Scholarship / I usually organize professional football matches - Chevening Networking Skills Essay. [5]

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The following is my essay for the networking skills part on the Chevening scholarship application.
Your comments and corrections are highly appreciated.

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Chevening is looking for individuals with strong networking skills, who will engage with the Chevening community ...

Networking is about building useful communities by genuine relationships based on mutual respect and understanding. Since elementary school, I had the motivation and the passion for sharing knowledge and contributing to group activates. I have engaged in organizing school radio programmes, and in different sports activities with my classmates.

Football is my favorite sport and I usually organize professional football matches to meet with friends and enjoy our leisure time together. In summer 2002, we won the beach football championship U17 in XcityX. Sports community is great for networking. However, I always consider the academic community as the most powerful community. Throughout my academic journey, I have focused on building an academic network with strong social grounds. It is my networking goal since my enrollment to the University of XcityX in 2005 as an undergraduate student, and until the present time as a Lecturer. Participating in lectures, and studying with colleagues were my effective tools to initiate a network when I was a student. My professors inspired me to develop my teaching skills and how to communicate with other younger people. After my graduation, I was chosen to work as a teaching assistant and then as a lecturer which improved my communication and presentation skills and helped me to expand my academic network to younger generations and higher academic layers.

The recent developments in technology facilitated the establishment of international networking among people with common interest and profession. In 2009, I have joined the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and since then I have realized the importance of participating in international conferences and new horizons were opened for me. I was able to expand my social, economic, and political relationships. In addition, I have presented a research paper at the 11th international Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT'2010) and contributed in organizing the 1st International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2013) in XcityX. Moreover, I have taken the advantage of working with Huawei Technologies to engage with business communities and widen my industrial community.

Volunteering is a crucial factor for developing my networking skills. It helped me more than what I thought. I have volunteered to work with Sons of XcountryX Charity Association in 2011. We have done great works such as maintaining XcityX Airport, and delivering fuel, and medical supplies to West Mountain and XXX city. Further, I have voluntarily supported our customers to recover parts of the damaged mobile network during the current war in XcityX.

My future plans are to consolidate all my skills and experiences that I have acquired from different communities including Chevening community and to use them for society benefits such as peacebuilding, technology advancements, and building trust between the public and the decision makers.