1. MEDIA LINES AND TALKING POINTS DATABASE www.e-nato.org

2. A quick reminder: NCPAC = NATO Countries Public Affairs Community Established in 2009 Encompasses the Chief PAO (military personnel) in General Staff and Ministry of Defence of 28 NATO Nations Born from the need to fill the gap between MC/IMS (NATO HQ) and Capitals (military line) Two-way exchange of information: From the HQ: News Training Opportunities PA related events Sharing of information related to PA Policy and STRATCOM From the Capitals: Feedback from local Media on current affairs Sharing of training opportunities Sharing of PA related events Comments/needs on PA related issues

3. What is the NCPAC website A website where you can securely:  read the last NATO-related news  add/view pictures and video materials  discuss with PAA representatives  share media lines, talking points, documents  advertise PA events  search for training opportunities  vote, contribute with materials General Information

4. Website access levels Main Website www.e- nato.org Public ZoneGeneral News and articles Links to ACO, ACT, Shape, ISAF and NATO Private Zone Level 1, under www.e-nato.org/index.php with username ncpactest and password nat0ims! Private Zone Level 2. Log in with username test and password test in the black form on the left and gain full access to the website Media Lines Subscribe to be alerted on new topics Talking Points Access videos, pictures, contact details for NCPAC members, status updates, employment

5. How to access the private area Level 1?  Type in your browser (Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, etc.) the following address: www.e-nato.org/index.phpwww.e-nato.org/index.php  A window will pop, asking for username and password  Insert username: ncpactest, password nat0ims! and press the tick on remember password.  Please do not share these credentials with anybody.

6. To access these options you should insert a password and username in the right box (you can use username test and password test for 1 week) 1 How to access the private area Level 2?

7. Test the platform  If you just want to evaluate the platform, you can login with username test and password test here.  From this point on you will have full access in the system with the test account for understanding how the platform works.

8. The Test account  For every account (including the TEST Account), you can feel free to change the contact details from the user menu (marked with blue) or anything else. The system works very similar to Facebook.

9. Once you logged in, you can see the media lines from these 2 places 2

10. By clicking the Media Lines symbols you will enter this page. Here you can search by words, sentences, dates and topics 3 You can click on a topic to see what folders and documents it contains 4

11. Here you can have any description of the folder currently in, or email addresses You can click on the folder to see the content 5

12. Here you will see the latest media lines 6 Title in predefined format. Click to extend article 8 The summary of the document The category of the article The author of the document Subscribe* to the article * If you are interested in a topic e.g.. Afghanistan, you can press subscribe and you will be notified via mail when media lines change or new items on the topic appear 7

13. Now you can see the full text because you clicked on the media line title Title Topic Text Author Leave a Comment Other Media Lines by same author Bigger font Rating* Using the rating button you can give 1 to 5 stars to a media line (1 bad – 5 useful) Email it

14. By pressing the email button a new box will appear for sending the media line via normal email 9

15. If browsing by topic is not enough, you can also search media lines and talking points by dates, keywords, events, names, and categories. Just insert the text in the box and press search. 10

16. You can add videos or any materials in the system. You can also find links to them in the actual media lines and talking points, or even as comments to a media line. 10 Media lines and talking points can have photo galleries attached or special images from conferences or events. 11

17. Summary  To access the NCPAC Media Lines and Talking Points section, go to www.e-nato.org/index.phpwww.e-nato.org/index.php  When prompted, insert username ncpactest, password nat0ims!, 2 times in the window that pops out.  Then you can follow the steps in this manual to use the platform. You can login with username test and password text in the right box, to see the ML&TP, for the next 1 week (until 23.04.2010). After that, you can request a personal username+password, by sending an email to voica.emil@hq.nato.int

18. Privacy & Passwords  The NCPAC private section is protected (to read/write) against unauthorized users. Do not share the passwords given in this presentation, or any other personal password set in the system  All content uploaded online is shown only to the people who know the entry credentials (username ncpactest, password nat0ims!), the exact website address (www.e-nato.org/index.php) and the account/personal passwords, as set individually.www.e-nato.org/index.php  After the 1 week, to obtain a personal password, which grants you access to the ML/TP, you need to email IMS PAA via voica.emil@hq.nato.int NB. The website is protected with a set of multiple layers against misuse and abuse. If the entry credentials are typed in incorrectly for 3 times, the system will blacklist your IP. If this problems occurs, please email us at voica.emil@hq.nato.int

19. Final comments  The present PPT will be available for download at: www.e- nato.org/presentation.pptwww.e- nato.org/presentation.ppt  You can feel free to ask a question via email at voica.emil@hq.nato.int. All the questions with answers (but no names) will be published online on www.e-nato.org/help and will be searchablewww.e-nato.org/help  Feel free to explore and operate with the platform. Daily backups are performed therefore there is no risk of loosing information.  For any general information about the NCPAC and related issues, please contact galoforo.giovanni@hq.nato.int