Reflection - Storytelling 

 Challenge 

 I work in a People Analytics team of a technology company . People Analytics is the 

 collection and use of data in order to improve employee experience . Overall , our 

 mission is related to increasing engagement and performance , and decreasing 

 turnover . For many leaders , People Analytics is considered a new trend , since Human 

 Resources departments used to guide their decisions by their personal opinions , and 

 not by the use of data . Because of this , we are used to finding resistance when we 

 present our analysis and insights with leaders that are n’t used to this approach to 

 people management . 

 This week , I had the opportunity to share an analysis that our team did on the 

 relationship between development employee engagement , performance and turnover . 

 This presentation would be especially challenging , since I would present it directly to the 

 managers of an area with a high employee turnover , which is a sensitive point . 

 Selection 

 I selected the storytelling tool because People Analytics is not just about analyzing data , 

 it ’s about telling a compelling story that will connect with the audience . We can have 

 data of the highest quality and use the best analytics tools , but we wo n’t be able to 

 engage the audience and effectively implement changes in the organization without 

 compelling storytelling . 

 Application 

 In the Storytelling video , Francisco Patel said that “ Storytelling puts the human beings and 

 their experience front and center ” . The first step for that is to understand our audience . 

 In order to do that , I analysed my audience using these questions : Who will be watching 

 my presentation ? What is their level of knowledge about the employee engagement , 

 performance and turnover ? What are their pain areas regarding these subjects ? How 

 can my presentation help them to succeed as leaders ? 

 After deepening my understanding about the audience , I did n’t go straight to 

 PowerPoint to start constructing my slides . Instead , I opened a document and wrote 

 what would be the story that I was going to tell them , what questions I would like to 

 answer and what feelings I would like to transmit . This way , I had clear goals for the 

 impact of my presentation on the audience - I was n’t putting myself and what I thought 

 that was important in the first place , the leaders ’ needs were the most important thing . 

 When I finally began to work on my presentation , I was able to curate the data and 

 analysis that I had to understand which pieces of information would contribute to my 

 storytelling , instead of starting with data and looking at the story as secondary . It 

 allowed me to have less data and graphics , but better ones . I also had moments of 

 reflection between me and the audience , in order to build suspense as by Andre 

 Martin ’s suggestions . To deeply connect with the audience , I also brought anonymous 

 employees commentaries regarding what engaged or disengaged them , hoping to 

 connect with their emotional side and to increase their empathy with the subject . 

 Insight 

 Focusing on the story rather on the data allowed me to connect more with the leaders 

 to whom I was presenting our analysis . The use of employees ’ commentaries was a 

 success , since the leaders were able to see beyond the demographic and they could 

 really empathize with the people behind the commentaries . The presentation flowed 

 effortlessly , since I was focused on the narrative behind the slides and not on the slides 

 themselves . 

 In the beginning , I believed that focusing on storytelling would make me take longer to 

 work on a presentation , but it was n’t true . Even though I had to take a different 

 approach than what I was used to , beginning with the story felt more natural and less 

 forced . 

 Approach 

 For my next presentations , I will definitely keep using storytelling tools . I look forward to 

 studying more about Storytelling with Data , since it can be specially tricky , but using the 

 tips provided in this course have already helped me improve my presentation skills . 

 I believe that storytelling is also useful in routine interactions ( such as meetings and 

 informal conversations ) , not only in presentations , and I ’ll focus on improving how I tell 

 the story in these situations as well . 


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 work in a People Analytics team of a technology company . People Analytics is the 

 collection and use of data in order to improve employee experience . Overall , our 

 mission is related to increasing engagement and performance , and decreasing 

 turnover . For many leaders , People Analytics is considered a new trend , since Human 

 Resources departments used to guide their decisions by their personal opinions , and 

 not by the use of data . Because of this , we are used to finding resistance when we 

 present our analysis and insights with leaders that are n’t used to this approach to 

 people management . 

 This week , I had the opportunity to share an analysis that our team did on the 

 relationship between development employee engagement , performance and turnover . 

 This presentation would be especially challenging , since I would present it directly to the 

 managers of an area with a high employee turnover , which is a sensitive point . 

 Selection 

 I selected the storytelling tool because People Analytics is not just about analyzing data , 

 it ’s about telling a compelling story that will connect with the audience . We can have 

 data of the highest quality and use the best analytics tools , but we wo n’t be able to 

 engage the audience and effectively implement changes in the organization without 

 compelling storytelling . 

 Application 

 In the Storytelling video , Francisco Patel said that “ Storytelling puts the human beings and 

 their experience front and center ” . The first step for that is to understand our audience . 

 In order to do that , I analysed my audience using these questions : Who will be watching 

 my presentation ? What is their level of knowledge about the employee engagement , 

 performance and turnover ? What are their pain areas regarding these subjects ? How 

 can my presentation help them to succeed as leaders ? 

 After deepening my understanding about the audience , I did n’t go straight to 

 PowerPoint to start constructing my slides . Instead , I opened a document and wrote 

 what would be the story that I was going to tell them , what questions I would like to 

 answer and what feelings I would like to transmit . This way , I had clear goals for the 

 impact of my presentation on the audience - I was n’t putting myself and what I thought 

 that was important in the first place , the leaders ’ needs were the most important thing . 

 When I finally began to work on my presentation , I was able to curate the data and 

 analysis that I had to understand which pieces of information would contribute to my 

 storytelling , instead of starting with data and looking at the story as secondary . It 

 allowed me to have less data and graphics , but better ones . I also had moments of 

 reflection between me and the audience , in order to build suspense as by Andre 

 Martin ’s suggestions . To deeply connect with the audience , I also brought anonymous 

 employees commentaries regarding what engaged or disengaged them , hoping to 

 connect with their emotional side and to increase their empathy with the subject . 

 Insight 

 Focusing on the story rather on the data allowed me to connect more with the leaders 

 to whom I was presenting our analysis . The use of employees ’ commentaries was a 

 success , since the leaders were able to see beyond the demographic and they could 

 really empathize with the people behind the commentaries . The presentation flowed 

 effortlessly , since I was focused on the narrative behind the slides and not on the slides 

 themselves . 

 In the beginning , I believed that focusing on storytelling would make me take longer to 

 work on a presentation , but it was n’t true . Even though I had to take a different 

 approach than what I was used to , beginning with the story felt more natural and less 

 forced . 

 Approach 

 For my next presentations , I will definitely keep using storytelling tools . I look forward to 

 studying more about Storytelling with Data , since it can be specially tricky , but using the 

 tips provided in this course have already helped me improve my presentation skills . 

 I believe that storytelling is also useful in routine interactions ( such as meetings and 

 informal conversations ) , not only in presentations , and I ’ll focus on improving how I tell 

 the story in these situations as well .
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