White House Social Media Push For President Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address

Schedule: Senior Policy Advisors and aides will answer policy questions on social media during and after speech...UPDATED
The White House on Monday released a long list of Senior Policy Advisors and aides who will be engaging with the public via social media, including Twitter, Google +, Facebook, and YouTube following President Obama's State of the Union Address on Tuesday and for three days following. The full schedule is below. President Obama will make a three-day, five-state trip starting on Wednesday to discuss his speech. The full schedule. (Above: The President during last year's SOTU address)

The heady new media effort will include "a live panel featuring senior White House advisors" answering questions immediately following President Obama's 9:00 PM ET speech, the White House said. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, "a group of policy experts and advisors to the President will sit down for Office Hours on Twitter."

The advisors and aides scheduled to engage on Twitter cover everything from Veterans Affairs to LGBT issues to small business to education and Hispanic Media. On Friday at 10:00 AM, Doug McKalip, Senior Policy Advisor for Rural Affairs, will discuss Rural Issues on Twitter.

"The State of the Union will be a bookend to the President’s speech in Kansas last month about the central mission that we have as a country, and his focus as President of building a country and an economy where we reward hard work and responsibility, where everyone does their fair share, and where everyone is held accountable for what they do," Press Secretary Jay Carney said today.

An "enhanced" version of the President's speech that "features graphics, data and stats that highlight the issues the President is discussing" will be available on WhiteHouse.gov/SOTU. Use the Twitter hashtag #SOTU to discuss the speech live.

The President will embark on a five-state tour on Wednesday as a follow up to his SOTU address. He'll visit Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Phoenix, AZ on Wednesday, and Las Vegas, NV and Denver, Col. on Thursday. On Friday, he will speak in Detroit, MI. On Monday, Jan. 30, "in the first completely-virtual interview from the White House, President Obama will answer questions that have been submitted by Americans from across the country via YouTube," the White House said. "The virtual event with the President will happen through Google + Hangouts, for a live multi-person video chat." It's from the West Wing.

The White House SOTU Engagement Schedule

All times are ET:

Tuesday, Jan. 24

10:00 PM: Immediately following the speech, pose questions to a live panel at the White House. Senior advisors will answer your questions about the President’s address submitted via Twitter (use #WHChat and #SOTU), Facebook, Google+, and an in-person audience of Tweetup participants.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 Office Hours Schedule

All Day: Josh Earnest, Principal Deputy Press Secretary, answers questions on Twitter (@jearnest44). Use #WHChat and #SOTU

1:00 PM: Office Hours with Mark Zuckerman, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council

3:00 PM: Office Hours with Dan Pfeiffer (@pfeiffer44), White House Communications Director

Thursday, Jan. 26 Office Hours Schedule

10:00 AM: Veterans: Matt Flavin, White House Director of Veterans and Wounded Warrior Policy

11:00 AM: LGBT: Miriam Vogel, White House Senior Policy Advisor and Gautam Raghavan, White House Associate Director for Public Engagement

12:00 PM: Women: Racquel Russell, Special Assistant to the President for Mobility and Opportunity and Avra Siegel, White House Deputy Executive Director for the Council on Women and Girls

1:00 PM: Seniors: Jeanne Lambrew, Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy and Nick Papas, Assistant Press Secretary

2:00 PM: Latinos: Felicia Escobar, White House Senior Policy Advisor, Julie Rodriguez, White House Associate Director of Public Engagement and Luis Miranda, White House Director of Hispanic Media

3:00 PM: Native Americans: Kimberlee Teehee, Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs

4:00 PM: Small Business Owners: Christine Koronides, Senior Advisor for Economic Policy, National Economic Council

5:00 PM: African Americans: Danielle Gray, Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy

6:00 PM: Asian American Pacific Islanders: Chris Lu, Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary

TBD Youth: Administration official to be announced

Friday, Jan. 27 Office Hours Schedule

10:00 AM: Rural Issues: Doug McKalip, Senior Policy Advisor for Rural Affairs

11:00 AM: Foreign Policy: Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting

12:00 AM: Education: Roberto Rodriguez, Special Assistant to the President for Education Policy

1:00 PM: Health: Jeanne Lambrew, Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy and Nick Papas, Assistant Press Secretary

2:00 PM: Energy: Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change and Dan Utech, Deputy Director for Energy Policy

3:00 PM: Consumer Protections: Brian Deese, Deputy Director National Economic Council

4:00 PM: The Economy: Jason Furman, Principal Deputy Director National Economic Council

5:00 PM: Job Opportunities: Portia Wu, Senior Policy Advisor for Mobility and Opportunity Policy

6:00 PM: Urban Issues: Racquel Russell, Special Assistant to the President for Mobility and Opportunity

Monday, January 30

President Obama participates in a Google+ Hangout from the White House

From the White House: "Participating in the Hangout is easy -- just visit the White House YouTube channel to submit your questions and vote for your favorites between now and January 28. A few participants will be chosen to join the President in the Google+ Hangout to ask their questions of the President live!"

*Updated; the Rural Affairs discussion with Doug McKalip was added late on Monday.

*Photo by Pete Souza/White House