This document discusses how social media can transform public engagement. It defines social media as internet applications that allow user-generated content sharing. Successful social media focuses on intersecting customer and business value. Social business and social government draw on technology, work, and societal trends to engage citizens through a company or agency's culture, connections, content, and analytics. Examples are provided of government social media initiatives in areas like city planning, referendums, sustainability, and budgeting that aimed to inform, consult, involve, collaborate with, and empower the public.