How will President Obama keep Americans engaged?

[Pat Coyle]

The crowds and cameras are gone. The tuxedos and dresses tucked away. If history is any indication, many Americans will begin to focus more on their own lives, and less on others; but our new leader's message of hope hinges on our participation, not just our agreement.

So how will President Obama keep America engaged and focused on the "common good," and not drift back to our own special interests?

What strategies do you think he could employ in order to keep Americans not just believing in "change," but actively participating in making change?

And is there anything you are planning to do to make sure you participate in the process today, tomorrow and over the long term?

What can Smaller Indiana do to be part of the continuing solution?

Please share your thoughts here, or better yet, suggest some actions?

[Kristie Bradford]

I love the #Indiana idea! I have used it several times and have noticed that it has really been used alot the last few days in Twitter! What makes this even better is that #Indiana now has the first Miss America in it's history! There is not any better time to get Indiana out in the Social Media World! If you don't have anything else to talk about, we can talk about this great accomplishment! Who knows who will pick up all the feeds about Indiana! We deserve this recognition! Thanks Amy and Nicki for getting this started!

[Nicki Laycoax]

It was Amy's idea! I just implemented it! :)

[Kristie Bradford]

Either way it is great! Thank you for implementing it! I think it is going well!

[Grant Z Price]

Just wanted to point out, if noone has yet, that Obama's administration is using Salesforce.com as their CRM (constituent relationship management) application of choice and that's how they are gathering feedback and suggestions from the public on better government....

http://blogs.zdnet.com/crm/?p=115

thanks,
grant