Reflection – Storytelling tool 

 STORYTELLING FOR SPARKING ATTENTION AND NECESSITY 

 Challenge and Selection 

 I am a content creator on YouTube and I make videos on living a more   intentional life . I had ceated more than 15 videos , which the people enjoyed   and appreciated . However , I faced a huge challenge of increasing the average   view duration of my videos . People were watching my videos , but they left it in   between . It was not so easy for me to find out the reason . I tried to improve   content , the shoot , B rolls , animations and many such aspects . I felt that the   content was attractive/ interesting enough to hold their attention , it was   relevant , useful and yet not intriguing viewers . I constantly watched popular   You tubers and realized they had a story to share . The major problem with my   videos was that they were solving a problem without identifying a problem/   cause . The content might have seemed random to viewers , because they   could n’t connect to it . Story telling as a part of my video , hence helped me   identify a gap and my content as a probable answer to fill in the gap . The story   helped , as it gave people , something to make an emotional connect with . 

 Application 

 One of my most successful attempts at using storytelling in my videos was in a   video on the Pomodoro Technique . This technique is a tool to beat   procrastination . However , just stating this would not have helped in   understanding the same . 

 So , I used a story to connect with the audience and convey the usefulness of   the technique . I narrated how all of us have sometime or the other in our lives   procrastinated and put off tasks for later . I also highlighted how this led to a   vicious cycle of unproductiveness . These were things that were relatable to   most , as they had faced this themselves and immediately understood how this   was a problem . As I ended this story , I brought in the need for something to   fight procrastination and how the Pomodoro technique was exactly that . This   time , for the viewers , it was not just a technique that may help us with 

 Reflection – Storytelling tool 

 procrastination , it was a technique that could help them with a big problem   they ’ve faced earlier . A link to my video is : https://youtu.be/bDPejFHJSsT 

 Insight and Approach 

 Using storytelling as a tool to spark attention and necessity made me realize   how important creating a connection with my audience can be . The emotional   connect that I created by making the issue relatable helped hold the   audience ’s attention span for longer . It had generated interest and excitement   in them ; to know a solution for this problem they ’d all battled with . This time   around I had created a cause and then solved the problem . This gave me more   than 1.5 K views on the video and also made a huge leap in my subscriber base . 

 Through this experience , I recognized that story telling is an effective tool to   connect and bond well with the audience . As I use this tool further , I will try to   think about the common concerns and simple stories which helps me bond   with my listener . Using those commons , to connect and associate with my   audience would also improve the usage of storytelling . I now use this tool not   only in creating on line content , but also in actual sessions I take while working   in a team or on a project . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: https://youtu.be/bDPejFHJSsT
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 tool 

 STORYTELLING FOR SPARKING ATTENTION AND NECESSITY 

 Challenge and Selection 

 I am a content creator on YouTube and I make videos on living a more   intentional life . I had ceated more than 15 videos , which the people enjoyed   and appreciated . However , I faced a huge challenge of increasing the average   view duration of my videos . People were watching my videos , but they left it in   between . It was not so easy for me to find out the reason . I tried to improve   content , the shoot , B rolls , animations and many such aspects . I felt that the   content was attractive/ interesting enough to hold their attention , it was   relevant , useful and yet not intriguing viewers . I constantly watched popular   You tubers and realized they had a story to share . The major problem with my   videos was that they were solving a problem without identifying a problem/   cause . The content might have seemed random to viewers , because they   could n’t connect to it . Story telling as a part of my video , hence helped me   identify a gap and my content as a probable answer to fill in the gap . The story   helped , as it gave people , something to make an emotional connect with . 

 Application 

 One of my most successful attempts at using storytelling in my videos was in a   video on the Pomodoro Technique . This technique is a tool to beat   procrastination . However , just stating this would not have helped in   understanding the same . 

 So , I used a story to connect with the audience and convey the usefulness of   the technique . I narrated how all of us have sometime or the other in our lives   procrastinated and put off tasks for later . I also highlighted how this led to a   vicious cycle of unproductiveness . These were things that were relatable to   most , as they had faced this themselves and immediately understood how this   was a problem . As I ended this story , I brought in the need for something to   fight procrastination and how the Pomodoro technique was exactly that . This   time , for the viewers , it was not just a technique that may help us with 

 Reflection – Storytelling tool 

 procrastination , it was a technique that could help them with a big problem   they ’ve faced earlier . A link to my video is : https://youtu.be/bDPejFHJSsT 

 Insight and Approach 

 Using storytelling as a tool to spark attention and necessity made me realize   how important creating a connection with my audience can be . The emotional   connect that I created by making the issue relatable helped hold the   audience ’s attention span for longer . It had generated interest and excitement   in them ; to know a solution for this problem they ’d all battled with . This time   around I had created a cause and then solved the problem . This gave me more   than 1.5 K views on the video and also made a huge leap in my subscriber base . 

 Through this experience , I recognized that story telling is an effective tool to   connect and bond well with the audience . As I use this tool further , I will try to   think about the common concerns and simple stories which helps me bond   with my listener . Using those commons , to connect and associate with my   audience would also improve the usage of storytelling . I now use this tool not   only in creating on line content , but also in actual sessions I take while working   in a team or on a project .
### Output: 