Policy: Minimum ICT Skills at FWC

This section summarizes the basic and minimum 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- or almost 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 good command of 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

• Google Docs, WORD and Open Office
• Inserting images
• Table of Contents, page numbers, etc
• Mail merging

File naming

• Knows the rules for naming files: Project name, Type of file and 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

• Trello
• 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, Concertina, IdeaPrism

• Knows how to use the software during an SDDP co-Laboratory; has participated as Ideaprism/Cogniscope co-Facilitator
• 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).