We are in the midst of a significant shift in the way we think about and relate to public services. Led both from inside government by the Prime Minister himself as well as more disruptive social, economic and technological change outside government, traditional delivery models and provider-client relationships are being challenged as never before. Driven in no small part by developments in the web, the speed and scale of change is happening on an unprecedented scale and leading us to question the notion of public services in our new, hyper-networked world.

• slide:ology
  how to do presentations (via @lovisatalk)
  (tags: tools blog events blogs design presentations books oreilly inspiration resources)
• Scotweb2
  (tags: uk data scotweb publicservices gov20 scotland goverment)
• kiwanja.net
  "Where technology meets anthropology, conservation and development"
  (tags: research social technology sms mobile development nonprofit africa crisiscamp crisis crisiscampuk)
• Public engagement. Public empowerment
  Extensive and spot on GOVIS keynote from Stephen
  (tags: social media government empowerment engagement publicservices australia gov20 govis)
• Government 2.0 Definition - GovLoop - Social Network for Government 2.0
  (tags: us government govloop gov20)
• The lottery game: or 100K for social media « Policy and Performance
  "What if I could lay my hands on £150K of public money? And what if it were earmarked around social media for improvement in local government. What could you do?"
  (tags: social media localauthority IDeA improvement)
• Flipping the circle: social capital approaches to digital inclusion : Connected Communities
  "Getting 30 top thinkers on community development, digital inclusion and social capital together for a two-hour seminar at the RSA earlier this week was bound to generate lots of insights and ideas…."
  (tags: community events london uk digitaldivide rsa inclusion)
• the disposable memory project
  "we're leaving disposable cameras around the world. hopefully, people will pick them up, take a few photos and pass them on, eventually returning home - so we can tell their stories." (via Laura Whitehead)
  (tags: participation fun photos culture photography art flickr)
• London's Poverty Profile
  "The first independent, comprehensive source of information about poverty and inequality in the capital." (from the City Parochial Foundation and New Policy Institute)
  (tags: maps london uk economy statistics poverty)
• Spot the Difference | modrex
  Documenting highrise council housing in Hackney over 20 years (via Emily Webber)
  (tags: london localauthority uk photos housing hackney)
• Crisis Camp UK - Eventbrite
  Tickets available now
  (tags: events london uk demos crisiscamp crisis crisiscampuk)
• Beneath a British Scandal, Deeper Furies - NYTimes.com
  A view on MP expenses row from the US
  (tags: politics us government uk nyt mpexpenses)

Having enjoyed co-hosting the Public Services 2.0 event over in Brussels last week with David Osimo and Lee Bryant (video of the event now available), this week Justin and I will be heading out to Washington DC to reprezent for the UK GovWeb scene at Government 2.0 Camp, a 500 (yes 500) strong BarCamp event for US GovWeb geeks and policy wonks.

• All new Fiesta. This is Now
  User generated Ford Fiesta (via James Governor and Hugo King)
  (tags: cars multimedia crowdsourcing usergenerated)