Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge 

 For as long as I have known , I have always felt pleasure in helping less fortunate people , simply   because I also know what it feels like not to have something that you really want , or really need in   most instances , and that ’s where my love for doing good for others came about . I joined an   organization where I would collect clothes , shoes and toiletries . I arranged these into what I would    call “ a gift box ” . Each box consisted of 5 to 7 items which included a clothing item ( tshirt , pants ,   jersey , or jacket ) , a toiletry item ( soap , wash cloth , toothbrush and/or tooth paste ) , an edible item   ( sweets or chocolates ) , a toy ( of the gift were for children ) , a stationery item ( pens , pencils ,   colouring book ) . The people that we donated the boxes to were children between the ages of 2 and   16 . Every volunteer that wanted to complete a gift box would sign up and they would get the age ,   clothing size and only first name of the child that the box would be given to . It was very big challenge   at first to get people not only into donating their buy to purchase the items , but to also convince   them to donate their time and energy into compiling this box and decorate it to make it special to   give to a child . I needed to get 100 people to donate a box to put 100 smiles on 100 children ’s faces . 

 Selection 

 I chose to use storytelling as a tool to show people how much of an impact and how much that one   box could change someone ’s life . I had a story to tell , but most importantly I had a story to show .   This story had the potential to change one ’s perspective about helping people and what a difference   a box could make . Like Andre Martin in the lecture video said , storytelling is about the connection ,   its about conveying a message but most importantly its about creating a cause . 

 Application 

 I always used storytelling to gain people ’s trust that the boxes they donate are in good hands and   will be handed over to the children . I tell them a story about a lady who is a volunteer for gift boxes   because she herself was once given a giftbox that changed her life . This young girl grew up with a   single mom who had to provide for her and her 2 brothers . Her mom would really try give the girl   what she needed but could n’t always give her what she wanted . One day , at school , the gift box   organization were giving out boxes to the kids , and the little girl receive a box with clothing ,   toiletries and a book called “ Think and Grow Rich ” by Napoleon Hill . The book is a personal   development and self - improvement book and most importantly helps develop one ’s purpose in life .   The young girl read the book and found her purpose which was always creating meaningfulness in   any situation and for others to receive fulfillment , happiness and meaning in return . If it was n’t for   the box the young girl got with the book inside , she probably would n’t know her purpose right now ,   and she would n’t be continuing the cycle of helping others like she does today , that box turned the   girls life around by giving her a positive mindset from early age , and she is living proof today because   the young girl is … me , this is my true testament and story . I would like for another young girl and   boy to feel the same way , it may not be from a book , but it can be the feeling of happiness that   comes with the gift box . Happiness I felt when I got a gift box . 

 Insight and approach 

 When I tell my story , it usually calms the environment , and it ’s as if I can feel people ’s hearts open   up to the idea of donating a gift box . My story shows how much a box can make a difference to   someone , and how far it can go because here I am trying to make the same difference I felt , for 100   other children . This story makes people trust the process , and trust that they will feel so good about   helping someone . Thereafter , that ’s how donations came , people went above and beyond with   compiling a box , remember that the minimum requirement was for the box to have 5 - 7 items and   now the boxes that would be donated after telling my story were overflowing , people donated more   than one clothing item and items that I know the children would cherish . The volunteers would   really personalize the boxes and treated the child like one of their own . 

 I told my story to every volunteer , and we managed to collect almost 1000 boxes instead , ten times   more than we anticipated because my story resonated with people and it was a story they could   share , the story created a sense of connectedness and became a cause for every volunteer who   became part of the organization . 

 This is what storytelling has taught me , to use stories to resonate with humans , because sometimes   we think people wo nt know you one feels , but story telling connects us humans and conveys a   message that humans want to trust and create a cause , and storytelling gives them a platform to do   so . It was a challenge to get volunteers to donate gift boxes , but storytelling made the donating a   box more authentic 

 Storytelling can help me interpret my purpose and the purpose of other people and can help me   with any projects that I will be involved in the future and help interpret knowledge on the audience .   Story telling is at the foundation of design thinking because through stories , we impact people and   make them support our ideas and projects so that they can spread the message . Stories shows   empathetic organizations and businesses need to be in their approach to appealing and   communicating to customers . I will personally continue to use story telling as tool to solve problems   because at the end of the day we are humans , and humans engage in stories because we all think we   go through situations by ourselves when we do n’t , and story telling gives us access to that   connectedness . 


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 

 For as long as I have known , I have always felt pleasure in helping less fortunate people , simply   because I also know what it feels like not to have something that you really want , or really need in   most instances , and that ’s where my love for doing good for others came about . I joined an   organization where I would collect clothes , shoes and toiletries . I arranged these into what I would    call “ a gift box ” . Each box consisted of 5 to 7 items which included a clothing item ( tshirt , pants ,   jersey , or jacket ) , a toiletry item ( soap , wash cloth , toothbrush and/or tooth paste ) , an edible item   ( sweets or chocolates ) , a toy ( of the gift were for children ) , a stationery item ( pens , pencils ,   colouring book ) . The people that we donated the boxes to were children between the ages of 2 and   16 . Every volunteer that wanted to complete a gift box would sign up and they would get the age ,   clothing size and only first name of the child that the box would be given to . It was very big challenge   at first to get people not only into donating their buy to purchase the items , but to also convince   them to donate their time and energy into compiling this box and decorate it to make it special to   give to a child . I needed to get 100 people to donate a box to put 100 smiles on 100 children ’s faces . 

 Selection 

 I chose to use storytelling as a tool to show people how much of an impact and how much that one   box could change someone ’s life . I had a story to tell , but most importantly I had a story to show .   This story had the potential to change one ’s perspective about helping people and what a difference   a box could make . Like Andre Martin in the lecture video said , storytelling is about the connection ,   its about conveying a message but most importantly its about creating a cause . 

 Application 

 I always used storytelling to gain people ’s trust that the boxes they donate are in good hands and   will be handed over to the children . I tell them a story about a lady who is a volunteer for gift boxes   because she herself was once given a giftbox that changed her life . This young girl grew up with a   single mom who had to provide for her and her 2 brothers . Her mom would really try give the girl   what she needed but could n’t always give her what she wanted . One day , at school , the gift box   organization were giving out boxes to the kids , and the little girl receive a box with clothing ,   toiletries and a book called “ Think and Grow Rich ” by Napoleon Hill . The book is a personal   development and self - improvement book and most importantly helps develop one ’s purpose in life .   The young girl read the book and found her purpose which was always creating meaningfulness in   any situation and for others to receive fulfillment , happiness and meaning in return . If it was n’t for   the box the young girl got with the book inside , she probably would n’t know her purpose right now ,   and she would n’t be continuing the cycle of helping others like she does today , that box turned the   girls life around by giving her a positive mindset from early age , and she is living proof today because   the young girl is … me , this is my true testament and story . I would like for another young girl and   boy to feel the same way , it may not be from a book , but it can be the feeling of happiness that   comes with the gift box . Happiness I felt when I got a gift box . 

 Insight and approach 

 When I tell my story , it usually calms the environment , and it ’s as if I can feel people ’s hearts open   up to the idea of donating a gift box . My story shows how much a box can make a difference to   someone , and how far it can go because here I am trying to make the same difference I felt , for 100   other children . This story makes people trust the process , and trust that they will feel so good about   helping someone . Thereafter , that ’s how donations came , people went above and beyond with   compiling a box , remember that the minimum requirement was for the box to have 5 - 7 items and   now the boxes that would be donated after telling my story were overflowing , people donated more   than one clothing item and items that I know the children would cherish . The volunteers would   really personalize the boxes and treated the child like one of their own . 

 I told my story to every volunteer , and we managed to collect almost 1000 boxes instead , ten times   more than we anticipated because my story resonated with people and it was a story they could   share , the story created a sense of connectedness and became a cause for every volunteer who   became part of the organization . 

 This is what storytelling has taught me , to use stories to resonate with humans , because sometimes   we think people wo nt know you one feels , but story telling connects us humans and conveys a   message that humans want to trust and create a cause , and storytelling gives them a platform to do   so . It was a challenge to get volunteers to donate gift boxes , but storytelling made the donating a   box more authentic 

 Storytelling can help me interpret my purpose and the purpose of other people and can help me   with any projects that I will be involved in the future and help interpret knowledge on the audience .   Story telling is at the foundation of design thinking because through stories , we impact people and   make them support our ideas and projects so that they can spread the message . Stories shows   empathetic organizations and businesses need to be in their approach to appealing and   communicating to customers . I will personally continue to use story telling as tool to solve problems   because at the end of the day we are humans , and humans engage in stories because we all think we   go through situations by ourselves when we do n’t , and story telling gives us access to that   connectedness .
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