Essay Prompt

Chevening is looking for individuals with strong networking skills, who will
engage with the Chevening community and influence and lead others in
their chosen profession. Explain how you meet this requirement, using clear
examples of your networking skills, and outline how you hope to use these
skills in the future. (minimum word count: 50 words, maximum word count:
500 words)

The Essay

It was not a coincident that I was trusted to lead alumni division in 50th Dies
Natalis of [NAME OF PROGRAM], since I was known as The Event Organizer
back then. This event was aimed to celebrate [NAME OF MAJOR]s milestone
within 50 years and I was in-charge to develop strategic planning for
engaging alumni and strengthening their connection with [NAME OF
PROGRAM] Program. In order to engage nearly 4.000 alumni in meaningful
ways, my strategy was to divide my team into smaller team based on the
class of alumni, since I believed that different approach was required for
older and younger alumni. Younger alumni are more likely to get involved in
the digital world, thus I used social media campaign as a bridge to deliver
clear, creative and impactful message. While more traditional
communication was applied to outreach our older alumni, such as warm
phone call and personal meeting. This strategy had resulted in attendance of
75% of contacted alumni in the main event of [NAME OF EVENT].

In this event, we would also like our alumni to give back to our program by
conducting sharing session. From alumni list, I identified potential guest
speaker for this session and figured out ways to access them. At first, I
doubted my networking skill, but then I realized that building network is less
a matter of skill than of will. Not only is it useful for learning directly from
individuals I approach, but also the benefits of growing my own authority
are just as powerful. My approach focused on their giving on a cause and I
finally managed to set an agreement with 9 alumni, exceeding our initial
target of 5 alumni.
To build mutual relationship with alumni after the event had ended, I
regularly shared newsletter and sent e-mail to share relevant information
and resource. No matter whom I am trying to build a relationship with, I will
always treat that person as a friend rather than a business contact. However,
it was still beyond my expectation that right before my graduation, my
current supervisor who also happened to be one of alumni that I used to
approach offered first career opportunity to me. By first-hand experience, I
learned that effective networking can be achieved by developing
relationships with other people and providing mutual support and
encouragement.

Networking is nothing without added value. When I become a Chevening

scholar, I will be advanced in many ways therefore it would be my priority to
give back to Chevening and society. As a scholar, my strategy will be to
engage other scholars and alumni who share similar passions in energy and
environment to find global solutions that can be applied locally. Utilizing
support from impactful Chevening alumni network and my network (LIST OF
NETWORK), I plan to initiate Energy101 class to educate youth about energy
and environment. Lastly, as a Chevening Alumni, I will actively participate in
Indonesian Chevening Alumni Association to strengthen relationships
among the United Kingdom, alumni and scholars.

Review from Stefa Yuwiko University of

Newcastle Australia
Recipient of Vice-Chancellors Scholarship & Juris
Doctor (JD) Scholarship for International
Students

Great job!

However, please remember that you need to plan your work with the
basic rule of making a paragraph (i.e. main sentence, supporting
sentences and example in needed)
 Look at the keywords that are in the prompt and deserve some
highlights:
Chevening is looking for individuals with strong networking skills,
who will engagewith the Chevening community
and influence and lead others in their chosen profession.
It would be good if you can organise your ideas coherently (e.g.
strong networking skills (1st paragraph), followed by engagement,
influence and leading example in the next paragraph)
I notice that the way you write it down isnt an academic writing.
Please make sure that it is okay for you to do that.
I notice that you have too many passive sentences; it is always good
to have more active sentences.
Please check spelling errors as well with regard to single/plural
noun.

Good luck!