Future Skills
In today's world of work, digital, technological and transformative skills are not only key elements for the professional development of individuals, but also decisive factors for corporate competitiveness. The continuous acquisition of these skills requires a lifelong commitment to learning and a proactive attitude towards new challenges and opportunities.
Each semester, we organize 10 specialized workshops in this area. These events aim to address current trends and technologies, provide practical guidance and create a platform for professional exchange. for professional exchange. They are therefore a valuable resource for all those who want to develop their qualifications and assert themselves in the dynamic professional world.
Digital competencies
Digital skills include the understanding and ability to effectively use and actively participate in digital technologies, media and information and communication technology. They also include the ability to to evaluate and critically reflect on information.
In recent years, digitalization and technological progress have provided us with the means to collect, store and analyse huge amounts of data. But data is useless if no insights can be gained from it. By visualizing data, we can bring the hidden in the data to life.
That is why data visualization is also called the "language of data".
Data visualization can be used to explore data (exploratory data analysis) or to explain data (explanatory data analysis). Data storytelling is assigned to the explanatory part and helps to present and communicate the complex and communicate the complex results of the exploratory analysis in a simple and easily understandable way. In a data-driven world, the ability to prepare and communicate data effectively has become a key skill for every employee. a key skill for every employee in a data-driven world.
Event Objectives:
In this course, you will learn the tools for effective data visualization & storytelling. After the course, you will be able to design diagrams in such a way that they are interesting and tell an exciting story. story. You will get to know the most important chart types in Excel and develop the ability to implement them independently and effectively. Using the data storytelling process, you will learn how to bring your data to life - guaranteed! to life - guaranteed!
The techniques presented are tool-independent. Thus, this course is also suitable for people who use software other than Excel (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, Google Sheets, etc.) for data visualization.
Event Content:
- Data analysis process
- Data storytelling process
- Find the right chart type
- Basic rules for effective data visualization
- Perceptual psychology basics
- Effectively implement the most important chart types with Excel
- Insert Excel charts into PowerPoint
- Check diagrams for effectiveness
- Infographics and tools
Registration: Via the ICS-RM registration portal
Speaker: Josef Marktler. Mr. Marktler worked as a controller and IT project manager in an international corporation for over 10 years. Since 2014 he has been working part-time as an Excel trainer. He is a certified Microsoft Excel expert and specialist trainer. In recent years, he has specialized in the visualization and communication of data with Excel. He has been working as a freelance trainer since the beginning of 2020. He is the owner and operator of the online learning platform storytellingmitdaten.com.
Location:
You will receive the access link to the online seminar by e-mail one to two days before the start of the event.
Everyone is talking about agility. But who knows what is really behind this term and which methods are behind agile project management?
The workshop offers students the opportunity to experience for themselves what it feels like to work in an agile way and the objectives and challenges involved in using agile methods. In simulations, they will get to know methods such as Scrum, Kanban and Design Thinking and reflect on them.
However, agility does not only refer to various tools and techniques, but is above all an attitude - based on openness, participation and networking. This attitude enables even better collaboration in teams and in teams and makes a new definition of leadership necessary in this context - by managers for managers and all those who want to become one.
Event Objectives:
After the two days, the participants will be able to apply the basics of agile working themselves and also to manage and implement their own projects more successfully.
Event Content:
- Agile vs. classic project management
- The "agile manifesto
- Values and principles of Agile working
- Communication in agile working & methods for a collaborative work environment (meetings, digital tools, job clarification.
- Structure and phases of agile projects
- Scrum & Kanban at a glance
- Design Thinking - Principles & Methods
Registration: Via the ICS-RM registration portal
Speaker: Constance Böhme. Ms Böhme is a facilitator, organizational developer, trainer and coach. She supports teams and organizations in establishing a work culture that makes employees more satisfied and pays off. Ms. Böhme studied communication and media studies, cultural studies and psychology.
Location:
You will receive the access link to the online seminar by e-mail one to two days before the start of the event.
Digital project management tools make projects more productive and effective. In this workshop, students have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with various project management tools (Asana, Kanban, Jira, Mural etc.) and learn how to use them. They will benefit from numerous tips and tricks that will make it easier to work with the digital tools in everyday project work later on.
Event Objectives:
- Learning, acquiring and applying various project management tools
- Reflection on the different team and project phases
- Recognize supporting and critical factors for project success
Event Content:
- Tools, Techniques & Trust - the basis of constructive project teamwork
- Critical/productive factors of the project
- Project and team phases
- Design of a kick-off
Registration: Via the ICS-RM registration portal
Speaker: Constance Böhme. Ms Böhme is a facilitator, organizational developer, trainer and coach. She supports teams and organizations in establishing a work culture that makes employees more satisfied and pays off. Ms. Böhme studied communication and media studies, cultural studies and psychology.
Location:
You will receive the access link to the online seminar by e-mail one to two days before the start of the event.
Event Content:
Do you have an idea and want to position it as profitably as possible in social networks and search engines in order to market it successfully? Do you want to turn yourself into a brand because you stand for a product or a purpose that also offers other people added value? Then this is the right course for you! We will look at how you can optimize your content for search engines so that it appears on page one on Google. We will look at LinkedIn as a booster for your own brand and purpose and learn how to assess which social networks are best suited for promotion.
Event Objectives:
- Ranking factors for search engines, copywriting for search engines
- Why is it important to be visible with my topics and content?
- Copywriting for LinkedIn - focus on topics, become a brand, develop a purpose "What is my goal?", "What do I stand for?"
Event Content:
- How do search engines work? What do they particularly like and what don't they like? Which ranking factors can you influence so that your content is found better and you are placed in the search engines in the best possible way?
- Turning yourself into a brand with content
- Social networks, understanding target groups
Registration: Via the ICS-RM registration portal
Speaker: Sarah Stein has been responsible for search engine optimization at SWR as Head of Search Experience since November 2020. She is deputy head of the Audience Development department. Sarah Stein has worked as an editor at SWR in Mainz since 2016. She studied political science, German studies, Italian literature and social media management in Milan, Trier and Cologne. studied. Sarah Stein developed an interactive workshop concept for search engine optimization for SWR: "Be found better, reach more people". Within a short space of time, SWR has managed to increase the number of hits search engine traffic to such an extent that it is now the largest source of traffic to the entire SWR website.
Location:
You will receive the access link to the online seminar by e-mail one to two days before the start of the event.
Technological competencies
Technological competencies go one step further and refer to specific knowledge of advanced technologies (e.g. artificial intelligence, machine learning). People with technological competencies can understand, apply and further develop these technologies. They are able to analyze data, solve complex problems and develop innovative solutions to business challenges.
There are many programming languages such as Java, Python, C ++, C #, Php, SQL etc. These languages are often based on the same principles, but use different syntax. Learning to code requires understanding these principles and the basic structures of the language - variables, data types, operators, etc. Using practical examples, this course helps to overcome the first programming hurdles and provides an overview of some programming languages.
Workshop Goals
At the end of the course you will be able to write small programs yourself and understand various programming principles
Content:
- An overview of programming language
- Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- Program/Script, Syntax
- Variables, Memory Management
- Data types
- Operators, Control Structures
- Troubleshooting (debugging/dry-run) - if time permits
- Practice Exercise in Python (for all important concepts)
Registration: Via the ICS-RM registration portal
Speaker: Sumesh Lund is a Market Risk Manager at Nordea Bank in Copenhagen and has over 10 years of experience working with various financial institutions. He has a background in Computer Science and Financial Markets.
Place:
You will receive the access link to the online seminar by e-mail one to two days before the start of the event.
In this two-part workshop, we explore the history and forward-looking possibilities of generative AI models.
You will get to know the variety of AI approaches: from GANs to diffusion models such as DALL-E 2, but also large language models of the GPT series. You will learn how a well-designed prompt can deliver precise and nuanced results. results. Through hands-on exercises and discussions, you will be introduced to the art and science of prompt design and learn how AI models compose text, compose music and generate images. You will discover whether we are at the beginning of a new art epoch and where the potentials and challenges of AI in art lie.
Event Objectives:
After completing the workshop, you will be able to navigate confidently through the innovative digital world of Creative AI. You will gain digital skills that will benefit you both professionally and privately, especially in the use of increasingly increasingly popular AI tools and in dealing critically with AI-related media reports. Thanks to the democratization of AI, you will gain access to a variety of AI models without the need for a computer science degree or high-performance computers. without needing a degree in computer science. AI is open to everyone!
Event Content:
- Dive into the history of creative AI systems.
- Discover diverse models both in theory and in practice.
- Get an overview of the ever-growing world of artificial intelligence.
- Test different AI systems directly in the workshop and later in your own environment.
- Strengthen your digital expertise and equip yourself for upcoming developments.
Registration: Via the ICS-RM registration portal
Speaker: Vladimir Alexeev, M.A., studied art and cultural studies and works theoretically and practically with creative AI-based methods. Since 2015 he has been part of several art groups and initiatives that teach digital literacy. Since 2020 he has been a volunteer at OpenAI as a Community Ambassador. In 2023, two of his books on AI and creativity were published.
Location:
You will receive the access link to the online seminar by e-mail one to two days before the start of the event.
Basic knowledge of user experience and human-centered design is important and useful in many professions today. Today, it is no longer just Amazon and Apple that are working on creating useful products with a positive user experience. but also pharmaceutical, media and transportation companies.
In this online seminar, you will learn the difference between usability, user experience and user interface and how to differentiate between real user needs and individual wishes. Discover the different tasks (jobs) in the field of UX and learn more about the four crucial phases of human-centered design. The online seminar offers theoretical knowledge and practical exercises to deepen your understanding.
Event Objectives:
- Security in the conceptual world
- Understand the purpose of UX methods and the HCD approach.
- Know tasks and jobs in the field of UX
Event Content:
- Know and distinguish important terms (usability, user experience, user interface, accessibility/design4all, interactive system, user, context of use).
- Understanding the purpose of human-centered design
- Know the 4 phases of the HCD process.
- Learn methods of context of use analysis
- Know the benefits of empathy in development
- Get an overview of prototyping and testing methods
Registration: Via the ICS-RM registration portal
Speaker: Susane Dittes: Graduate communication designer has been working as a user experience expert at Hessischer Rundfunk since 2019. She supports teams and editorial teams in all aspects of human-centered design human-centered design - be it research, vision/strategy, ideation or testing. She conducts user surveys and usability testing. Before joining hr, she worked in digital agencies as an art director and UX designer. She has already been a guest lecturer at Mainz University of Applied Sciences in the Digital Media course and is also a trainer at the ARD ZDF Media Academy.
Location:
You will receive the access link to the online seminar by e-mail one to two days before the start of the event.
Classical & transformative competencies
Classic & transformative competencies refer to skills
refer to skills such as creativity, emotional intelligence, flexibility and adaptability. These skills are crucial for embracing change and navigating a rapidly changing environment.
They are the basic building blocks for the professional success of individuals, but also for the success of organizations.
Participants learn about the possibilities for moderating online events. Special attention is paid to the visual support of the moderation. They learn how to visualize simple symbols with just a few strokes and to combine them into metaphors that carry through a moderation.
In addition to concrete skills and knowledge based on examples and exercises, participants also learn what aspects make for successful facilitation.
Together, these aspects give participants the opportunity to apply what they have learned directly at the next opportunity and at the same time to further develop their own skills through targeted trial and error in practice.
Event Objectives:
- easy visualization with few strokes
- abstract symbols
- conscious use of (visualized) metaphors
- Planning a moderation process
- Selecting appropriate question types
- Dealing with online whiteboards during moderation (exemplified by MURAL)
Event Content:
Visualization
- Visualization basics
- simple symbols
- Abstracting images into symbols
- Dealing with metaphors
Moderation
- Moderator roles
- Moderation progressions
- Create transparency of the process
- Question types
- Dealing with disturbances
- MURAL as an example of an online whiteboard
Registration: Via the ICS-RM registration portal
Speaker: Thorsten Ohler. He has been working as a chart flipper in the field of presentation, moderation and visualization since 2013. After studying mechanical engineering and gaining several years of experience as a trainer and presenter in the association and at the former TU Kaiserslautern, he focused on visual methods of process management, content communication and documentation. His clients include large companies as well as many organizations and educational institutions. and educational institutions.
As a graphic facilitator and graphic recorder, he travels throughout the DACH region. At the same time, the online version of these activities has also become an important pillar since 2019 with the electronic form of graphic recording and graphic facilitation. of these activities has developed into an important mainstay.
Location:
You will receive the access link to the online seminar by e-mail one to two days before the start of the event.
It is often a matter of small details whether a conversation is satisfactory for both sides. A constructive, appreciative atmosphere is just as important as critical reflection on one's own communication style.
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the topic of communication and strengthens their communication skills. With the right appearance, the right choice of words and tone of voice even difficult interlocutors can be persuaded.
Event Objectives:
Participants deal with the topic of communication and their own communication behavior both theoretically and practically. The basis for successful collaboration is clear, appreciative and motivating communication. motivating communication.
Participants learn and train:
- Understand the basics of successful communication
- To perceive the unity between the spoken word and body language
- Apply field-tested interview techniques and tools
- Have solution-oriented conversations instead of discussing problems
- Reflect on one's own communication behavior
Event Content:
- Introduction to the topic of communication
- Said is not heard: How do conversations work?
- Factual and relationship level - the 4 ears model
- Effect of voice, speech, facial expressions and gestures
- Techniques and strategies for successful communication
- Saying "no" appreciatively and clearly
- Conduct constructive and motivating criticism discussions
- Specifics of communication on the phone
Registration: Via the ICS-RM registration portal
Speaker: Sigrid Knorr. Dipl. Wirtschaftspädagogin, Business Coach & Trainerin
Location:
You will receive the access link to the online seminar by e-mail one to two days before the start of the event.