Reflection - Mind Maps 

 Challenge 

 I am currently working with a firm whose main focus is to spread awareness amongst the 

 youth about the Employability Gap and thereby aiming to reduce this gap by organizing 

 seminars and workshops in order to develop the skills required . Initially , we asked various 

 groups of interns who are currently studying in college to discuss and decide amongst 

 themselves as to what all needed to be included in these sessions . After a week of 

 discussion within the groups , all the groups were made to interact with one another and all 

 the points that they had jotted down seemed to be contradicting as a result of which no 

 conclusion or idea could be finalized upon . In order to make this activity more interesting and 

 in order to arrive at some conclusion we decided to use Mind maps . 

 Selection 

 Mind maps are a diagrammatic way of visually outlining the information which is important . It 

 is a graphical and colorful way of representing information , and providing an easy and 

 concise way of understanding a huge topic as well as various aspects of that topic . It 

 involves deeply thinking of every aspect of the topic and discussing it by drawing mindmaps 

 which is easy to understand for everyone in the discussion room . It basically captures what is 

 going on in your mind . Also , since this is a graphical way of representing the information it 

 tends to attract more attention and is easier to understand .     Application 

 As we had done earlier , we asked each intern to make a mindmap of their own which would 

 give details about who the target audience was , where the event should take place so that 

 maximum number of people are able to attend the workshops and seminars . Then each 

 group was made to finalize one mindmap amongst themselves which according to them was 

 most suitable . Once this was done , all the shortlisted mind maps were discussed and one 

 final mindmap was decided unanimously which gave the idea about the strategy that the 

 company needs to follow in order to attract maximum number of people and spread 

 awareness . The mindmap gave us a clear idea of who our target audience is , the locations 

 where we can attract maximum students , the amount of money they would be willing to pay 

 for the workshop and so on . As the mindmaps made were colorful and attractive the activity 

 proved to be interesting and fun and at the same time , we could reach a conclusion . 

 Insight     My learning through this exercise was that Mindmaps provide a clear understanding of the 

 problem and help to reach more robust conclusions . During the construction and discussion 

 of mindmaps , each person had a clear understanding of what they wanted , what information 

 was necessary and what was not required . Mind Mapping helped reach a conclusion via 

 healthy discussions and brainstorming . 

 This exercise very clearly showed that visual techniques provide a better understanding of 

 the problems and help analyze various solutions in order to decide which would be the best 

 approach for the problem . They help in keeping the people focused on the discussion and 

 people recollect the things which were shown to them visually rather than verbally or 

 textually . 

 Approach     What we as a firm , understood by using this tool was that Mindmap is the first step we 

 should include when we plan on discussing or brainstorming on any new topic . Graphically 

 discussing enables you to grab everyone ’s attention and divert it wherever you want them to 

 concentrate on . But with mind mapping , we would also include storytelling as an option . We 

 will combine both and ask the people to first make a mindmap of the topic of discussion and 

 also have a proof of work in the form of a story for each element they have added in their 

 mind map .     Storytelling will help the person support his or her idea with a firm story which can connect to 

 the majority of the panel , this can be included in the final mindmap . Hence , mind map along 

 with storytelling can help keep the audience attentive and having a simplified set of points to 

 discuss along with a proof of work with a relatable story to support the point which was 

 added in their mind maps .      In our case , we can ask our interns to make mind maps for the upcoming workshops which 

 we have planned , mark the important information like target audience , ways of promotion for 

 the event and other information and back each information with a story of the previous 

 events that they have hosted or have been a part of . 


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 - Mind Maps 

 Challenge 

 I am currently working with a firm whose main focus is to spread awareness amongst the 

 youth about the Employability Gap and thereby aiming to reduce this gap by organizing 

 seminars and workshops in order to develop the skills required . Initially , we asked various 

 groups of interns who are currently studying in college to discuss and decide amongst 

 themselves as to what all needed to be included in these sessions . After a week of 

 discussion within the groups , all the groups were made to interact with one another and all 

 the points that they had jotted down seemed to be contradicting as a result of which no 

 conclusion or idea could be finalized upon . In order to make this activity more interesting and 

 in order to arrive at some conclusion we decided to use Mind maps . 

 Selection 

 Mind maps are a diagrammatic way of visually outlining the information which is important . It 

 is a graphical and colorful way of representing information , and providing an easy and 

 concise way of understanding a huge topic as well as various aspects of that topic . It 

 involves deeply thinking of every aspect of the topic and discussing it by drawing mindmaps 

 which is easy to understand for everyone in the discussion room . It basically captures what is 

 going on in your mind . Also , since this is a graphical way of representing the information it 

 tends to attract more attention and is easier to understand .     Application 

 As we had done earlier , we asked each intern to make a mindmap of their own which would 

 give details about who the target audience was , where the event should take place so that 

 maximum number of people are able to attend the workshops and seminars . Then each 

 group was made to finalize one mindmap amongst themselves which according to them was 

 most suitable . Once this was done , all the shortlisted mind maps were discussed and one 

 final mindmap was decided unanimously which gave the idea about the strategy that the 

 company needs to follow in order to attract maximum number of people and spread 

 awareness . The mindmap gave us a clear idea of who our target audience is , the locations 

 where we can attract maximum students , the amount of money they would be willing to pay 

 for the workshop and so on . As the mindmaps made were colorful and attractive the activity 

 proved to be interesting and fun and at the same time , we could reach a conclusion . 

 Insight     My learning through this exercise was that Mindmaps provide a clear understanding of the 

 problem and help to reach more robust conclusions . During the construction and discussion 

 of mindmaps , each person had a clear understanding of what they wanted , what information 

 was necessary and what was not required . Mind Mapping helped reach a conclusion via 

 healthy discussions and brainstorming . 

 This exercise very clearly showed that visual techniques provide a better understanding of 

 the problems and help analyze various solutions in order to decide which would be the best 

 approach for the problem . They help in keeping the people focused on the discussion and 

 people recollect the things which were shown to them visually rather than verbally or 

 textually . 

 Approach     What we as a firm , understood by using this tool was that Mindmap is the first step we 

 should include when we plan on discussing or brainstorming on any new topic . Graphically 

 discussing enables you to grab everyone ’s attention and divert it wherever you want them to 

 concentrate on . But with mind mapping , we would also include storytelling as an option . We 

 will combine both and ask the people to first make a mindmap of the topic of discussion and 

 also have a proof of work in the form of a story for each element they have added in their 

 mind map .     Storytelling will help the person support his or her idea with a firm story which can connect to 

 the majority of the panel , this can be included in the final mindmap . Hence , mind map along 

 with storytelling can help keep the audience attentive and having a simplified set of points to 

 discuss along with a proof of work with a relatable story to support the point which was 

 added in their mind maps .      In our case , we can ask our interns to make mind maps for the upcoming workshops which 

 we have planned , mark the important information like target audience , ways of promotion for 

 the event and other information and back each information with a story of the previous 

 events that they have hosted or have been a part of .
### Output: 