Barbara Chappell is an experienced community engagement practitioner living and working in South Australia with an International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) license to train participants in public participation and emotion and outrage management. She holds a Masters of Conflict Management, a Diploma of Human Resource Management and a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. Barbara has 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.
Her mediation skills were developed through pro-bono court work involving small claims and resolving resident disputes in local government.
A background in hospital services management, qualifications in Human Resource Management, extensive study and a commitment to community volunteering add to Barbara’s diverse knowledge base and enable her to bring value and integrity to working with people.
Barbara completed post graduate studies in Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement through the Fielding Graduate University (USA) in 2010 to increase her knowledge and her abilities to contribute to the improvement of public participation across South Australia. She studied “Communities of Practice” to learn how to more effectively bring people together to share knowledge and learn from one another in 2011. Barbara was granted an internship in the Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement Program with the Kansas State University in 2013/14.
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.
Her mediation skills were developed through pro-bono court work involving small claims and resolving resident disputes in local government.
A background in hospital services management, qualifications in Human Resource Management, extensive study and a commitment to community volunteering add to Barbara’s diverse knowledge base and enable her to bring value and integrity to working with people.
Barbara completed post graduate studies in Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement through the Fielding Graduate University (USA) in 2010 to increase her knowledge and her abilities to contribute to the improvement of public participation across South Australia. She studied “Communities of Practice” to learn how to more effectively bring people together to share knowledge and learn from one another in 2011. Barbara was granted an internship in the Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement Program with the Kansas State University in 2013/14.