VISUALIZATION TOOL 

 CHALLENGE & SELECTION   I am currently a graduate in business administration , a couple of years ago I was recruited along   with 7 people from different countries in Latin America by a published agency that conducts a   marketing study in Medellín , Colombia . The agency ’s challenge was hired to identify clear patterns   about Spanish - speaking amateur athletes . The performance for that was awful , our boss explained   about dynamic work to us , it was important to have a team made up of people from different careers   and cultures so that their ideas converge at a point acceptable to all . The selected tool was   “ Visualization ” due to the facility it provides when grouping the data obtained , in principle   unrelated to each other , in the research , in this way associations can be established so that without   visual support it would be hard to find . 

 APPLICATION   The process started when we were divided the involved parties into a 4 pairs in order move faster   and try to reduce the discrepancy that would occur if everyone worked together . First , we entered   our social networks and looked at the profiles of “ amateur athletes ” . Then , if we   discovered something peculiar , we write it in post - it all characteristics that we found . After that we   looked at amateur athletes ’ photos and identify if they practiced sport alone or with more people   and read their profile descriptions , the type of sport they practiced and their interaction on social   networks . Finally , we observed the type of publications they shared and the pages that followed ,   everyone gathered their own database and then we pasted our notes on 4 blackboards that covered   the entire room , the order didn´t matter , nor did all the information be relevant , after a whole day of   jointly reviewing dozens of profiles we had a lot of notes throughout the room . 

 On the second day my parents and I did the next step , we were grouping agree with search for   patterns within our notes and place them in places distant from each other , after several hours we   managed to find patterns that were repeated over and over again , the main idea was relate   information . When we finished we had a minority of data that did not fit within any profile and   apparently they were not relevant but we leave them aside because they could take on importance   later in the process . After , we talked about and establish five groups of “ amateur athletes ” with   something in common . 

 So another way , we were to try put together a “ straw man ” for each one , and write down around   them possible things that would define their needs more exhaustively , for them we resorted to a   group brainstorming limited by the characteristics of our characters . At the end of the day we had a   more or less clear idea , but subject to possible changes , about our characters and their needs . 

 INSIGHT   At the beginning of the workshop , the cultural differences of each one were appreciated , but by   finishing unconsciously , we had managed to unify the perceptions in such a way that the process of   identifying qualities and characteristics was increasingly agile and effective , we didn´t seek to   coincide , but each one took his notes independently since in the end the important thing was the   variety of the data . However , by sharing our experiences , the cultural gap was reduced and , in a 

 certain way the data that was affected by our prejudice was reduced . At that time it was a totally   new methodology for everyone , we learned that having visual support was much easier to generate   ideas and maintain fluid communication in the group , the process was no tedious since it didn´t feel   like we were working , it was like being in a room playing writing down our ideas . 

 APPROACH   In order to improve the implementation of this tool , it would be better to set objectives and   limitations such as a certain amount of time for each task , since in another course called “ Be more   creative ” taught by the University of Ljubjana ( Universidad Nacional de Colombia ) , I learned that by having a   defined time the parties involved improve their creative process and focus on ideas of greater   relevance . Otherwise , the number of members of the group would increase to have greater variety in   the information and not to leave without collecting the data that we surely left unaddressed . It   would be good to have a person from the group to act as an interlocutor maintain a little more order   since although it is entertaining to have the felling of playing , to have a more organized process . 


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: VISUALIZATION TOOL 

 CHALLENGE & SELECTION   I am currently a graduate in business administration , a couple of years ago I was recruited along   with 7 people from different countries in Latin America by a published agency that conducts a   marketing study in Medellín , Colombia . The agency ’s challenge was hired to identify clear patterns   about Spanish - speaking amateur athletes . The performance for that was awful , our boss explained   about dynamic work to us , it was important to have a team made up of people from different careers   and cultures so that their ideas converge at a point acceptable to all . The selected tool was   “ Visualization ” due to the facility it provides when grouping the data obtained , in principle   unrelated to each other , in the research , in this way associations can be established so that without   visual support it would be hard to find . 

 APPLICATION   The process started when we were divided the involved parties into a 4 pairs in order move faster   and try to reduce the discrepancy that would occur if everyone worked together . First , we entered   our social networks and looked at the profiles of “ amateur athletes ” . Then , if we   discovered something peculiar , we write it in post - it all characteristics that we found . After that we   looked at amateur athletes ’ photos and identify if they practiced sport alone or with more people   and read their profile descriptions , the type of sport they practiced and their interaction on social   networks . Finally , we observed the type of publications they shared and the pages that followed ,   everyone gathered their own database and then we pasted our notes on 4 blackboards that covered   the entire room , the order didn´t matter , nor did all the information be relevant , after a whole day of   jointly reviewing dozens of profiles we had a lot of notes throughout the room . 

 On the second day my parents and I did the next step , we were grouping agree with search for   patterns within our notes and place them in places distant from each other , after several hours we   managed to find patterns that were repeated over and over again , the main idea was relate   information . When we finished we had a minority of data that did not fit within any profile and   apparently they were not relevant but we leave them aside because they could take on importance   later in the process . After , we talked about and establish five groups of “ amateur athletes ” with   something in common . 

 So another way , we were to try put together a “ straw man ” for each one , and write down around   them possible things that would define their needs more exhaustively , for them we resorted to a   group brainstorming limited by the characteristics of our characters . At the end of the day we had a   more or less clear idea , but subject to possible changes , about our characters and their needs . 

 INSIGHT   At the beginning of the workshop , the cultural differences of each one were appreciated , but by   finishing unconsciously , we had managed to unify the perceptions in such a way that the process of   identifying qualities and characteristics was increasingly agile and effective , we didn´t seek to   coincide , but each one took his notes independently since in the end the important thing was the   variety of the data . However , by sharing our experiences , the cultural gap was reduced and , in a 

 certain way the data that was affected by our prejudice was reduced . At that time it was a totally   new methodology for everyone , we learned that having visual support was much easier to generate   ideas and maintain fluid communication in the group , the process was no tedious since it didn´t feel   like we were working , it was like being in a room playing writing down our ideas . 

 APPROACH   In order to improve the implementation of this tool , it would be better to set objectives and   limitations such as a certain amount of time for each task , since in another course called “ Be more   creative ” taught by the University of Ljubjana ( Universidad Nacional de Colombia ) , I learned that by having a   defined time the parties involved improve their creative process and focus on ideas of greater   relevance . Otherwise , the number of members of the group would increase to have greater variety in   the information and not to leave without collecting the data that we surely left unaddressed . It   would be good to have a person from the group to act as an interlocutor maintain a little more order   since although it is entertaining to have the felling of playing , to have a more organized process .
### Output: 