Goal: To reflect upon your own identities, assets, and communication and conflict styles. To think about how your identities, assets, and styles might influence how you understand, approach, and think about the project topic, and how you interact on teams. Assignment: Asset mapping is an approach often used in community development, in which a community identifies its assets, and then builds upon and leverages these assets to solve community problems, like hunger or access to clean water or affordable energy. This assignment is to create a "map" of your assets (identities, skills, interests, experiences) that you will bring to a team, to the analysis of problems, and to the development of solutions. Note your assets in the following categories: Team and project skills Personal background and culture Clubs, organizations, and sports Technical expertise Passions and interests Relevant experiences Related coursework and jobs Creativity (music, arts, etc.) Add more categories as you see fit! You may use pen/paper or software to create your map. Bubbl.usLinks to an external site., Miro.comLinks to an external site., and Google JamboardLinks to an external site. are just a few examples of software that may be helpful