Policy: Minimum ICT Skills at FWC

This section summarizes the basic skills required by anyone associated with Future Worlds Center. An intern should acquire these skills as part of his/her training at the organization. For an Associate the same skills are considered as necessary and expected requirement. No one should be given full-time status without explicit testing of competence in these skills. An Intern may be considered as having an advanced status in terms of priority to join a paid role in the organization if s/he has acquired these skills.

Basic knowledge about Future Worlds Center

• Knows and can explain Future World’s vision, mission, philosophy and constitutional values
• Knows the structure and meaning of the Category Tree
• Knows the different CATEGORIES of Projects, People, Beneficiaries benefiting directly or indirectly from the activities and the various ” and Organizational Roles of the organization
• Knows the difference between Policies and Procedures
• Knows and can explain to third parties the Policies and Procedures related to (a) Joining and (b) Travelling with Future Worlds Center.
• Knows (and has done at least once) how to register publications for ISBNs.

General Technical Skills

Using Word Processors

• Knows the rules for naming files: File related data _YEAR_MO_DATE and optional TIME, INITIALS
• Knows the rules for saving and archiving files: Shared and project related spaces in Dropbox, Google Drive

Future Worlds – pedia

• Has an account
• Has edited at least 100 pages
• Knows the syntax for embedding and aligning images and has done at least 5
• Renamed at least 2 articles
• Has created independently at least 15 normal length pages

Websites (Joomla CMS)

• Has an account
• Knows how to add new articles
• Knows how to edit articles
• Knows how to upload images and documents

Telephone

• Knows how to answer the telephone and how to transfer calls
• Knows where to find and how to use the extensions of various associates/desk locations
• Knows how to take and forward messages for different people
• Knows the working hours and customs of different peoples and different units

Skype

• Has an account
• Knows how to add new peoples
• Knows how to create conversation
• Knows how to create conversation group
• Knows how to create voice and video calls
• Knows how to send and receive files

Email

• Can login in the different email systems (cnti.org.cy, futureworldscenter.org etc.), use and organize emails
• Knows how to use the associates’ lists and to create lists for new groups/projects

Calendars

• Knows how and actually uses the organizational calendars
• Knows who, how and when we create new calendars
• Knows how to create new events in the correct calendars (important to fill-in all necessary information for others to fully understand what the event is about, the where, when and who)
• Knows how to send reminders and messages to people expected to participate in an event

Task Manager – Basecamp

Knows (and is actually using extensively) how to use the task manager, how to make milestones, tasks, create folders, upload files and discuss issues

Picassa Albums

• Knows the rules of uploading event images in Picassa
• Knows the procedures to upload and to share albums in Picassa

Special Technical Skills

Page layout

• Can use layout programs such as Indesign to prepare professional looking booklets

Using Graphical Programs

• Has basic knowledge of Photoshop and Smartdraw (must have actually created/edited at least 20 images)
• Can process (e.g., resize, export for the web, enlarge canvas and add more graphics) images in Photoshop
• Can create SDDP Trees and Clusters (has created at least 10 and has knowledge of the coloring schemes)

Using Cogniscope

• Knows how to use the software during an SDDP co-Laboratory; has participated as Cogniscope
• Knows how to open existing files and print Reports both on paper and as PDF files (has done it for at least 2 projects)
• Knows how to install a trial version of Cogniscope on another computer

Using iMovie

• Knows the rules for naming files
• Knows the rules for saving and archiving files
• Can edit raw clips, create projects and upload on Youtube (has don at least 100 clips)
• Can add subtitles and transitions (has done for at least 50 clips).