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Prepare the experience mapping and the necessary materials. You need to collect feedback about yourself from three different people. These people should know you well; for example, they could be a friend, family member or fellow student.

 

Find the right people and ask them to provide feedback in writing, for example by email, or in person. If you choose the latter, it is recommended that you record the feedback in case you miss something from the script. Depending on the person, feedback can be collected on sticky notes of different colours, such as if feedback is requested from a child.

Collect feedback about yourself in the following four areas, with a minimum of five and a maximum of ten points for each area.

 

• Characteristics and traits: Which characteristics and traits would they use to describe you?

• Personality: How would they describe your personality?

• Talents: What talents do they think you have? What are you good at? What hobbies do you have?

• Experiences: What experiences do they consider you to have? These can be work-related, educational or other.

 

Before looking at how the three individuals responded, answer the same questions about yourself, with a minimum of five and a maximum of ten points for each area.

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• Characteristics and traits: Which characteristics and traits would you use to describe yourself?

• Personality: How would you describe your personality?

• Talents: What talents do you think you have? What are you good at? What are your hobbies?

• Experiences: What experiences have you had? These can be work-related, educational or other.

 

Take a large sheet of paper or a whiteboard and draw a table on it with five columns and seven rows. Write the following headings in the top row, in columns 2–5: ‘Characteristics and Traits’, ‘Personality’, ‘Talents’ and ‘Experiences’. In the left-hand column, write 'Person 1', 'Person 2', 'Person 3' and your own name in rows 2–5. Write 'Findings' in row six and 'Conclusions' in row seven. Make this row slightly higher than the others.

 

Add each person’s responses to the relevant row, including your own. You can either write them directly on the paper or use sticky notes.

Look at the results, one column at a time. Write your findings in row six. Use a different colour to that used for the three individuals. Write:

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• How many times something was mentioned. For example, ‘3*responsible’. If you provided one of these responses, write '1+2*responsible', using a different colour for each number.

• Add differences.

• Add any individual ideas separately.

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Analyse the data and write your conclusions in the final column (‘Conclusions’). What confirmed your ideas about yourself? Were there any unexpected findings? What contradicted your preconceptions?

 

Write a short list of the aspects you have revealed, similar aspects, and aspects that differ in each column on the bottom row. Use one colour to highlight the aspects you should develop, and another to highlight the aspects you can present as they are. 

 

At the bottom of each column, make a short list of the aspects that are new, similar and different. Use one colour to highlight aspects that you should develop and another to highlight aspects that you can present as they are.