National Reconciliation Week: Creating Space to Listen, Learn and Reflect
For National Reconciliation Week, Engagement Institute invites members to share reflections on reconciliation in their engagement practice, partnerships and community work.
Welcome to the
Engagement Institute
The Engagement Institute (formerly IAP2 Australasia) champions the world’s largest community of engagement professionals and seeks to promote and improve the practice of community and stakeholder engagement globally. As the home of engagement professionals, our mission has always been clear: to drive change through meaningful engagement – building trust, improving decisions and shaping better futures.
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Engagement Institute
The Engagement Institute provides skills-based learning to people and organisations on what they need to know and do, so that they can successfully develop, deliver, and lead authentic engagement processes.
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Have Your Say on Engagement Timeframes
Engagement Institute is seeking practitioner feedback on its...
Misinformation Is an Engagement Risk
Misinformation and disinformation are reshaping trust, participation and...
Standardised Consultation Still Needs Meaningful Engagement
As consultation frameworks become more standardised, engagement professionals need to protect local context, community influence and meaningful participation.
In-House Training Helps IPART Connect Engagement Fundamentals to Regulatory Practice
A recent Essentials of Engagement in-house training session...
AI in Stakeholder Engagement: Why Faster Work is Not Yet Smarter Work
This member-contributed article by Simply Stakeholders explores why...
Engagement Institute CEO Marion Short Speaks to ABC Radio About Community Consultation
Engagement Institute CEO Marion Short joined ABC Radio New England North West to discuss why community consultation matters and how public feedback is used in decision-making.
Introducing
EngageMark
Australia and New Zealand’s first certification and maturity assessment tool for the engagement sector developed by the sector to meet contemporary engagement standards.
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Annual Conference
The Engagement Institute’s Annual Conference will be held in Melbourne and brings together engagement practitioners, community development practitioners, communications and marketing professionals and academics to engage, learn, share and network.
When: Monday 27 October – Wednesday 29 October 2025
Where: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
Engagement
Methods Tool
If you have completed one of the IAP2 Australasia Certificate of Engagement key training modules –Engagement Methods – then you might know and regularly use the Engagement Methods Tool. The Engagement Methods Tool is available for engagers.
