An article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy ($$) discusses how nonprofits are working to develop ways to help president-elect Barack Obama fulfill pledges to expand national service and work with charities to solve social problems. "If Mr. Obama fulfills his campaign promises, he will greatly expand programs like AmeriCorps, which provides money to charities that operate national-service programs; create new service opportunities for young people and older people; establish a Social Entrepreneurship Agency to coordinate federal programs that help innovative charities; and secure new funds to stimulate entrepreneurial social projects." More than 20 are representatives of nonprofit groups are working on the Obama transition, two of which contributed to a document of public recommendations on ways to promote nonprofit work. Both Michele Jolin and Shirley Sagawa wrote chapters for the "progressive blueprint" published by the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Jolin wrote a chapter urging the creation of a White House Office of Social Entrepreneurship. And Sagawa recommended legislation to expand the country's national service programs within the first 100 days. "He [Obama] should also issue an executive order creating a Commission on Cross-Sector Solutions to America's Problems, which would propose ways to improve relationships among nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, business, and the federal government with a view to solving critical national problems, she wrote." For more on nonprofit recommendations to the president-elect, read this article from the latest Watcher.