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
- 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).