On my radar ...

• "Britain's highest paid councillor". My former Guardian colleague David Hencke, who gets into the "armchair auditor" spirit with this trawl through the personal balance sheet of Brian Coleman, a London local government politician.

• Baskers-gate. The civil servant Sarah Baskerville who is under fire from the Daily Mail for daring to tweet. She's defended by Adrian Short, Paul Clark, Dafydd Vaughan, and Redundant Public Servant, among others. There is press speculation she may lose her job today. Tom Watson MP tweets a warning to ministers:

"There's a big test for government transparency today. I really want them to pass it. #welovebaskers"

• Sedgemoor Citizens' Advice bureau, in Somerset, which is tweeting every face-to-face, telephone and email inquiry it receives this week, with the idea of building up a picture of the scale and variety of issues it deals with.

• Asset transfers. Giving council-owned buildings and land over to community groups is a key "big society" aim. It's on the agenda today with this report from Philip Blond's Respublica thinktank. And great commentary from blogger Julian Dobson on the dangers of "simply dumping assets on unprepared communities".

• Chris Bryant, Labour MP for Rhonddha, who has been inspired by the cuts to pen this poem, entitled Supine.

• The latest research, by the Chartered Institute of Housing, into whether migrants are disproportionate users of social housing. They aren't.

• Carrie Bishop, writing on the Guardian Local Government Network blog, on why cash-strapped councils should consider bartering.

• I love the "world's first virtual protest march", making its way across the web. To mark AntiBullying week, which starts today, Beatbullying is asking supporters to create their own avatars, which will then "march" across 60 partner sites.

• Writer and activist Charles Shaw, author of the acclaimed memoir Exile Nation, who is debating drugs policy and criminal justice in London tomorrow with documentary maker Roger Graef. He's blogged today for SocietyGuardian.co.uk on what the US can learn from European drug policies.

• Switching sectors. If you've ever considered moving from the public to private sector, the Guardian's careers site is hosting a live Q&A on how to make your CV attractive to potential employers, this afternoon from 1pm.

• The blog Running a Hospital, by Paul Levy, president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. I agree with HSJ editor Alastair McLellan, who calls it "required reading for how a chief executive should communicate". Says McLellan:

"His [Levy's] openness has ... given him the power to drive change against some fierce and sometimes personal criticism. His approach is that it is very difficult for vested interests to press their case if the debate is held in the open. As the NHS enters the age of transparency it is worth one more look across the Atlantic."

In case you missed them ... SocietyGuardian weekend highlights

Charles Leadbeater: Why we need a debate on the British way of death

Elizabeth Day asks: Are we better off renting?

Will Hutton on public anger at the cuts

McDonald's and PepsiCo to help write UK health policy

All Sunday's SocietyGuardian stories

All Saturday's SocietyGuardian stories

Guardian and Observer Christmas Charity Appeal 2010

Nominations are now closed for our Christmas appeal 2010, which will support 10 charities working with vulnerable teenagers and young adults. Many thanks to everyone who applied.

The appeal will launch towards the end of November and run until mid-January.

Events

Guardian Social Enterprise 2010 16 November, London. An interactive conference for anyone delivering public services or supporting social enterprises. Speakers include: minister for civil society Nick Hurd; Peter Holbrook, chief executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition; Allison Ogden-Newton, chief executive, Social Enterprise London; Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive, Turning Point; Rod Schwartz, chief executive, Clearly So; Dai Powell, chief executive, HCT; Alastair Wilson, chief executive, School for Social Entrepreneurs.

Transforming Blue Light Services Innovating ICT for the emergency services, 24 November, London - Free places available. Discover how the innovative use of technology will improve performance and response in difficult financial times. Speakers include Dr Timothy Brain, former chief constable of Gloucestershire; Andy Marles, chief fire officer from South Wales fire and rescue; Jason Killens, London ambulance service's deputy director of operations; Steve Whatson, director of ICT for the Olympics at the Metropolitan police service and Olympic security directorate.

"Big Society" and its role in local government 7 December, London. This is an essential seminar for managers and leaders looking for a practical definition of big society and how it will work within local government. As well as a keynote speech from the government's adviser on big society, Lord Wei, delegates will also hear first hand accounts of how other local government managers are implementing big society in their councils and the best practice they have developed.

Transforming Social Care through IT Finding your way in a changing service environment 8 December, London.

This conference brings together best practice examples, policy leaders and industry experts to discuss the challenges facing social care providers and IT support teams. Our line-up of expert speakers includes Terry Dafter, service director adult social care, Stockport metropolitan borough council; Jennifer Bernard, consulting director, SCIE; Nick Johnson, chief executive, Social Care Association; and Sian Walker, service director, Adult Care Operations, Wiltshire council.