My YCI User Guide Youth Career Initiative is an initiative of the International Tourism Partnership and Business in the Community

What is My YCI? A portal to access all YCI resources, documents, templates and available training materials, as well as detailed step by step guidelines to take you through programme implementation and operations Who is My YCI for? Partners at local, regional and corporate level both from hotel and non-profit partners

Landing Page

Programme Resources panel My YCI panel Programme Resources panel Members panel Dashboards

Key Features My YCI panel – the top panel on the right hand side. Access and edit your profile and return to the homepage here Programme Resources panel – the second panel on the right hand side. Access training resources, created by the YCI team here, and access the YCI Partners’ Network on LinkedIn Dashboards – the yellow buttons on the bottom left hand side. This is where you can find key resources for Hotel and Non-Profit partners Members panel – the bottom panel on the right hand side. This is where you can see all My YCI members and interact with them, you can also do this via the YCI Partners’ Network on LinkedIn

Set up your profile

Navigate to profile and home page Access programme resources Fill in with your details Navigate to profile and home page Access programme resources View member profiles

How to set up your profile On any page in My YCI, click on ‘My Profile’ in the ‘My YCI’ panel Fill in the form with your details, adding LinkedIn, Twitter, a profile picture and a short biography When you’re done, click on ‘save all changes’ You can keep track of your own and others’ activity on My YCI by clicking on their profile picture in the ‘Members’ panel.

My Profile Activity – a log of user activity on My YCI Profile – navigates to the user’s profile. If you are on your own profile, you have the option to edit it. Notifications – a log of all notifications received, i.e. when someone mentions you in a comment by typing @username Settings – change your password, email and other details here Personal – a log of the user’s activity, and if on your own profile, you have the option to share an update with other My YCI members Mentions and favourites – logs of these interactions by the user

Dashboards

Navigate to profile and home page Access programme resources View member profiles

Hotels’ Dashboard Resources are categorised as follows: Getting Started: Hotel Implementation Launching and Administering YCI Graduation and Programme Conclusion Brand Standards and Quality and Assurance Requirements To access materials, click on each heading (in bold underneath themes) and you’ll find a how-to guide with links to all relevant resources The My YCI, Programme Resources and Members panels are visible for quick and easy access

Non-Profit Partner’s Dashboard Resources are categorised as follows: Getting Started: Non-Profit Partner Implementation Launching and Administering YCI Graduation and Programme Conclusion Brand Standards and Quality and Assurance Requirements To access materials, click on each heading (in bold underneath themes) and you’ll find a how-to guide with links to all relevant resources The My YCI, Programme Resources and Member panels are visible for easy and quick access

Programme Resources

Programme Materials Materials are broken down into two categories Downloadable Resources - these include PowerPoint presentations and other useful tools Online Resources – these are open source resources and online training materials which we feel will be of use to partners YCI on LinkedIn YCI Partners Network – private group for YCI partners on LinkedIn Good Practice – highlighting examples of good practice from our hotel and Non-Profit Partners Submit resources – share online and offline tools with fellow YCI partners

YCI Partners Network

YCI Partners Network Engage with fellow YCI partners and the YCI Team in our new private group on LinkedIn This is a closed group for you to discuss any issues or successes such as operational challenges and good practices that you have come across or implemented and want to share with the network to look for solutions, other points of view and inspire others to replicate your good practice . Ask questions about YCI operations (challenges/successes) so that other partners and the YCI Global Team can discuss these queries with you.