The event organization narrative is an overused theme in MBA applications. With COVID-19, the theme found a new resurgence. Over the past two years, the narrative fell outside the purview of the college experience and seeped into creating a strong bond in organizations when Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Skype meetings were the only way to keep in touch among teammates.
For this example, the applicant is going back to an overused narrative – organizing a college event. The exception is in the nature of the event. It is the Golden Jubilee (50th anniversary) of the college. The event that was planned as an offline event was disrupted by COVID-19. The challenge of pivoting to an online platform and organizing a 30,000+ attending event is the core of the narrative.
Unlike a 10 or a 20-person team meeting through Zoom, broadcasting an event to 130+ countries have its own unique challenges. The protocol to navigate when a connection drops or the video freezes were some of the fundamental problems that the applicant had to plan. Instead of investing heavily in broadcasting software and equipment, the applicant focused on the experience and acquired software and hardware to implement the vision.
Sample Essay – Pick One Thing from your resume and tell us more (Event Organization – During COVID) (99 Words)
• Chairman of the organization committee for the 30,000+ participating X’s Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2020
When COVID-19 hit, we had to pivot aggressively from offline to online channels. I designed the entire experience from agenda to fun events to the fund-raising gala
