K ICK - OFF MEETING A NCONA 15/11/ AGES 2.0 A CTIVATING AND G UIDING THE E NGAGEMENT OF S ENIORS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA (VS/2012/0346) P HASE 1. P ROJECT S TART & S ET U P

PHASE 1 S TART 1/10/2012 – E ND 31/01/ November Months Phases Start & setup 2. Delivery of Easy PC 3. Data Analysis 4. Monitoring & Evaluation 5.Up-Scaling Strategy & Follow Up 6. Project Management

WORKPLAN P HASE 1 – P ROJECT S TART & S ETUP Duration October 2012 – January 2013 Aim to put in place the organizational and procedural framework in order to guarantee smooth implementation of the research Activities Development of a training package Draft of research procedures and manual for project delivery Training to carers Recruitment of project staff 15 November

R ECRUITMENT OF P ROJECT S TAFF Within December 2012 Involves: FGB: Communication Expert; Research Assistant LABIRINTO: IT Expert; Carers UNEXE: Research Assistants SOMERSET: Carers; Project Officer Job profiles: tasks; salary; previous experience Focus on carers, whose position is designed to enhance the resident’s quality of life through the engagement with Easy PC System. 15 November

R ECRUITMENT OF P ROJECT S TAFF C ARE T ECHNOLOGIST 15 November Criteria EssentialDesirable Experience  Good interpersonal skills  Good IT skills  Driving licence/appropriate insurance  Access to a vehicle  Access to IT at home  Experience using Skype, social networking and other IT products Training  Be flexible in order to attend training courses  Good literacy skills  Other related qualifications and training Flexibility  Be flexible in location and type of work (residential/community setting)  Attend staff meetings Personal Characteristics  Ability to communicate clearly (to understand Service Users and make yourself clearly understood)  Listening skills  Approachable  Honesty and respect for confidentiality  Enthusiastic and proactive  Ability to remain calm under pressure  Caring approach  Reliability  Ability to manage your own time, work independently and part of a team  Clean and tidy appearance  Sense of humour  Dynamic  Awareness of different methods of communicating i.e. signing, story boards, body language

DISSEMINATION Project Brochure, includes: Objectives, Focus on Easy PC model, Activities,, Presentation of partners Online Social Package: Website – will host project deliverables and outputs; information on events; links to relevant documents Facebook Page – share experiences! Forget Me Not Book? Twitter Account? LinkedIn Group? 15 November

R ESEARCH P ROCEDURES & M ANUAL FOR P ROJECT D ELIVERY How will the research will be undertaken? How will the participants be selected? Measurements? Which are the different steps of EASY PC delivery? What are the participants expected to produce? How will the follow-up assessment be carried out? 15 November

TRAINING January 2013 One week training of Italian care staff to support participants receiving Easy PC. Translation into Italian of training materials 15 November