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“How do we re-imagine government and public service in the age of participation?”

This is the central question we all face as public servants – things are changing, society is changing, and the expectations of citizens are changing. How are we, as public servants, going to adapt and change to meet new challenges and seize opportunities to better serve the public?

WIREDcamp is a venue for us to discuss this question, create connections, knowledge, tools and policies that address the increased demand by citizens for transparency, civic engagement and democratic empowerment.

WIREDcamp is inspired by ChangeCamp, a national phenomena that started in Toronto, Canada where citizens are gathering to address these same questions. We need to be part of that conversation, and WIREDcamp is an ideal venue to either learn the language of online participation or share what you know with colleagues at all levels of government.

WIREDcamp is open to all public servants in Ontario, and we interpret public servant in the widest possible sense. We’re inviting participants from all levels in the OPS (including each and every person reading this post), from other governments (federal, municipal, and anyone who can be in Toronto on the 22nd) and from agencies and non-profits. By mixing up the participants we hope to break free from the same old inside baseball that is sometimes hard to avoid when we gather as a group.  If you know of an agency, non-profit, or other public servant colleague you want to invite, send me the name and I’ll get a special non-OPS invite out for them.

On September 22nd, 2009, please join us and help answer these questions.