Notes from the Sydney Engagement Meetup – December 2025

Last week I attended the Sydney Engagement Meetup – a relaxed, practitioner-led space for honest conversations about what’s working in engagement, and what isn’t.

Alongside catching up with fellow engagement practitioners, we were invited to suggest discussion topics. I hosted a small-group conversation on Accessibility and Inclusion, and the takeaway was simple but important: effective engagement respects people’s time, language, and lived experience. It prioritises accessibility, plain language, and practical design choices – and, crucially, it follows through on what it hears.

When engagement is done this way, trust isn’t something you ask for – it’s something you earn.

Conversations like this are exactly why practitioner-led spaces matter.

Notes from a small-group discussion on Accessibility and Inclusion at the Sydney Engagement Meetup – a reminder that good engagement is practical, considered, and designed with people in mind.