Chevening Networking/Relationship Building/Shared Learning Essay Taught by Chris Agape Scholar 2023
Summary
TLDRChris Agape Aja, a Japanese scholar, shares insights on crafting a networking essay for a scholarship application. He emphasizes the importance of demonstrating one's ability to form beneficial networks and how these connections can enhance the applicant's country's work with the UK. Aja advises explaining the context of meeting network contacts, maintaining these relationships, and the mutual benefits gained. He also stresses the need to articulate how joining the Chevy Network will contribute to the UK's endeavors in one's country, providing a two-way benefit.
Takeaways
- 📝 The networking essay is a two-part process: demonstrating the ability to create beneficial networks and explaining how being part of the Chevening network will contribute to the UK's work in your home country.
- 🤝 It's crucial to explain how you met the person or network and provide context for the reader to understand the significance of the connection.
- 💡 Context is key; ensure that you provide enough details about how and where you met the person to avoid ambiguity.
- 🔗 Discuss how you maintained the network beyond the initial meeting, whether through meals, visits, phone calls, or social media interactions.
- 🚀 Highlight the benefits you gained from the network, such as achieving career or personal goals, to show the network's importance to your growth.
- 🤔 Avoid sounding like you only benefited from the network; also mention how you were beneficial to the other party and how the relationship was mutually advantageous.
- 💼 Use real-life examples, like the speaker's experience with their boss, to illustrate how a network can lead to opportunities and how you can contribute back.
- 🌟 For the second part of the essay, discuss how you would engage with the Chevening network, what unique qualities you would bring, and how you would be beneficial to the UK's work in your country.
- 📈 Show that you understand the value of the network and how it can be a two-way street, with you also contributing to the network's growth and impact.
- 📖 The speaker provides in-depth guidance and examples in the 'Ultimate Championing Guide' to help applicants craft a strong networking essay.
Q & A
What is the purpose of the networking essay for the German scholarship?
-The networking essay serves two purposes: to demonstrate the applicant's ability to create beneficial networks and to show how their participation in the Chevening network will contribute to the growth and expansion of the UK's work in their home country.
What is the first aspect the essay should cover according to Chris Agape Aja?
-The first aspect the essay should cover is explaining how the applicant created their network, including the context and circumstances of the initial meeting.
Why is context important when explaining how a network was created?
-Context is important because it provides the reader with an understanding of the circumstances under which the network was formed, which is crucial for evaluating the significance and relevance of the network.
What is the second aspect that the networking essay should address?
-The second aspect is maintaining the network, which involves explaining how the applicant has continued to communicate and engage with the network beyond the initial meeting.
How can applicants demonstrate the benefits they received from their network?
-Applicants should explain how the network contributed to achieving a specific goal, career objective, or personal ambition, emphasizing the tangible outcomes that resulted from the network.
Why is it important for applicants to show they were also beneficial to the other party in their network?
-Showing that the relationship was mutually beneficial helps applicants avoid sounding like they only took advantage of the network. It demonstrates a two-way exchange of value, which is more compelling and realistic.
What is an example of a networking scenario that Chris Agape Aja shared?
-Chris shared an example where he volunteered for his current boss, which initially did not benefit him directly but later led to a job opportunity when the boss formed a company, illustrating a two-way beneficial relationship.
What is the second part of the networking essay that Chris Agape Aja mentioned?
-The second part involves discussing how the applicant will engage with the Chevening Network, what unique contributions they will bring, and how they will be beneficial to the UK's work in their country or sector.
What additional advice does Chris Agape Aja give for writing a strong networking essay?
-Chris advises applicants to provide context, explain the maintenance of the network, and emphasize its importance. He also suggests referring to the 'ultimate championing guide' for in-depth explanations and examples.
How does Chris Agape Aja recommend applicants show their engagement with the Chevening Network?
-Chris suggests applicants should discuss their previous engagement with the network, if any, and outline their unique qualities and how they plan to contribute positively to the network and the UK's initiatives in their country.
What is the overall goal of the networking essay according to Chris Agape Aja's guidance?
-The overall goal is to demonstrate the applicant's networking abilities, the value they bring to networks, and how they will contribute to and benefit from the Chevening Network, aligning with the UK's objectives in their country.
Outlines
📚 Insights on Writing a Networking Essay
Chris Agape Aja, a Japanese scholar at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, shares valuable tips on crafting a compelling networking essay. The essay is crucial for demonstrating one's ability to forge beneficial networks and explaining how one's participation in the network will enhance the work of the UK in one's home country. Key aspects to address include detailing the process of meeting and maintaining contacts within the network, the significance of these connections, and the mutual benefits derived from them. Chris emphasizes the importance of providing context to make the narrative relatable and understandable to the readers. Additionally, applicants should avoid appearing one-sided in their networking benefits and instead illustrate how they have also contributed positively to the network. The ultimate goal is to showcase a two-way beneficial relationship within the network.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Networking Essay
💡Champion Network
💡Context
💡Maintaining Network
💡Mutual Benefits
💡Professional Growth
💡Scholar
💡London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
💡Outreach
💡Contribution
💡Ultimate Championing Guide
Highlights
The networking essay is twofold, showing Germany's interest in applicants' ability to create beneficial networks and their potential contributions to the growth of the UK in their home country.
Applicants must explain how they created their network, emphasizing the importance of context in describing the meeting.
Mistakes to avoid include merely stating achievements without explaining the network creation process.
The context of meeting is crucial; applicants should describe how they met their network contact.
Maintaining the network is as important as creating it; applicants should detail how they sustained their connections.
Examples of maintaining a network include regular communication, visits, phone calls, and social media interactions.
The benefit of the network to the applicant's career or goals must be clearly articulated.
It's important to demonstrate that the network was not one-sided but also beneficial to the other party.
Applicants should provide an example of a networking scenario, such as volunteering, which later led to a job opportunity.
The two-way benefit of the network should be highlighted, showing how the applicant also contributed to the network.
For the second part of the essay, applicants should discuss how they will engage with and contribute to the Chevening Network.
Applicants need to explain what unique qualities they would bring to the Chevening Network and how they would be beneficial.
The essay should cover how the applicant's involvement in the network will contribute to the UK's work in their country or sector.
Applicants are advised to give context to the reading committee to understand the importance of their network.
The essay should be detailed, explaining how the network was maintained and why it's important.
The presenter mentions an in-depth guide with examples on how to explain the networking process effectively.
Transcripts
[Music]
hi there my name is Chris Agape Aja I'm
a current Japanese scholar at the London
School of hygiene and tropical medicine
and here are some tips for writing the
networking essay okay so the networking
essay basically let me start by you know
just giving an understanding of what the
networking essay is about the networking
essay is twofold Germany wants to see
first your ability to create
um beneficial networks right and then
also wants to know how you being part of
the champion network will contribute to
the growth and the expansion of what
channel is doing and the work of the UK
in your country so um you have to in in
your networking essay
um there are a couple of things you need
to look at first of all you need to
explain how you created that Network so
one of the mistakes that Scholars some
some applicants not Scholars some
applicants make is that they just say oh
you know I met this person and by
meeting this person he helped me achieve
this and do that you need to explain how
did you meet the person remember that
context is in important nobody knows
what you are saying so context is really
important so how did you meet this
person I met at a conference we met over
social media we met at a birthday party
however you met the person so how did
you meet this meet this network or meet
this contact secondly how did you
maintain the network commitmenting the
contact so um it can't be someone in
your network if you just met once and
forgot about it you must have
communicated beyond that initial meeting
so was it via meals was it via you know
visiting the person's office was if you
have phone calls was it continuous
conversations on social media did you go
for their event how did you maintain
this content so how you you established
a network or contact how you maintained
it and then thirdly and then which
critically what was the benefit of this
network to you or your career or your
goals the network is not important if
you did not yield anything right we meet
thousands of people every day or you
know in a year or In Our Lifetime but
not all of them are critically important
so how did meeting and maintaining this
network contribute to you achieving a
goal a career goal or personal goal of
yours so that's really really important
that should be top of mind um for each
of your essays um of course please give
context
um let's let the reading committee needs
to understand why this is an important
Network you understand why was this
network important how did you meet the
the person how did you maintain it and
then how did that translate to you
achieving you know something critical
something important one other thing I
would like to add which um some you know
people may easily Miss is that you also
don't want to sound like you are a
parasite for lack of a better word so
it's also important you mention how you
were beneficial to to the other party
and or how this network was also
beneficial to the person you met um one
of my networking examples
um which I gave in my essay where I
currently work I met my boss a long time
ago and I did you know it was voluntary
work
um you know he was just we're running
outreaches at that time and I did
voluntary work for him I spearheaded an
Outreach there was really no benefit to
me as it were just you know remitted
data but then two three years down the
line you know he had now formed the
company and you know so I I reached out
to him and said oh I would like to be
part of what you're doing and then he
was able to bring me on board and and
bring me on board give me that
opportunity and of course I'm
contributing the company and also being
part of the company helped me to have
more impact so I was able to give that
context showing that it was a two-way
thing I you know the network was
beneficial to to him and it was also
beneficial to me so it's also important
that you're able to show in your
examples how you know you contributed to
that so that's for the first part the
second part is also you saying that now
coming into the Chevrolet Network how
are you engaging with the Chevrolet
Network have you engaged with the
champion Network before what would you
bring what's unique about you why do you
think you're going to be beneficial how
will you come in onboard the Chevy
Network contribute to what the UK is
doing
um in your country or in your sector so
those are the two you know aspects that
your networking essay should you know
cover and I explain all of this
in-depthly in the ultimate championing
guide with examples how you can explain
so
um I believe with these tips you'll be
able to put in a strong Network
um application never forget to explain
your how how you maintain it and why
it's important all right thank you so
much
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