WHO WE ARE
Leisa Prowse Consulting helps organisations to deliver infrastructure and contentious planning projects and explore complex challenges with their stakeholders.
Leisa Prowse
DIRECTOR
Leisa has more than 30 years of experience in community and stakeholder engagement, and social impact assessment. With more than 300 projects under her belt, Leisa understands complex and contentious projects in the transport, resources, energy, water, education, health, property and government sectors, and the challenges they face.
Leisa has successfully managed sensitive and complex stakeholder and community issues, helping clients to achieve stronger project outcomes. Her genuine curiosity and flexible approach allows her to quickly get to the heart of an issue, so that she can leverage her experience to deliver practical and cost effective advice.
Leisa is tertiary-qualified in both town planning and communication. This rare combination of skills enables her to meaningfully engage with a range of stakeholders at different technical levels, while ensuring that the results of engagement processes can be readily incorporated into technical studies.
Leisa has a strong track record in communicating complex technical concepts in plain English in material intended for a community audience. Leisa has also held roles where she was responsible for the final review of government documents, providing publication approval.
Leisa understands people and their issues, and has worked with a range of stakeholders from landowners to legislators. She has worked with communities in urban, regional and remote areas across Queensland and Australia, and stakeholders representing a range of cultural groups.
Leisa is skilled at facilitating discussions with individuals and groups ranging in size from five people to 5,000. She has proven experience conducting productive meetings with groups that are hostile or outraged.
Leisa is a Fellow of the Engagement Institute and Engagement Institute Licensed Trainer, delivering IAP2 Australasia courses, reflecting her commitment to best-practice engagement processes.
Sophie Perissinotto
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sophie is a skilled community and stakeholder engagement practitioner with 5 years of experience working in engagement, urban and social planning and public-facing government positions.
Sophie is comfortable working in different roles in a team. She has led construction communication and strategic engagement projects. Sophie has worked in different roles on engagement projects in a range of sectors; including strategic engagement, planning and infrastructure, education and health.
Sophie brings a technical background and understanding to community and stakeholder engagement projects, having graduated with a Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning.
Sophie brings an ability to leverage digital tools and platforms to engagement processes. She is adept at analysing data, extracting valuable insights and translating complex information into clear and concise reports that resonate with all levels of technical knowledge.
Sophie is a Full Member of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA).
Dylan Parry
CONSULTANT
Dylan has recently joined Leisa Prowse Consulting following completion of his honours degree in anthropology at the University of Queensland. He has a keen interest in community engagement and social research shaped through several years of experience working in social policy, program evaluation and Native Title anthropology.
Dylan has technical skills in, and a passion for, qualitative research. Across his prior roles, he has assisted in interview administration, thematic data analysis and has significant experience producing literature reviews. He has also variously worked with historical or archival data and media releases, assisted with ethnographic fieldwork and contributed to report writing.
These research skills are underpinned by a strong social science background enabling Dylan to understand community dynamics and problems as they are shaped by sociocultural structures and local knowledge.
MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS
International Association for Public Participation
Certified Engagement Practitioners, and Members
Local Buy Prequalified Supplier
Business Management Services BUS272, Marketing & Public Relations
How We Do It
We help our clients to quickly get to the heart of community and stakeholder issues, harnessing energy and expertise along the way to serve the purpose of a project and keep it moving forward. Our advice is practical, nimble and cost-effective because it is informed by a significant track record of achieving tangible results on over 70 diverse projects delivered across Australia.
Values
Established in 2013, Leisa Prowse Consulting offers a team that delivers the full-range of engagement techniques guided by a commitment to collaboration, two-way dialogue based on plain English explanations, listening with empathy, and adding value to project outcomes.
HOW WE SERVE THE PURPOSE OF A PROJECT
We keep it moving forward using:
Collaboration
Meaningful collaboration through value-add conversations are part of our DNA.
Two-way conversations
We foster focused, empathetic, robust two-way conversations to improve engagement and make a difference.
Plain English
We create communication that is easily read and understood to ensure that your audience understands the project and technical concepts.