Community of Practice – Friday 20 November 2026

Topic: November 2026 Community of Practice: Who Gets to Say It Worked? Talking about Honest Evaluation of Co-design

We are pleased to announce that Dr Kelsey Chapman from Griffith University is the next guest presenter at our upcoming online disability reform Community of Practice.  

Stakeholder engagement and co-design is now part of how many government and community organisations work with people with disability. But how do we know when stakeholder engagement and co-design has worked and who gets to decide? In this session we’ll explore what honest evaluation of engagement looks like in practice, examples of co-design that worked and that didn’t, and talk about how success can look different depending on where you sit. Together, we’ll build a shared picture of what we think honest evaluation needs from each of us. You’ll leave with more thoughts on self-evaluation and making the way co-design work more transparent in your own work. 

The presentation will be followed by a group discussion, and a verbal summary of key takeaways.

About the presenters: 

Dr Kelsey Chapman 

Dr Kelsey Chapman is a Research Fellow at Inclusive Futures, Griffith University. Her research focuses on disability inclusion, health and public policy. She works alongside people with disability as co-designers and co-researchers at every stage of a project. Kelsey has led co-design projects with Queensland Government and health service partners and QDN, including The Voice of Queenslanders with Disability and See Me. Hear Me. Respect Me. Her work was recognised with the Springer Nature Award for Inclusive Health Research in 2024. 

About the Community of Practice  

You are invited to participate in an online disability reform Community of Practice to share learnings about best practice co-design and hear reflections about co-design work. This is an opportunity to learn from peers and share your own learnings in a safe and supportive space. 

This Community of Practice is being facilitated by Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN) as part of our work delivering the Queensland Disability Stakeholder Engagement and Co-Design Strategy. 

The Strategy was developed by Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN), in consultation with people with disability and the disability sector and released on 30 September 2024. The Strategy will ensure that people with disability, their families and supporters, and sector stakeholders are actively involved in designing, testing, and implementing important disability reforms arising from recommendations of the Disability Royal Commission and NDIS Review. 

Details: 

This event will require a medium level of energy, including both a presentation and panel discussion. 

The Community of Practice is open to: 

• members of the disability reform Co-design Team

• disability reform project partner representatives 

• Queensland Government staff members, and 

• previous attendees of a disability reform community forum. 

Meetings occur every 3 months. Meetings are hosted online on Zoom and run for 1.5 hours.

To register your interest in this meeting, please RSVP by clicking the following link to be added to the calendar invite: https://forms.office.com/r/WGmMFf9hmd 

Find out more about our work here: https://qldcodesignstrategy.qdn.org.au/  

If you have any questions, please contact the QDN Reforms Team by phone on 1300 363 783 or email admin@qdn.org.au

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