Overview

All Partners Access Network

Pacific Warfighting Center

US Pacific CommandAlex Conway

Agenda

• What is APAN?

• APAN Demo

• Q and A

• APAN Community Model

• APAN Capabilities

What is APAN?

Unclassified

Accredited

Non .mil

UIS Baseline

PACOM Funded

Operated by PWC

PACOM Owned

DAA Oversight

AllPartnersAccess

Network

Communities of Interest

Communities of Practice

Communities of Responders

Partners Interagency

NGONon-Traditional

APAN Community Model

Data Sources Other Systems

JoinJoin the network to establish your online identity within the DoD information sharing community

• Robust user profiles

• Represent your expertise, experience, and relevant training

• Review recent activity (information contributed)

• View colleagues

ConnectConnect with subject matter experts from a wide variety of technical, logistical, and other disciplines

Search

Explore

Add a Colleague

ShareShare your valuable knowledge, experiences, and training with others

• Community-maintained Wiki references

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• Discussion Forums

• Documents, pictures and video

• Mobile access via email & device-independent app

Train, Prepare, and DevelopTrain, prepare, and develop best practices based on the experiences of others

Question…

Answer!

Lessons Learned

DiscoverDiscover what actions are being taken by organizations involved in crisis events

SITREPS, Update Briefs, Meta-Data tagging

Aggregated geospatial information

Request InformationRequest information from key DoD organizations and agencies

RFI management, mobility, and meta-data tagging support situational awareness

OfferOffer assistance to those seeking aid

2-Days Later• 112 new patients from 20• 12 Helo landings• 17 new foreign doctors

4-Days Later• Expanded into nearby school• Expanded capacity by 100• New cots and equipment• Coordinated resupply

MaintainMaintain ongoing, professional relationships across international and organizational boundaries

Private conversations

Browse colleagues

Email hosting (@apanmail.org)

Real-time, multilingual text chat (peer-to-peer and group)

Why APAN?Why APAN?The All Partners Access Network (APAN) provides for effective information exchange and collaboration between the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and any external country, organization, agency or individual that does not have access to traditional DOD systems and networks.

Why should I join APAN?Establish your online identity within the DOD information sharing communityConnect with subject matter experts from a wide variety of technical, logistical, disciplinesShare your valuable knowledge, experiences, and training with othersTrain, prepare, and develop best practices based on the experiences of othersDiscover what actions are being taken by organizations involved in crisis eventsRequest information from key DOD organizations and agenciesOffer assistance to those seeking aidMaintain ongoing, professional relationships across international and organizational boundariesExpand current capabilities by harnessing the power of collaborative web technologies

Who uses APAN?U.S. Federal, state or civil organizations and agenciesNon-governmental & private agencies who work with the U.S. governmentMilitary (domestic and foreign) & and local civil / military authoritiesInternational organizations (IOs)Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)Others, as needed upon request

Profile

• Your profile is how you access APAN • Keep track of what is happening in your APAN network and Groups• Anyone with internet access can create a profile• Add a bio, picture, experience, contact info• Connect with other APAN users – colleagues• Join groups• Favorite groups and content for quick access

Groups

• Groups – online communities within APAN that enable collaboration and information sharing between people who a shared interest or goal.

• Bring together people and information focused on one topic• Group owners• Group members

Blog

What is a Blog?

• A way to quickly and easily create webpages/articles on your Group• Usually maintained by an author or small group of authors • Used to create regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, news, or opinions • Entries are displayed in reverse-chronological order• One to many communication • Often used to relay Group announcements• Readers can subscribe via email or RSS• Readers can favorite, rate, and comment on each blog post

Blog Terms

• Blog - short for Web Log – a way to quickly publish to the web• Blog Post - An entry in a blog• Comment – A short snippet of text under a blog post left by a blog reader• Publish - To release a blog post to the public• Subscribe – Receive new blog posts automatically in your email inbox or RSS reader

Forum

What is a Forum?

• A way to have an online discussion between Group members• Usually maintained by a moderator or small group of moderators• Used to create discussions on your Group • Users can create discussion topics or ask questions• Other users can respond to discussions or answer questions• Open communication between all Group members• Users can subscribe via email or RSS• Users can favorite, rate, and respond to any forum thread

Forum Terms

• Forum - short for Web Log – a way to quickly publish to the web• Thread - An entry in a blog• Reply – A short snippet of text under a blog post left by a blog reader• Publish - To release a blog post to the public• Subscribe – Receive new blog posts automatically in your email inbox or RSS reader

Media Gallery

What is a Media Gallery?

• Post files onto an APAN Group• File types – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, images, maps, videos• A unique link for each file – easy to email to colleagues• Add a description, title, tags, comments, ratings, RSS feeds• Upload multiple files at once

Wiki

What is a Wiki?

• A wiki allows multiple people to create or edit a web page within an APAN group. • A wiki enables APAN groups to write documents collaboratively, using a simple Microsoft Word

style editor. • The full revision history of the wiki, including when and who contributed, will be archived in the

history. • The key advantage to using a wiki is that there is no need to worry about version control over

a document and all the edits to the document can be viewed by everyone in the group as soon as they are saved by the author.

• Tag, comment, ratings, RSS Feeds, share within APAN