This year’s IAP2 Australasia Conference will see a welcome return to face-to-face sessions where industry leaders and innovators will come together to discuss engagement practice and thinking around the conference themes of Brave. New. World.

IAP2A launches a dedicated Local Government Hub with a range of community engagement resources to support practitioners in Local Government.

I have spent my career creating content that captures imagination and attention. I have wiled away many hours crafting the perfect “corporate narrative” (sorry, even writing that jargon hurts) and getting key messages out there.

Future Skills of Engagement Practitioners offers a reflection on the current state of the industry in Australia. We take a critical lens to what is often left unexamined and identify five fundamental challenges that face the profession, concluding with recommendations to meet these issues – now and in the future. 

Hey Joel, I remember what it was like for you starting out as an engagement practitioner. Why, because I am you, with just a few more grey hairs and an increased tendency to make more noise when I move!

As the saying goes, a picture tells a thousand words! IAP2 Australasia’s first photography competition aims to highlight authentic engagement in action and provide you with an opportunity to share the unique and important work engagers do, every day.

At the 2021 IAP2 Australasian Conference, Articulous shared a planning framework to support equity in public engagement and participatory processes. Developed by Alice Sherring and Amanda Newbery, the framework strives to achieve equitable outcomes by enabling inclusive, diverse and equitable representation in engagement processes.