on circular economy . The subject is to work on the circular economy in a   district of the city where I 'm doing my master 's degree . The aim is to raise awareness among the   inhabitants of the district about ecology and sustainable development . Other members of the   group and I decided to implement the design thinking approach to do this project . 

 Application 

 Before to start generating concepts and Ideas , we first had go through an empathy phase where   we gathered enough data , we started by looking for the concepts , identifying the stakeholders   and interviewing them … then we defined the problematic as clearly as possible . And last but not   least , we started the ideate phase by generating concepts , we started by writing the problematic   in the middle and thinking about the activities where we can use different resources , that are all   located in one district , these are the resources we gathered during empathy phase , we thought   about the links between our stakeholders and the places that can be exploited in that district ,   little by little , Ideas began to emerge , and we land on some very interesting concepts and   solutions . 

 One of the stakeholders that we have identified in the resourcing phase are , a retirement home   and a kindergarten , we have thought about engaging both them in an activity where they can do   something that is ecology related , to raise the kids awareness about the subject . After more   investigation we have found that the retirement home has some garden the elderly people can   do some gardening . 

 Insight 

 The mind mapping tool allowed us to organize the data in different solutions , it also helped   organize the different stakeholders we had , and draw links between them , and these links were 

 the keys to the emerging ideas . We were able to have a global and simplified vision of the   situation . 

 Approach 

 I think mind mapping one of the very most important tools in the design thinking approach , it ’s   not only a tool to generate ideas but also to organize the gathered data . During the project we   were limited in the exploration of this tool , which we could go much deeper such as making   different mind maps for different solution until finding the most optimized 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: Reflection on mind mapping 

 Challenge & Selection 

 As a Master student in design and innovation , I use the mind mapping tool very frequently , in   order to generate ideas , whether it 's for creating an innovative product , to enhance it , or to find   solution to problematic situation . It does not only help me to generate ideas but also to   synthesize them . It ’s a diagram where you organize information visually in hierarchical way , it   also reveal the relationship between the ideas generated and the single concept that we try to   deal with in the center . There ideas that are connected directly to the central concept , while   other are branch out from those ideas . During this Master I had to do a lot of projects , one of the   main ones is a project on circular economy . The subject is to work on the circular economy in a   district of the city where I 'm doing my master 's degree . The aim is to raise awareness among the   inhabitants of the district about ecology and sustainable development . Other members of the   group and I decided to implement the design thinking approach to do this project . 

 Application 

 Before to start generating concepts and Ideas , we first had go through an empathy phase where   we gathered enough data , we started by looking for the concepts , identifying the stakeholders   and interviewing them … then we defined the problematic as clearly as possible . And last but not   least , we started the ideate phase by generating concepts , we started by writing the problematic   in the middle and thinking about the activities where we can use different resources , that are all   located in one district , these are the resources we gathered during empathy phase , we thought   about the links between our stakeholders and the places that can be exploited in that district ,   little by little , Ideas began to emerge , and we land on some very interesting concepts and   solutions . 

 One of the stakeholders that we have identified in the resourcing phase are , a retirement home   and a kindergarten , we have thought about engaging both them in an activity where they can do   something that is ecology related , to raise the kids awareness about the subject . After more   investigation we have found that the retirement home has some garden the elderly people can   do some gardening . 

 Insight 

 The mind mapping tool allowed us to organize the data in different solutions , it also helped   organize the different stakeholders we had , and draw links between them , and these links were 

 the keys to the emerging ideas . We were able to have a global and simplified vision of the   situation . 

 Approach 

 I think mind mapping one of the very most important tools in the design thinking approach , it ’s   not only a tool to generate ideas but also to organize the gathered data . During the project we   were limited in the exploration of this tool , which we could go much deeper such as making   different mind maps for different solution until finding the most optimized solution .
### Output: 