Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I have n’t been a great storyteller before . Before this course , I used to try convincing others using   statistics and arguments . I tend to work it in the hard way , instead of touching others by hearts .   Thus , I did n’t have a good result in convincing others . From this course , I have come to realize that   storytelling is indeed a powerful tool to make people understand the idea to be delivered . By sharing   stories or own experience , we can motivate others by emotions and convince to their actions .   Recently , I was invited to share my experience in a service - learning trip to Cambodia . The seminar   was trying to promote the service trip to the students , encouraging them to join the trip , while also   donate money or old stuff to them if possible . Before my sharing , I notice that most students were   not particularly interested to the trip . The reason may seem obvious – they do not really know what   the Cambodian children are facing , and thus not realizing the importance or feel empathic to them . 

 Application 

 When it was my turn to share , I have changed my tactics . Originally , I was planning to use my old   ways – trying to convince them by giving valid statistics , like the poverty issues they faced . However ,   I adopted the storytelling techniques . I shared my own experience from the previous trip to   Cambodia . I have shared with the audience about my experiences when spending time with those   children , how friendly and innocent they were . I have also shared a story I heard from the local   students . As they are facing problems like poverty , they do not have the enough money or resource   to support themselves for learning and , not to mention , overseas learning experience . Therefore ,   they had to pay extra efforts in doing community services . Beyond school times , they also engage in   community activities to help improve the poor community they live in . By contributing sufficient   time , the school will sponsor their learning and daily necessities . Excellent students can also get the   opportunity of learning overseas – all based on the devotion to community service and hard work . 

 Insight & Approach 

 After the sharing , several audiences approach me to chat . They told me that they had a much better   understanding to the problems those children faced after my sharing and was more motivated to   join the trip . They thought that the stories I shared were much impactful than the statistics   mentioned before my sharing . Some of them even actively go for donation after the seminar . 

 This is probably the first time I have used storytelling . Despite I was not very skilful in it , the result   was unexpected . Turns out it was more impactful than I thought . I believe that I can use this   technique to make better sharings and convince for actions by coming up an impact story for every   sharings . I believe that this techniques will indeed be very useful for my future career.p 


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 – Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I have n’t been a great storyteller before . Before this course , I used to try convincing others using   statistics and arguments . I tend to work it in the hard way , instead of touching others by hearts .   Thus , I did n’t have a good result in convincing others . From this course , I have come to realize that   storytelling is indeed a powerful tool to make people understand the idea to be delivered . By sharing   stories or own experience , we can motivate others by emotions and convince to their actions .   Recently , I was invited to share my experience in a service - learning trip to Cambodia . The seminar   was trying to promote the service trip to the students , encouraging them to join the trip , while also   donate money or old stuff to them if possible . Before my sharing , I notice that most students were   not particularly interested to the trip . The reason may seem obvious – they do not really know what   the Cambodian children are facing , and thus not realizing the importance or feel empathic to them . 

 Application 

 When it was my turn to share , I have changed my tactics . Originally , I was planning to use my old   ways – trying to convince them by giving valid statistics , like the poverty issues they faced . However ,   I adopted the storytelling techniques . I shared my own experience from the previous trip to   Cambodia . I have shared with the audience about my experiences when spending time with those   children , how friendly and innocent they were . I have also shared a story I heard from the local   students . As they are facing problems like poverty , they do not have the enough money or resource   to support themselves for learning and , not to mention , overseas learning experience . Therefore ,   they had to pay extra efforts in doing community services . Beyond school times , they also engage in   community activities to help improve the poor community they live in . By contributing sufficient   time , the school will sponsor their learning and daily necessities . Excellent students can also get the   opportunity of learning overseas – all based on the devotion to community service and hard work . 

 Insight & Approach 

 After the sharing , several audiences approach me to chat . They told me that they had a much better   understanding to the problems those children faced after my sharing and was more motivated to   join the trip . They thought that the stories I shared were much impactful than the statistics   mentioned before my sharing . Some of them even actively go for donation after the seminar . 

 This is probably the first time I have used storytelling . Despite I was not very skilful in it , the result   was unexpected . Turns out it was more impactful than I thought . I believe that I can use this   technique to make better sharings and convince for actions by coming up an impact story for every   sharings . I believe that this techniques will indeed be very useful for my future career.p
### Output: 