ASSIGNEMENT 	
   : 	
   Reflection 	
   on 	
   Storytelling 

 Challenge 	
   & 	
   Selection : 

 As 	
   part 	
   of 	
   the 	
   organization 	
   team 	
   of 	
   the 	
   biggest 	
   student 	
   trip 	
   for 	
   business 	
   schools , 	
   I 	
   had 	
   to 	
    deal 	
   with 	
   motivating 	
   and 	
   dynamizing 	
   the 	
   whole 	
   team . 	
   I 	
   was 	
   vice-­‐president 	
   of 	
   the 	
   thirty 	
    organizers , 	
   and 	
   I 	
   personally 	
   felt 	
   very 	
   concerned 	
   by 	
   the 	
   project 	
   and 	
   its 	
   smooth 	
   running , 	
   but 	
    that 	
   was 	
   not 	
   the 	
   case 	
   of 	
   the 	
   majority . 	
   So 	
   my 	
   biggest 	
   challenge 	
   was 	
   to 	
   involve 	
   everyone 	
   and 	
    take 	
   the 	
   best 	
   of 	
   them . 	
   For 	
   that 	
   I 	
   decided 	
   to 	
   use 	
   the 	
   storytelling 	
   tool . 	
   It 	
   was 	
   about 	
   bringing 	
   a 	
    team 	
   together 	
   thanks 	
   to 	
   emotions , 	
   character 	
   and 	
   values , 	
   creating 	
   a 	
   connection 	
   and 	
   strong 	
    links 	
   between 	
   all 	
   of 	
   us . 	
   But 	
   the 	
   hard 	
   task 	
   was 	
   that , 	
   the 	
   organization 	
   team 	
   was 	
   split 	
   into 	
   three 	
    different 	
   schools , 	
   all 	
   in 	
   different 	
   areas 	
   of 	
   Paris . 	
   So 	
   communication 	
   and 	
   motivation 	
   levers 	
    were 	
   a 	
   real 	
   challenge 	
   to 	
   use . 	
   I 	
   am 	
   going 	
   to 	
   focus 	
   mostly 	
   on 	
   the 	
   storytelling 	
   ( Module 	
   2 ) 	
   I 	
   used 	
    for 	
   people 	
   from 	
   my 	
   school . 

 As 	
   explained 	
   in 	
   the 	
   fourth 	
   video 	
   of 	
   that 	
   module , 	
   storytelling 	
   is 	
   about 	
   “ creating 	
   a 	
   cause ” 	
    rather 	
   than 	
   “ solving 	
   a 	
   problem ” . 	
   And 	
   this 	
   is 	
   exactly 	
   what 	
   I 	
   resorted 	
   to 	
   : 	
   uniting 	
   a 	
   team 	
    around 	
   common 	
   objectives , 	
   develop 	
   team 	
   bounds 	
   and 	
   drive 	
   transformation 	
   -­‐ 	
   here 	
   hard 	
    work 	
   for 	
   the 	
   organization 	
   of 	
   this 	
   135-­‐participant 	
   trip . 	
   For 	
   that 	
   you 	
   need 	
   to 	
   adapt 	
   your 	
   speech 	
    to 	
   your 	
   audience , 	
   to 	
   substitute 	
   possibilities 	
   to 	
   challenges . 

 Application : 

 The 	
   majority 	
   of 	
   members 	
   of 	
   that 	
   organization 	
   team 	
   were 	
   also 	
   involved 	
   in 	
   other 	
   time-­‐ consuming 	
   projects 	
   and 	
   student 	
   associations . 	
   Some 	
   of 	
   them 	
   were 	
   team 	
   members 	
   just 	
   for 	
    the 	
   brand 	
   name , 	
   but 	
   did 	
   not 	
   feel 	
   the 	
   necessity 	
   of 	
   joining 	
   the 	
   team 	
   effort 	
   for 	
   this 	
   execution 	
    of 	
   this 	
   trip . 

 I 	
   applied 	
   the 	
   storytelling 	
   tool 	
   by 	
   organizing 	
   team 	
   building 	
   events , 	
   having 	
   an 	
   inclusive 	
   and 	
    motivating 	
   speech 	
   and 	
   setting 	
   up 	
   rewards . 	
   So 	
   I 	
   adapted 	
   my 	
   speech , 	
   and 	
   basically 	
   the 	
   three 	
    managing 	
   members 	
   we 	
   were 	
   talking 	
   to 	
   team-­‐members 	
   on 	
   a 	
   daily 	
   basis , 	
   in 	
   one-­‐to-­‐one 	
   and 	
    informal 	
   conversation 	
   explaining 	
   them 	
   how 	
   this 	
   student 	
   organization 	
   was 	
   important , 	
   how 	
    well 	
   the 	
   trip 	
   unfolded 	
   last 	
   year , 	
   how 	
   all 	
   the 	
   participants 	
   were 	
   enchanted , 	
   and 	
   thus 	
   how 	
    high 	
   the 	
   standards 	
   were 	
   for 	
   us 	
   this 	
   year . 	
   We 	
   also 	
   organized 	
   some 	
   exclusive 	
   drinks 	
   between 	
    the 	
   extended 	
   team , 	
   were 	
   we 	
   begin 	
   by 	
   talking 	
   about 	
   the 	
   past 	
   achievements , 	
   rewarding 	
    people 	
   who 	
   had 	
   played 	
   a 	
   key 	
   role 	
   in 	
   them , 	
   and 	
   future 	
   goals 	
   were 	
   each 	
   of 	
   them 	
   was 	
    assigned 	
   a 	
   specific 	
   role . 

 My 	
   storytelling 	
   tool , 	
   using 	
   the 	
   success 	
   of 	
   the 	
   organizing 	
   teams 	
   from 	
   the 	
   precedent 	
    promotions , 	
   worked 	
   to 	
   a 	
   certain 	
   extent . 	
   Some 	
   of 	
   the 	
   people 	
   who 	
   were 	
   already 	
   convinced 	
   I 	
    would 	
   say , 	
   about 	
   the 	
   purpose 	
   of 	
   their 	
   responsibility 	
   within 	
   the 	
   organization , 	
   felt 	
   all 	
   the 	
    more 	
   useful 	
   and 	
   did 	
   work 	
   more 	
   and 	
   gave 	
   their 	
   best . 	
   However , 	
   I 	
   faced 	
   and 	
   inefficiency 	
   and 	
   a 	
    limit 	
   to 	
   this 	
   design 	
   thinking 	
   tool 	
   when 	
   it 	
   came 	
   to 	
   people 	
   who 	
   already 	
   had 	
   almost 	
   dropped 

 the 	
   purpose . 	
   Those 	
   ones 	
   were 	
   hard 	
   to 	
   convince , 	
   even 	
   by 	
   trying 	
   to 	
   give 	
   them 	
   a 	
   unique 	
    position 	
   in 	
   the 	
   history 	
   of 	
   this 	
   student 	
   organization . 

 Insight 	
   & 	
   approach : 

 The 	
   insight 	
   I 	
   gained 	
   from 	
   applying 	
   this 	
   design 	
   thinking 	
   tool 	
   is 	
   its 	
   duality : 	
   very 	
   efficient 	
   to 	
    half-­‐way 	
   involved 	
   people . 	
   It 	
   does 	
   increase 	
   the 	
   team 	
   spirit , 	
   by 	
   inscribing 	
   them 	
   into 	
   a 	
   long-­‐ term 	
   history , 	
   and 	
   incentivize 	
   them 	
   to 	
   make 	
   more 	
   efforts . 	
   But 	
   I 	
   also 	
   realized 	
   this 	
   tool 	
   was 	
   a 	
    necessary 	
   but 	
   not 	
   sufficient 	
   condition 	
   for 	
   team-­‐building . 

 Next 	
   time , 	
   I 	
   will 	
   try 	
   to 	
   add 	
   the 	
   other 	
   three 	
   design 	
   thinking 	
   tools 	
   to 	
   my 	
   approach 	
   to 	
    managing 	
   a 	
   team , 	
   as 	
   small 	
   and 	
   important 	
   as 	
   it 	
   is . 	
   This 	
   experience 	
   was 	
   that 	
   of 	
   a 	
   student 	
   one , 	
    and 	
   I 	
   will 	
   now 	
   be 	
   ready 	
   to 	
   apply 	
   it 	
   to 	
   my 	
   professional 	
   life 	
   once 	
   I 	
   start 	
   it . 	
   The 	
   mooc 	
   gave 	
   me 	
    the 	
   theoretical 	
   framework 	
   of 	
   something 	
   I 	
   was 	
   empirically 	
   applying 	
   from 	
   scratch . 	
   I 	
   know 	
    now 	
   that 	
   outlook , 	
   uncertainty , 	
   new 	
   experiences 	
   and 	
   repertoire 	
   are 	
   the 	
   three 	
   levers 	
   of 	
    storytelling . 	
   And 	
   George 	
   & 	
   Geoff ’s 	
   story 	
   gave 	
   me 	
   a 	
   better 	
   insight 	
   of 	
   a 	
   manager ’s 	
   challenges 	
    and 	
   possibilities 	
   to 	
   surpass 	
   them 	
   thanks 	
   to 	
   soft-­‐skills . 


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: ASSIGNEMENT 	
   : 	
   Reflection 	
   on 	
   Storytelling 

 Challenge 	
   & 	
   Selection : 

 As 	
   part 	
   of 	
   the 	
   organization 	
   team 	
   of 	
   the 	
   biggest 	
   student 	
   trip 	
   for 	
   business 	
   schools , 	
   I 	
   had 	
   to 	
    deal 	
   with 	
   motivating 	
   and 	
   dynamizing 	
   the 	
   whole 	
   team . 	
   I 	
   was 	
   vice-­‐president 	
   of 	
   the 	
   thirty 	
    organizers , 	
   and 	
   I 	
   personally 	
   felt 	
   very 	
   concerned 	
   by 	
   the 	
   project 	
   and 	
   its 	
   smooth 	
   running , 	
   but 	
    that 	
   was 	
   not 	
   the 	
   case 	
   of 	
   the 	
   majority . 	
   So 	
   my 	
   biggest 	
   challenge 	
   was 	
   to 	
   involve 	
   everyone 	
   and 	
    take 	
   the 	
   best 	
   of 	
   them . 	
   For 	
   that 	
   I 	
   decided 	
   to 	
   use 	
   the 	
   storytelling 	
   tool . 	
   It 	
   was 	
   about 	
   bringing 	
   a 	
    team 	
   together 	
   thanks 	
   to 	
   emotions , 	
   character 	
   and 	
   values , 	
   creating 	
   a 	
   connection 	
   and 	
   strong 	
    links 	
   between 	
   all 	
   of 	
   us . 	
   But 	
   the 	
   hard 	
   task 	
   was 	
   that , 	
   the 	
   organization 	
   team 	
   was 	
   split 	
   into 	
   three 	
    different 	
   schools , 	
   all 	
   in 	
   different 	
   areas 	
   of 	
   Paris . 	
   So 	
   communication 	
   and 	
   motivation 	
   levers 	
    were 	
   a 	
   real 	
   challenge 	
   to 	
   use . 	
   I 	
   am 	
   going 	
   to 	
   focus 	
   mostly 	
   on 	
   the 	
   storytelling 	
   ( Module 	
   2 ) 	
   I 	
   used 	
    for 	
   people 	
   from 	
   my 	
   school . 

 As 	
   explained 	
   in 	
   the 	
   fourth 	
   video 	
   of 	
   that 	
   module , 	
   storytelling 	
   is 	
   about 	
   “ creating 	
   a 	
   cause ” 	
    rather 	
   than 	
   “ solving 	
   a 	
   problem ” . 	
   And 	
   this 	
   is 	
   exactly 	
   what 	
   I 	
   resorted 	
   to 	
   : 	
   uniting 	
   a 	
   team 	
    around 	
   common 	
   objectives , 	
   develop 	
   team 	
   bounds 	
   and 	
   drive 	
   transformation 	
   -­‐ 	
   here 	
   hard 	
    work 	
   for 	
   the 	
   organization 	
   of 	
   this 	
   135-­‐participant 	
   trip . 	
   For 	
   that 	
   you 	
   need 	
   to 	
   adapt 	
   your 	
   speech 	
    to 	
   your 	
   audience , 	
   to 	
   substitute 	
   possibilities 	
   to 	
   challenges . 

 Application : 

 The 	
   majority 	
   of 	
   members 	
   of 	
   that 	
   organization 	
   team 	
   were 	
   also 	
   involved 	
   in 	
   other 	
   time-­‐ consuming 	
   projects 	
   and 	
   student 	
   associations . 	
   Some 	
   of 	
   them 	
   were 	
   team 	
   members 	
   just 	
   for 	
    the 	
   brand 	
   name , 	
   but 	
   did 	
   not 	
   feel 	
   the 	
   necessity 	
   of 	
   joining 	
   the 	
   team 	
   effort 	
   for 	
   this 	
   execution 	
    of 	
   this 	
   trip . 

 I 	
   applied 	
   the 	
   storytelling 	
   tool 	
   by 	
   organizing 	
   team 	
   building 	
   events , 	
   having 	
   an 	
   inclusive 	
   and 	
    motivating 	
   speech 	
   and 	
   setting 	
   up 	
   rewards . 	
   So 	
   I 	
   adapted 	
   my 	
   speech , 	
   and 	
   basically 	
   the 	
   three 	
    managing 	
   members 	
   we 	
   were 	
   talking 	
   to 	
   team-­‐members 	
   on 	
   a 	
   daily 	
   basis , 	
   in 	
   one-­‐to-­‐one 	
   and 	
    informal 	
   conversation 	
   explaining 	
   them 	
   how 	
   this 	
   student 	
   organization 	
   was 	
   important , 	
   how 	
    well 	
   the 	
   trip 	
   unfolded 	
   last 	
   year , 	
   how 	
   all 	
   the 	
   participants 	
   were 	
   enchanted , 	
   and 	
   thus 	
   how 	
    high 	
   the 	
   standards 	
   were 	
   for 	
   us 	
   this 	
   year . 	
   We 	
   also 	
   organized 	
   some 	
   exclusive 	
   drinks 	
   between 	
    the 	
   extended 	
   team , 	
   were 	
   we 	
   begin 	
   by 	
   talking 	
   about 	
   the 	
   past 	
   achievements , 	
   rewarding 	
    people 	
   who 	
   had 	
   played 	
   a 	
   key 	
   role 	
   in 	
   them , 	
   and 	
   future 	
   goals 	
   were 	
   each 	
   of 	
   them 	
   was 	
    assigned 	
   a 	
   specific 	
   role . 

 My 	
   storytelling 	
   tool , 	
   using 	
   the 	
   success 	
   of 	
   the 	
   organizing 	
   teams 	
   from 	
   the 	
   precedent 	
    promotions , 	
   worked 	
   to 	
   a 	
   certain 	
   extent . 	
   Some 	
   of 	
   the 	
   people 	
   who 	
   were 	
   already 	
   convinced 	
   I 	
    would 	
   say , 	
   about 	
   the 	
   purpose 	
   of 	
   their 	
   responsibility 	
   within 	
   the 	
   organization , 	
   felt 	
   all 	
   the 	
    more 	
   useful 	
   and 	
   did 	
   work 	
   more 	
   and 	
   gave 	
   their 	
   best . 	
   However , 	
   I 	
   faced 	
   and 	
   inefficiency 	
   and 	
   a 	
    limit 	
   to 	
   this 	
   design 	
   thinking 	
   tool 	
   when 	
   it 	
   came 	
   to 	
   people 	
   who 	
   already 	
   had 	
   almost 	
   dropped 

 the 	
   purpose . 	
   Those 	
   ones 	
   were 	
   hard 	
   to 	
   convince , 	
   even 	
   by 	
   trying 	
   to 	
   give 	
   them 	
   a 	
   unique 	
    position 	
   in 	
   the 	
   history 	
   of 	
   this 	
   student 	
   organization . 

 Insight 	
   & 	
   approach : 

 The 	
   insight 	
   I 	
   gained 	
   from 	
   applying 	
   this 	
   design 	
   thinking 	
   tool 	
   is 	
   its 	
   duality : 	
   very 	
   efficient 	
   to 	
    half-­‐way 	
   involved 	
   people . 	
   It 	
   does 	
   increase 	
   the 	
   team 	
   spirit , 	
   by 	
   inscribing 	
   them 	
   into 	
   a 	
   long-­‐ term 	
   history , 	
   and 	
   incentivize 	
   them 	
   to 	
   make 	
   more 	
   efforts . 	
   But 	
   I 	
   also 	
   realized 	
   this 	
   tool 	
   was 	
   a 	
    necessary 	
   but 	
   not 	
   sufficient 	
   condition 	
   for 	
   team-­‐building . 

 Next 	
   time , 	
   I 	
   will 	
   try 	
   to 	
   add 	
   the 	
   other 	
   three 	
   design 	
   thinking 	
   tools 	
   to 	
   my 	
   approach 	
   to 	
    managing 	
   a 	
   team , 	
   as 	
   small 	
   and 	
   important 	
   as 	
   it 	
   is . 	
   This 	
   experience 	
   was 	
   that 	
   of 	
   a 	
   student 	
   one , 	
    and 	
   I 	
   will 	
   now 	
   be 	
   ready 	
   to 	
   apply 	
   it 	
   to 	
   my 	
   professional 	
   life 	
   once 	
   I 	
   start 	
   it . 	
   The 	
   mooc 	
   gave 	
   me 	
    the 	
   theoretical 	
   framework 	
   of 	
   something 	
   I 	
   was 	
   empirically 	
   applying 	
   from 	
   scratch . 	
   I 	
   know 	
    now 	
   that 	
   outlook , 	
   uncertainty , 	
   new 	
   experiences 	
   and 	
   repertoire 	
   are 	
   the 	
   three 	
   levers 	
   of 	
    storytelling . 	
   And 	
   George 	
   & 	
   Geoff ’s 	
   story 	
   gave 	
   me 	
   a 	
   better 	
   insight 	
   of 	
   a 	
   manager ’s 	
   challenges 	
    and 	
   possibilities 	
   to 	
   surpass 	
   them 	
   thanks 	
   to 	
   soft-­‐skills .
### Output: 