Congratulations for being accepted as a MovingWorlds Institute Global Fellow!

To help get the most of the Fellowship — and to show your participation in our growing community of changemakers around the world — we recommend the following best-practices for adding your Fellowship to your LinkedIn profile.

When to add the Fellowship to your LinkedIn profile

You will likely want to update your profile at least twice in your Fellowship. First when you are accepted to show your participation, and then a second time once you finish your capstone. (You may choose to do this more frequently after you develop your purpose statement and/or if you are actively job searching).

Where to add

We recommend you add the Fellowship in three places:

1. "Experience"
2. "Honors & Awards" sub-section of "Accomplishments"
3. Volunteer experience (if you go Experteering as part of your Fellowship experience)

How to add it to the "Experience" section

See screenshots, and then text instructions and templates below the images: To get started, you should first add it to the "Experience" section of your profile.

1. Navigate to edit your profile
2. Scroll down to "Experience", and click on the + / add section
3. Add a "Title". We recommend: "Global Fellow: MovingWorlds Institute Professional Fellowship" (You may want to customize this... i.e. someone working in social enterprise may want to say "Social Enterprise Fellow" or "Corporate Social Responsibility Fellow".
4. Select "Company", which is "MovingWorlds"
5. For "Dates", you can input what you feel best about. Some Fellows will do for the 6 months of their Fellowship, some for the entire length of time they are job searching, or others will leave it open-ended to show their ongoing participation in our community. We prefer the latter, but you should do what you feel best about.
6. For description, you can use a template like this, or customize it to what feels best for you. Remember... we'll work together in workshops down the line, so if you're not sure, start with this general template, and then you can customize it later: Selected into a Global Professional Fellowship program for experienced professionals working to further develop global leadership, design thinking, shared-value, and social enterprise know-how. Our global community of Fellows works together to learn and share best-practices through case-based learning, exposure to thought-leaders, coaching & mentoring, and through highly skilled service project.
7. Fill in other details that best represents you
8. Return to your profile, and re-order your experience section in a way that feels best to you

How to add it to the "Honors & Awards" section

See screenshots, and then text instructions and templates below the images: After you add the Fellowship to your "Experience" section, you should add it to the "Honors & Awards" subsection of "Accomplishments":

1. Navigate to edit your profile
2. Scroll down to "Accomplishments", and click on the + / add section
3. Select "Honors & Awards"
4. Add a "Title". We recommend: "Fellow: MovingWorlds Institute Global & Professional Fellowship"
5. Add "Issue Date" - you can use the month you received your acceptance email.
6. Add "Description" - we recommend Selected into a global community of professional fellows, recognized for their historical contributions to social impact, as well as their "outstanding potential to effectively lead across cultures, innovate, and create even more social impact in their lives and careers".

Want some help?

Need help or want a team member to review your profile? Just ask us: mwi@movingworlds.org or submit a request on the MovingWorlds Community for help from your peers.

Here are a few LinkedIn profiles that have highlighted their fellowship experience. As time has gone on, we have received feedback on how to best articulate your participation in the program, so please follow the guidance above for our latest & best guidance which does continue to evolve.

1. Ankita Patel
2. Heather Watkins
3. Davide Strusani
4. Vivie Nguyen

Here are a few other ideas to help make your LinkedIn profile standout:

1. Share your LinkedIn profile with your cohort and/or accountability circle for feedback
2. Ask a MovingWorlds team member to give you a "Recommendation" and "Endorse" you for certain skills
3. Ask a Fellow to give you a "Recommendation" and "Endorse" you for certain skills
4. Ask a co-worker, a representative from your hosting organization (if you went Experteering), and/or your mentor to give you a "Recommendation" and "Endorse" you for certain skills