Example Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 Being a consultant , I offer lots of services and creating a dashboard in excel is one of them . It so   happened that the data was more than 11 lakh rows and excel has got a limitation of around 10 lakhs .   Managing such a huge amount of data was a challenge on any day . I spoke to my client and she said that   there wo n’t be any change in the layout of the dashboard as it is globally agreed that we will maintain   the same design and there can not be multiple dashboards to handle the data and wanted me to come   up with a solution and explain the same to the stakeholders . There was no looking back and the problem   had lot of uncertainty to deal with no concrete data available from the past to overcome the challenge . 

 I selected the storytelling tool to describe the story of the problem I faced and the wanted the   stakeholders to make them part of my journey about how step by step I overcome the challenge and   how inspiring it can be for others . I wanted to engage my audience at emotional level . The solution that   I applied had an impact on the team and did cost savings for the client . I observed in past my colleagues   presented the solutions for the problem but never had the connect with the audience and nor the   empathy from the client to be part of the journey of finding the solution . I thought creating a story with   flow having background , a bit of suspense , a bit of inspiration and emotions will help to nail the   problem . 

 Application 

 To make the audience and stakeholders believe in my solution I gathered some facts related to   Microsoft excel and Microsoft access which I was going to offer them as a solution to manage a large   amount of data . I created a story and did storytelling giving a presentation that how I got stuck with the   limitation of the excel rows in managing the large data . How I spent sleepless night to find the solution   [ MS Access ] to manage the data . I described my steps how I selected MS access after having discussion   with some of my senior members [ managers ] . The story kept on becoming interesting as I maintain the   tempo , climax , surprises and initiatives that I took to find the solution . I described in the story how I   reached the solution by doing secondary research and shared the facts and screenshots about the   solution . The trust and relevance to my story went on increasing as other people have faced similar type   of problem which they express during my question - answer part of the session . Finally the actually   implementation of the solution was shown which marked the climax of the story regarding how the data   was managed . 

 Insight & Approach 

 I have learned the following things using the storytelling approach : 

 •   Without storytelling data offers just a rear - view mirror . 

 •   While delivering story analyze your audience , structure of story , instill customer empathy into   the audience to create long lasting impression . 

 •   Storytelling keeps the audience engaged . Most people do not understand the details of   analytics , but they do want evidence where storytelling plays vital role 

 •   Experience based knowledge that comes up in the stories , can be more important in problem   solving than information gleaned by other methods . 

 •   Ideas can be communicated easily . It also helps to convey our personality and bring our product   in front as the lead as well as hit the emotional quotient of the audience . 

 •   People keep expecting more and about 92 % of consumers want brands to make ads that feel   like a story . 


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: Example Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 Being a consultant , I offer lots of services and creating a dashboard in excel is one of them . It so   happened that the data was more than 11 lakh rows and excel has got a limitation of around 10 lakhs .   Managing such a huge amount of data was a challenge on any day . I spoke to my client and she said that   there wo n’t be any change in the layout of the dashboard as it is globally agreed that we will maintain   the same design and there can not be multiple dashboards to handle the data and wanted me to come   up with a solution and explain the same to the stakeholders . There was no looking back and the problem   had lot of uncertainty to deal with no concrete data available from the past to overcome the challenge . 

 I selected the storytelling tool to describe the story of the problem I faced and the wanted the   stakeholders to make them part of my journey about how step by step I overcome the challenge and   how inspiring it can be for others . I wanted to engage my audience at emotional level . The solution that   I applied had an impact on the team and did cost savings for the client . I observed in past my colleagues   presented the solutions for the problem but never had the connect with the audience and nor the   empathy from the client to be part of the journey of finding the solution . I thought creating a story with   flow having background , a bit of suspense , a bit of inspiration and emotions will help to nail the   problem . 

 Application 

 To make the audience and stakeholders believe in my solution I gathered some facts related to   Microsoft excel and Microsoft access which I was going to offer them as a solution to manage a large   amount of data . I created a story and did storytelling giving a presentation that how I got stuck with the   limitation of the excel rows in managing the large data . How I spent sleepless night to find the solution   [ MS Access ] to manage the data . I described my steps how I selected MS access after having discussion   with some of my senior members [ managers ] . The story kept on becoming interesting as I maintain the   tempo , climax , surprises and initiatives that I took to find the solution . I described in the story how I   reached the solution by doing secondary research and shared the facts and screenshots about the   solution . The trust and relevance to my story went on increasing as other people have faced similar type   of problem which they express during my question - answer part of the session . Finally the actually   implementation of the solution was shown which marked the climax of the story regarding how the data   was managed . 

 Insight & Approach 

 I have learned the following things using the storytelling approach : 

 •   Without storytelling data offers just a rear - view mirror . 

 •   While delivering story analyze your audience , structure of story , instill customer empathy into   the audience to create long lasting impression . 

 •   Storytelling keeps the audience engaged . Most people do not understand the details of   analytics , but they do want evidence where storytelling plays vital role 

 •   Experience based knowledge that comes up in the stories , can be more important in problem   solving than information gleaned by other methods . 

 •   Ideas can be communicated easily . It also helps to convey our personality and bring our product   in front as the lead as well as hit the emotional quotient of the audience . 

 •   People keep expecting more and about 92 % of consumers want brands to make ads that feel   like a story .
### Output: 