Example Reflection – Visualization

Challenge :

Working with organizations in developing communities was my favorite thing to do on my free time. I  started to know more and more growing my knowledge and skills in social working. The problems were  surrounding every organization and the most relevant problem was misunderstanding of basics of  working(i.e., management, bylaws, budgeting, resources mobilization and projects management) and  that was facing many organizations when they wants to grow and expand in serving communities. So me  and my team consists of interested people in social working wants to understand the conditions and  problems targeting solve theses problems.

Selection :

After going into many conversations with many organizations members it was clear that regular  meetings and interviews are not helpful any more in understanding the problem from other points of  view till I started meeting organizations members with white papers and the results were unbelievable  and I started to know more the real causes of problems that I really wasn’t seeing before. Then I decided  to continue this type of meetings.

Application :

To be honest, first interviews were not with high quality because I used to draw and graph and take  notes while the interviewee talking. To catch up with details I thought about let someone else take  notes while me and the interviewee both have papers and drawing structures after I told him to draw  shapes and structures with me and that was the part that you understand the problems from other  points of view and you can make comparison between your own thoughts and the interviewee’s ones.

Insight :

By applying visualization tool I realized that I missed many points and conditions that causing the  problems in organizations and many of them were clear and observed but we can’t think before they  make sense(i.e., decision making mechanism in organizations, new volunteers attraction, job  offering criteria and training office issues).

These insights let me thought more about my perspectives and my past imaginations of problems  and solutions and that and everyone in the team did the same and at the end we have a totally new  thoughts about the real causes of problems in social working field.

Approach :

Visualization tool is not only source of data but also a good teaching method and by making  organizations members aware by their position in their organizations and communities and countries  and even the world make them more comfortable to solve their problems. We are thinking on  applying this tool on meetings with organizations members and excusive members and let them lead  the discussion about what they wrote down.


Example Reflection – Visualization Challenge : Working with organizations in developing communities was my favorite thing to do on my free time . I started to know more and more growing my knowledge and skills in social working . The problems were surrounding every organization and the most relevant problem was misunderstanding of basics of working(i.e . , management , bylaws , budgeting , resources mobilization and projects management ) and that was facing many organizations when they wants to grow and expand in serving communities . So me and my team consists of interested people in social working wants to understand the conditions and problems targeting solve theses problems . Selection : After going into many conversations with many organizations members it was clear that regular meetings and interviews are not helpful any more in understanding the problem from other points of view till I started meeting organizations members with white papers and the results were unbelievable and I started to know more the real causes of problems that I really was n’t seeing before . Then I decided to continue this type of meetings . Application : To be honest , first interviews were not with high quality because I used to draw and graph and take notes while the interviewee talking . To catch up with details I thought about let someone else take notes while me and the interviewee both have papers and drawing structures after I told him to draw shapes and structures with me and that was the part that you understand the problems from other points of view and you can make comparison between your own thoughts and the interviewee ’s ones . Insight : By applying visualization tool I realized that I missed many points and conditions that causing the problems in organizations and many of them were clear and observed but we ca n’t think before they make sense(i.e . , decision making mechanism in organizations , new volunteers attraction , job offering criteria and training office issues ) . These insights let me thought more about my perspectives and my past imaginations of problems and solutions and that and everyone in the team did the same and at the end we have a totally new thoughts about the real causes of problems in social working field . Approach : Visualization tool is not only source of data but also a good teaching method and by making organizations members aware by their position in their organizations and communities and countries and even the world make them more comfortable to solve their problems . We are thinking on applying this tool on meetings with organizations members and excusive members and let them lead the discussion about what they wrote down .