A workshop about sketching 

 28th november 2019 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I work as a UX Designer in the Design Team of a tech company . I take part in simple or 

 challenging projects , getting in touch with stakeholders , programmers and project managers . 

 Each one of this figures have different focus and behaviors , and for me is not always easy to 

 maintaining the focus on user needs . Stakeholders think their ideas are disruptive and 

 programmers think about tech requirements , and that can limit my expression . 

 Two weeks ago I attended to World Usability Days , a design conference in Rome . I take part to a 

 really creative ​workshop about sketching​ , where I build confidence with this technique . 

 Visualization is ​a great way to ​generate new ideas , ​improve ​communication​ and collaboration 

 with stakeholders and colleagues , using ​sketching​ , ​images​ , and other ​visual stuffs​ instead of 

 words . 

 Application 

 At the workshop we were about 20 people at all , in a very quiet location . We had material 

 environment such as sheets , post - it notes and all kinds of markers . The workshop started from 

 the basics , doing some ​exercises to becoming familiar​ with simple lines to further expand our 

 visual vocabulary . 

 Next , we were divided in ​groups of 4 - 5 

 persons​ to develop a small project using 

 sketching . 

 The project was about creating a product for 

 an ​inter - space shipping company​ , delivering 

 packages between humans and aliens . We 

 started reading the ​brief​ and the ​personas​ , 

 empathizing with users contexts , frustrations 

 and goals . 

 Then each group had 5 minutes to ​generate a 

 lot of ideas​ on post - it notes . The rules were : 

 ● each participant sketch individually 

 ● one idea = one post - it 

 ● quantity is better than quality 

 ● no talk 

 ● free your mind ! 

 At the end of the time , each participant attacked post - it notes on the wall and quickly share the 

 ideas to the group . When all post - it were explained , we use ​dot voting​ to prioritize them and 

 define the best ideas​. 

 Every partecipant choose one of the best ideas of his / her 

 group , and work on that . We took a big sheet , fold it into 4 

 section , and each of us ​develop the idea​ choosen in 

 his / her section of sheet . The exercise was individually , 

 and we could n’t talk to each other . 

 Only with sketching , visual and few words​ , I explored the 

 idea going through the possible solutions but also 

 considering problems . 

 After 10 minutes , we rotate the sheet and had other 5 

 minutes to understand our colleague ’s solutions , only 

 interpreting his or her visual artifacts , and add new 

 sketching to improve that with our point of view . We 

 rotate the sheet until we take part in every idea . 

 The results was a collaborative way to improve each others ideas ​only using visual 

 communication and without talking ! 

 After that , we talk for some minutes to explore the result and ​choose the final best solution​. 

 The last exercise was about better explain the final product on a new sheet , using storytelling 

 and visual , no longer individually but collaboratively with the whole group . At the end , all groups 

 attacked on the wall the sheets and presented the solution to all the people . 

 Insight & Approach 

 The exercises gave us the opportunity to free the mind and generate new and crazy ideas 

 without any limits . ​The final results were very creative , and we all had a lot of fun ! 

 This workshop allowed me to ​understand the power of visualization​ , and how it can be used to 

 improve communication and creativity with colleagues , stakeholders and project managers 

 without using words​. 

 After the conference , ​I propose this workshop at work​ with my Design Team to share with them 

 this technique and get even more familiar with the subject . 

 The goal of these exercises can be not only to generate ideas during a real project : it can be 

 also applied in different contexts . For example , a designer can have communication difficulties 

 with the programmers during a project . The application of a collaborative sketching activity can 

 help to ​loosen the tension​ in the team , ​increase collaboration​ and bring more technical minds 

 to a more free and ​creative approach​. 

 My intention is to being able to repeat it in the future , with others teams and projects ! 


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: A workshop about sketching 

 28th november 2019 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I work as a UX Designer in the Design Team of a tech company . I take part in simple or 

 challenging projects , getting in touch with stakeholders , programmers and project managers . 

 Each one of this figures have different focus and behaviors , and for me is not always easy to 

 maintaining the focus on user needs . Stakeholders think their ideas are disruptive and 

 programmers think about tech requirements , and that can limit my expression . 

 Two weeks ago I attended to World Usability Days , a design conference in Rome . I take part to a 

 really creative ​workshop about sketching​ , where I build confidence with this technique . 

 Visualization is ​a great way to ​generate new ideas , ​improve ​communication​ and collaboration 

 with stakeholders and colleagues , using ​sketching​ , ​images​ , and other ​visual stuffs​ instead of 

 words . 

 Application 

 At the workshop we were about 20 people at all , in a very quiet location . We had material 

 environment such as sheets , post - it notes and all kinds of markers . The workshop started from 

 the basics , doing some ​exercises to becoming familiar​ with simple lines to further expand our 

 visual vocabulary . 

 Next , we were divided in ​groups of 4 - 5 

 persons​ to develop a small project using 

 sketching . 

 The project was about creating a product for 

 an ​inter - space shipping company​ , delivering 

 packages between humans and aliens . We 

 started reading the ​brief​ and the ​personas​ , 

 empathizing with users contexts , frustrations 

 and goals . 

 Then each group had 5 minutes to ​generate a 

 lot of ideas​ on post - it notes . The rules were : 

 ● each participant sketch individually 

 ● one idea = one post - it 

 ● quantity is better than quality 

 ● no talk 

 ● free your mind ! 

 At the end of the time , each participant attacked post - it notes on the wall and quickly share the 

 ideas to the group . When all post - it were explained , we use ​dot voting​ to prioritize them and 

 define the best ideas​. 

 Every partecipant choose one of the best ideas of his / her 

 group , and work on that . We took a big sheet , fold it into 4 

 section , and each of us ​develop the idea​ choosen in 

 his / her section of sheet . The exercise was individually , 

 and we could n’t talk to each other . 

 Only with sketching , visual and few words​ , I explored the 

 idea going through the possible solutions but also 

 considering problems . 

 After 10 minutes , we rotate the sheet and had other 5 

 minutes to understand our colleague ’s solutions , only 

 interpreting his or her visual artifacts , and add new 

 sketching to improve that with our point of view . We 

 rotate the sheet until we take part in every idea . 

 The results was a collaborative way to improve each others ideas ​only using visual 

 communication and without talking ! 

 After that , we talk for some minutes to explore the result and ​choose the final best solution​. 

 The last exercise was about better explain the final product on a new sheet , using storytelling 

 and visual , no longer individually but collaboratively with the whole group . At the end , all groups 

 attacked on the wall the sheets and presented the solution to all the people . 

 Insight & Approach 

 The exercises gave us the opportunity to free the mind and generate new and crazy ideas 

 without any limits . ​The final results were very creative , and we all had a lot of fun ! 

 This workshop allowed me to ​understand the power of visualization​ , and how it can be used to 

 improve communication and creativity with colleagues , stakeholders and project managers 

 without using words​. 

 After the conference , ​I propose this workshop at work​ with my Design Team to share with them 

 this technique and get even more familiar with the subject . 

 The goal of these exercises can be not only to generate ideas during a real project : it can be 

 also applied in different contexts . For example , a designer can have communication difficulties 

 with the programmers during a project . The application of a collaborative sketching activity can 

 help to ​loosen the tension​ in the team , ​increase collaboration​ and bring more technical minds 

 to a more free and ​creative approach​. 

 My intention is to being able to repeat it in the future , with others teams and projects !
### Output: 