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IAP2 Certificate Training > Certified Training > Iap2-accredited-australasian-trainers
IAP2 Accredited Australasian Trainers
BBS |
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Geographic coverage: Australia specialising in Queensland.
BBS is one of Australia’s largest strategic communications consultancies specialising in community engagement design, practice, training and facilitation, particularly in the areas of major infrastructure, water, energy, mining, local planning and property development. |
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A former Courier-Mail journalist, Amanda is also a weekly panellist on ABC Queensland Radio’s Hidden Persuaders program and an Australasian committee member for IAP2. Amanda’s comprehensive public relations background further heightens the impact of her community engagement strategies. Her experience in high profile and contentious projects, as well as developing engagement frameworks, enables her to create campaigns that are inclusive, transparent and successful. Key achievements include:
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As Director of one of Australia’s leading communications firms, Gerard has more than 14 years experience in strategic communications, public relations and community engagement. His passion lies in improving the way organisations communicate and interact with their publics.
Infrastructure is a key strength having developed communications and engagement programs for two of Australia’s largest road projects – the $4.8 billion Airport Link and the $3 billion CLEM7 tunnels.
He has also developed community engagement frameworks for a range of government organisations including TransLink Transit Authority and ENERGEX.
Gerard has also worked extensively with local Councils in developing engagement strategies for infrastructure and social planning projects.
Key achievements include:
· Ebenezer Regional Industrial Area – Australia’s largest planned industrial precinct
· Stakeholder & Community Engagement Framework for TransLink Transit Authority
· Redland City Council – facilitation of Cleveland CBD Business Revitalisation Forum
· Strategic community engagement advice and training program for Xstrata Coal
· Developed and implemented community engagement program for $700 million Edmonton Business & Industry Park
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A former Courier-Mail journalist, Matthew is a Director of one of Australia’s leading communications firms. His experience lies in strategic communications, public relations and community engagement, particularly for controversial projects. He has provided community engagement services to a range of private and public sector organisations, including the Redland Shire Council, City North Infrastructure delivering Brisbane’s AirportLink project, and Australia’s largest developer of masterplanned communities Delfin Lend Lease. As a trainer licensed to IAP2 to deliver the Emotion, Outrage and Public Participation course, Matthew draws on his experience working in both the media and communications consultancy. He also tutors on a casual basis at the Queensland University of Technology. Key achievements include: |
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Engagement Plus |
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Michelle Feenan Director Michelle has over 20 years experience in Community Engagement, Facilitation, Planning, Team Development and Community Development. Michelle’s extensive consultancy has included the design and delivery of community engagement strategies, community planning, practitioner training and capability building, facilitation and mediation services, strategic planning, the review of community based services and policy development. Her skills and experience supporting the training experience include us of techniques such as deliberative dialogue, carousel, world café, enquiry by design, workshops, open house, static displays and online engagement. Significant projects/clients include:
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Pattillo |
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Geographic coverage: New Zealand and Australia
Please contact the office directly for information on the current training program, Patillo's accredited trainers (listed below) and/or to discuss your IAP2 training needs.
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Anne Pattillo Anne’s high-profile experience and sharp intellect have cemented her reputation as a leader in her field. A consultant and facilitator with over fifteen years’ experience, Anne first formed her business in 1989. She now leads a team of specialised consultants on projects for some of the most dynamic organisations in New Zealand and Australia. With humility, street-level respect, and a real belief in the power of the people she works with, Anne has become iconic in her representation of the art of participation. With this in mind, it is no surprise that she is the President of the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Australasia, and the only NZ-based provider of internationally accredited training in this field. But Anne is just as well recognised in every area of her expertise - from her insightful strategic and leadership work across the government sector to the creation and delivery of an extensive range of specialised, tailored training and development programmes for more than fifty Australasian businesses. She also has a reputation for her high-level corporate mentoring work with New Zealand leaders, and has been celebrated for her unique ability to influence organisational culture and performance. Transformation is what moves Anne; her generous belief in possibility underpins her approach and fuels those around her to transform organisational life, to create exciting futures out of all that’s possible. |
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Taking Action |
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Geographic Coverage: Australia with a strong focus on the Eastern Seaboard.
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John Ross John is a highly experienced communications practitioner, with specialist expertise in community consultation and community relations gained from over 25 years in the profession. John is also Prior to joining Taking Action he held the roles of He has extensive knowledge of how to landscape the public and private environments. In addition he is providing strategic communications and community engagement support to a number of project alliances. Key achievements includes: - Capacity building with Australia Post |
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PlanCom Consulting Pty Ltd |
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Geographic coverage: Australia
Please contact the office or phone Margie on 0411 590 859 for information on the current training program or for a quote for the delivery of IAP2 training in-house.
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Margaret has led public participation projects for major infrastructure projects throughout Australia and in particular in NSW and Queensland over the past 12 years. She has worked in most areas including mining, transport, roads, water resources, waste water, power and waste. In addition to her skills in community engagement for infrastructure she has been involved with social impact assessment and consultations with Queensland and NSW Indigenous communities. She has always been committed to the development of the profession and its practitioners. She was a member of the IAP2 International Board for 4 years and the former Deputy Chair of IAP2 Australasia for 5 years. She currently works nationally as a trainer and public participation consultant. In the past twelve months she has conducted training including for Zinifex Mine (Tasmania), CP Mining (Western Australia), Stanwell Corporation, Tarong Energy, Zero Gen, SEITA, Victorian Department of Infrastructure, Queensland Department of Transport, NSW Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation, NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, SANTOS, Sydney Airports Corporation, Leightons, Baulderstone Hornibrook, Abigroup and Sydney Water. The strength of what she brings to IAP2 training is her ability to draw from her extensive experience as a practitioner on literally hundreds of consultations. In addition to her current practice as a trainer she actively continues to lead teams involved with major projects that plan for the involvement of the public in construction, impact assessment and submission processes. Significantly recently she has been working on the Port Botany Expansion and in planning for the submission processes for a number of major existing or proposed infrastructure developments. |
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Click here for PlanCom Consulting training brochures and course descriptions.
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Aha! Consulting |
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Geographic coverage: Australia
For further information on the courses available, please contact Joel on 0412265411 or 61 8 94439474
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Joel Levin is the principal consultant at Aha! Consulting and has 18 years experience working with or in a range of sectors (Indigenous, Human Services, Planning, State Government, CALD, Environment, Commerce, Sports and Recreation, Education, Local Government, Arts, Aged Care, Health, Community, Child Protection, Disabilities and Justice).
His organisational, engagement and facilitation skills stem from a background in counselling, training, community work and senior management. Joel was the Senior Training Consultant for the Department of Community Development and he established and managed the Not-For-Profit Development Unit for the WA Council of Social Services, which was awarded a Community Services Industry award in 2002 and a Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership award in 2004. He has been part of establishing the WA Committee of the International Association of Public Participation and currently serves as its state coordinator. His education and training background include a Certificate in Public Participation, postgraduate studies in Counselling and Coaching and both the Cert IV Workplace Training and Assessment and the Diploma Training and Assessment Systems. He is a member of the Psychotherapist and Counsellors Association of WA, the Australasian Facilitators Network and the International Association of Public Participation WA. In 2004, Joel became a Fellow of Leadership WA, a program for emerging leader, and has served both on Australasian IAP2 committee and as the state coordinator for the WA committee. Click here for Aha! Consulting training brochures and course descriptions.
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Simply Speaking Seanachai |
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Geographical coverage: Australia specialising in South Australia.
Please contact Barbara (see details below) or the office directly for information on the current training program, and to discuss your IAP2 training needs.
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Barbara Chappell is an experienced community engagement practitioner living and working in South Australia with an IAP2 license to train participants in public participation and emotion and outrage management. She holds a Masters of Conflict Management and a background in the development and implementation of community engagement framework models in local government. In 2008 she worked with the SA Local Government Association to research and develop a community engagement model framework for use throughout Councils in South Australia (available on www.lga.sa.gov.au/goto/engage). Barbara is the recipient of two awards for her contributions to community engagement in SA. |
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Twyfords |
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Stuart Waters Since joining Twyfords in 2004 Stuart has worked on a varied range of community engagement projects, including: tourism and educational infrastructure development; LEP and DCP reviews; sustainability in local government, and a regional responses to climate change. Stuart has significant expertise in running community advisory groups and is currently chairing a number of long-term groups for corporate clients. Stuart has trained a diverse range of material to organisations, individuals and groups including public sector employees, community engagement practitioners, engineers and others. |
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Phoenix Facilitation Pty Ltd |
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Bruce Turner Bruce has over 20 years experience as a facilitator of stakeholder involvement in complex and controversial projects. He worked for the Victorian Government for 10 years, mainly in environmental impact assessment and the reform of the State’s land use planning system. In the course of his work he discovered an interest in mediation and 1998 he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study ‘public dispute resolution’ in North America and the UK. He has worked independently as a facilitator, mediator and trainer for a wide range of government and private sector clients for more than a decade, running everything from public consultation and mediation, to team building and organisational development processes. Bruce is a Certified Professional Facilitator with the International Association of Facilitators, is a trained mediator and member of LEADR (Association of Dispute Resolvers) and the Victorian Association of Dispute Resolution, and is also a member of the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association. Phoenix Facilitation Pty Ltd |
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Nyaarla Projects |
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Alan Beattie Accreditations: Experience as a public participation practitioner (including area/industries of expertise): Alan has a background in the public sector (Commonwealth and State), the private and not-for-profit sectors. Alan has been selected to be on a number of public participation panels such as the Commissioner for Children & Youth panel to maximize the participation of children and young people and the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Facilitation Panel. Alan helped to establish the Western Australian IAP2 sub-committee (established in 2008). |
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Kellogg, Brown & Root |
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Tanya Burdett Accreditations: Various continuing professional development courses including Edward De Bono Six Thinking Hats Course; Managing Across Cultures, Gender Development Throughout the Project Cycle, and Impact Assessment (IDSS) Tanya has over 16 years experience in stakeholder engagement and consultation. Her engagement work ranges from consultation on master plans setting out future visions for small communities of a few thousand people, to engagement across country-wide programs and on major new policy initiatives. She has worked on over 70 projects in various sectors, each one requiring differing levels of stakeholder engagement, and has directly managed consultation programmes for three major upgrades to industrial plants, five area-based planning strategies, several Planning Scheme reviews, and three Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for proposed major works. Tanya’s experience covers a range of sectors including: planning strategy and policy development, urban development, energy planning and development, transport, water supply and sanitation, mining, coastal development, marinas and leisure facilities and industrial development Tanya joined KBR in July 2011 following over 8 years experience in the UK working for various central government departments on implementation of European legislation and UNECE conventions on environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, engagement and public participation within this and the spatial planning sector. She was also responsible for management of the sustainability appraisal, habitats assessment and equalities impact assessment undertaken for the first phase of High Speed Two Ltd proposals for a new high speed railway line from London to Scotland, consulted on in early 2011. Tanya helped to establish the Victorian division of the Australasian Chapter of IAP2, and the IAP2 UK&Ireland Affiliate. She has delivered IAP2 training and other capacity building activities in the UK, Hungary, Portugal, Belgium, Ghana, Yemen, Mongolia, China and Australia, and has also worked in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Western Samoa.
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| Company | Postal Address | Phone & Fax | |
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BBS Amanda Newbery Gerard Reilly Matthew Hart |
GPO Box 2902 Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia |
ph: +61 7 3221 6711 | info@bbspr.com.au |
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Engagement Plus Michelle Feenan |
PO Box 438 Red Hill QLD 4059 Australia |
ph: + 61 7 3368 3008 | michelle@engagementplus.com.au |
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Pattillo |
PO Box 683 Wellington 6140 New Zealand |
ph: +64 4 4732 703 | anne@pattillo.co.nz |
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Taking Action John Ross |
PO Box 801 Sutherland NSW 1499 Australia |
ph:+ 61 2 9233 4499 fax: 02 92334199 mob: 0407 781 568 |
john@takingaction.com.au |
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PlanCom Consulting Margaret Harvie |
PO Box 411 Potts Point NSW 2011 Australia |
ph: +61 2 9331 4336 fax: + 61 2 8572 5319 |
margaret@plancom.com.au |
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Aha! Consulting Joel Levin |
PO BOX 2031, Yokine South Perth WA 6060 Australia |
ph: +61 8 94439474 mob: 0412265411 |
joel@ahaconsulting.net.au |
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Simply Speaking Seanachai |
PO Box 110 Belair SA 5052 Australia |
ph: 0429 155 743 | chappell@aapt.net.au |
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Phoenix Facilitation Pty Ltd Bruce Turner |
PO Box 390 Warrandyte Vic 3113 Australia |
ph: +61 3 9844 2005 | bruturn@ozemail.com.au |
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Twyfords |
PO Box 6004 Wollongong NSW 2500 |
ph: 61 2 4226 4040 | stuart@twyfords.com.au |
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Nyaarla Projects |
PO Box 944 Subicao WA 6904 |
ph: +61 (08) 9259 5700 | |
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Kellogg, Brown and Root Tanya Burdett |
Level 3, 441 St Kilda Road, |
mob: 0408 343 447 |









