This document describes a training course called "VIRTUAL INSANITY" that will teach youth workers and civil society activists how to effectively use internet and web 2.0 tools. The 8-day training will take place in Crete, Greece in January 2013, and will bring together 22 participants from various European countries. The training will cover technical skills for tools like web design and social media, as well as strategic skills for using the tools to strengthen youth work and promote civil society goals.

1. VIRTUAL INSANITY
how to effectively and creatively use web 2.0
to strengthen youth work and civil society
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CALL FOR PARTNERS
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title: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “VIRTUAL INSANITY”
type of event: . . . . . . international training course
topic: . . . . . . . . . . . . . creative and efficient use of internet and web 2.0
target group: . . . . . . . youth workers
dates & location: . . . January 21th - 29th of 2013 in Crete, Greece
main donors: . . . . . . . Youth in Action (EC)
organiser: . . . . . . . . . Youthnet Hellas
participants: . . . . . . . 22 participants
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MAIN ELEMENTS
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getting to know each other
„„ exploring our realities as citizens of different EU member states
„„ comparing our realities, roles and responsibilities as youth workers and civil society activists
„„ sharing respective best practices
building up technical competences for web 2.0
„„ overview of available platforms, systems and tools
„„ basics of web design, web administration and HTML
„„ practice of specific useful tools (eg S.E.O. & C.M.S.) and social media
„„ one-click alignment & cascading of different platforms and apps
building up strategic & editorial competences for web 2.0
„„ how to compose powerful messages, how to appeal and persuade
„„ how to produce, filter and channel relevant content for specific target groups and causes
„„ golden rules of blogging, tagging and posting
„„ NETiquette, legal aspects, copyrights and licenses
web 2.0 vs youth work & civil society
„„ current & controversial philosophies: internet vs democracy vs collective intelligence vs new participation
„„ where and how can web 2.0 enhance, promote and strengthen our work, our values and civil society
the future
„„ concrete application and consequences for our local youth work back home
„„ partnership-building and project development among the represented organisations

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APPROACH
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The training course will be based on the specific needs of the participants and their organisations and
will be highly participatory. Diversity, e.g. in the group of participants, will be considered as a resource for the
building-up and transfer of competences. There will only be few frontal lectures, the main part of the training
course will be delivered in the form of practical sessions implemented by the participants in a learning-
by-doing fashion. The trainers will take care of creating a supportive and safe learning environment,
where participants are encouraged and coached while mastering challenges that contribute to their
personal, professional and organisational development. Special attention is paid to making the learning
points of the training course relevant, sustainable and transferable, eg by giving ample room for reflection
and assessment, by producing exhaustive documentation and by providing templates and guidance for tailor-
made development and action plans.
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PARTNER ORGANISATIONS
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All partner organizations in this training course must meet the following criteria:
„„ you work (among other) with and for youth
„„ you work for the benefit of society
„„ you share, promote and live European values, especially solidarity, respect, human rights, intercultural dia-
logue, unity in diversity, cohesion, inclusion and participation
„„ you have a strong local and/or transnational dimesion in your projects
„„ you commit yourself to full participation in all stages of the project
„„ you are situated in any of the following countries: EU member staty or Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Norway, Switzerland, Turkey
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PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
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All participants in this training course must meet the following criteria:
„„ you are actively involved in your organisation
„„ you are able to attend for the full duration of the event and to fully communicate in English
„„ you do not mind becoming part of the community of ”wizzards, geeks, masters and nerds” :-)
„„ you are in a position and willing to follow-up on the outcomes of this training course in your organisa-
tion via active youth work

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CONDITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS
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The training course is scheduled to take place from January 21th -29th in Crete, Greece. Financial support is
sought for at the Greek National Agency for the European Commission’s programme “Youth in Action” (action 4.3).
If the funding requests get approved, we will be able to offer the following conditions:
„„ the international travel costs are covered with 70%, up to a reasonable maximum amount.
„„ board, lodging, visa costs, local transports, all materials and the content of the training course are fully covered
for a participation fee of EUR 50.
„„ you are in charge of arranging your own insurance for your travel and stay in Greece.
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THE TEAM
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Antonis Triantafyllakis Logorrheos Navelis Zorka Tsalapouris Tilemachos Vrekakis
Youthnet • Greece Il Monastero • Italia TE IS • Hungary coobra • Austria
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NEXT STEPS
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If you are interested in joining this training course as a partner organisation, then please duly fill in the following
online form:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHprRGU2OXRSWHV5NG5vaG0xRWNfeFE6MA#gid=0
The deadline for receiving this electronic form from you is Wednesday, April 25th of 2012. Please make sure
when filling in this electronic form that you clearly elaborate on your needs, expectations and potential contributions
to this training course, as it will be one of the main criteria for the selection of partner organisations, as well as the
basis to fine-tune the objectives, content and approach of the training course to YOUR specific needs and realities.
The selected organisations will be notified on April 27th and will be requested to duly sign a “partnership agree-
ment”, which needs to be sent back to us immediately by e-mail and regular mail (deadline for e-mail = April 30th).
Also, please forward this call to any person, organisation or network you deem possibly interested, thank you! We
wish you good luck and we look forward to our future partnership in this great project!
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CONTACT DETAILS
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Antonis Triantafyllakis
virtual.insanity.2013@gmail.com
P.S.: this call can also be found at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19996664/VIRTUAL_INSANITY_call4partners.pdf

4. “VIRTUAL INSANITY”
DAY‐2‐DAY PROGRAMME
January 21th ‐ 29th, 2013 Crete, Greece
day 1 day 2 day 3 day 4 day 5 day 6 day 7 day 8 day 9
ARRIVAL (α) WE R THE MATRIX THE MESSAGE ENTER THE NET PEARLS SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY THE FUTURE BYE BYE (Ω)
8.00 – 9.30 breakfast
pearls of civil society 2.0 (β):
official opening & promotion & web 2.0: align your web 2.0
09.30 – 11.00 philosophy: social media (I) follow-up on
introduction persuasion overview fleet, use all ships!
current thinkers local level
11.00 – 11.30 coffee break
pearls of civil society 2.0 (β):
us vs the cause vs basics of filter and channel
11.30 – 13.00 group building implementation: social media (II) follow-up on
the target group web-design what they say!
pax’ best practices international level
arrival
13.00 – 15.00 lunch
transfer & check-
in @ venue
presentation &
our target groups how to compose basics of web make it easy to find departure
15.00 – 16.30 legal aspects discussion of
MATRIX powerful messages administration & understand you!
results
16.30 – 17.00 coffee break coffee break
our roles &
17.00 – 18.30 responsibilities as IT lab IT lab regional discovery & IT lab IT lab
civil society activists Greek night evaluation
18.30 – 19.00 steaming groups steaming groups
19.00 – 20.00 quality time quality time
20.00 ‐ 21.00 dinner dinner
21.00 ‐ welcome eve NGO cocktail party quality time intercultural evening optional: YiA quality time C U soon party