Business for Good Workshop & Group Mentoring

Join the Business for Good program and the City of Onkaparinga for an event that brings together two connected group experiences for the small business community in the region: a one-hour interactive workshop followed by two hours of group mentoring.

Small businesses play a vital role in building strong communities and local economies. This space offers a valuable opportunity to explore how integrating social and environmental impact into your business can strengthen your brand, build customer loyalty, attract new opportunities and help future-proof your business. Participants will gain practical tools, proven frameworks and valuable connections with like-minded business owners, helping them turn purpose into a driver of sustainable growth and business success.

Places are limited to 15 spots, so register early to secure yours.

This event is hosted by the City of Onkaparinga, facilitated by Business for Good Program delivery partners Collab4Good and the South Australian Social Enterprise Council (SASEC), and supported by Fleurieu Peninsula Tourism.

Part 1: Business for Good Workshop

The Collab4Good team will host an interactive workshop that goes back to the fundamentals of Business for Good, so your enterprise is built on strong, impact-driven foundations.

Together, we'll:

• Explore your WHY, and unpack different impact and business models

• Draw on existing examples of business knowledge and practices to deepen our understanding of impact-led enterprise

• Introduce systems thinking and systems change, so you can see how your business fits into the wider movement for social, environmental and economic transformation

• Learn to use a Theory of Change framework - a practical tool for embedding impact into your business model strategically and intentionally

Whether you're early in shaping your impact-led approach or refining one already underway, you'll leave with greater clarity and confidence in how to embed it.

Part 2: Group Mentoring

Right after the workshop, you'll have the opportunity to connect with other participants through facilitated small group conversations shaped by participant-led topics, challenges and opportunities.

Facilitated by the South Australian Social Enterprise Council (SASEC) and Collab4Good, this session is an open, safe space for participation, where you'll:

• Have your voice heard: suggest the business topics you'd most like to explore (you can propose more than one, and/or chose to dive further into topics addressed in the workshop)

• Share and discuss in small groups, each hosted by a Business for Good mentor: talk through the chosen topics, with the freedom to move between groups and pick up insights from different focus areas

• Create connections: build relationships and explore opportunities for collaboration, guided by conversations shaped by the group's own topics, challenges and opportunities

This is an opportunity to dive deeper into Business for Good development topics, and to build meaningful connections with like-minded people who are creating positive impact through their business.

Who is this for?

• Small and family businesses interested in strengthening their social, environmental or cultural impact

• Social enterprises

• First Nations-owned businesses

• Certified B Corps

Hosts & Facilitators

Facilitated by Business for Good program team:

• Amy Orange - Co-Founder & Managing Director, Collab4Good. Amy is an award-winning social enterprise strategist passionate about applying commercial innovation to solve complex social challenges. She leads Collab4Good’s programs and is an Industry Fellow at Monash University in Social Enterprise. With an MBA from Flinders University and recognition as a Women in Innovation Award winner and InDaily Top 40 Under 40, Amy combines bold thinking with practical execution.

• Arianna Watson - Impact Director, Collab4Good. Arianna is a social entrepreneur and facilitator with over a decade of experience across community and international development. She manages the statewide Business for Good Program and brings deep expertise in impact strategy, facilitation and collaboration. A former Chair of the South Australian Social Enterprise Council and co-founder of Think Enough, Arianna is passionate about empowering people to drive meaningful change.

• Angela Alvarez - Business for Good Program Coordinator, SASEC. is passionate about social impact and connecting impact-driven organisations with the people they exist for. With extensive experience across marketing, engagement and project coordination, she brings together strategy, storytelling and community engagement to support meaningful work. Through her independent practice, Simbolica, Angela works with impact-driven organisations to explore insights, shape ideas and develop content and digital communications that strengthen connection, visibility and participation. She also co-coordinates the Business for Good Social Enterprise Development Program, representing SASEC within the program’s delivery partnership.

• With special participation from social enterprise practitioners, bringing real, hands-on experience to the room.

What to Expect?

• Expert-led, practical learning grounded in real-world experience

• Hands-on activities to clarify your impact and business strategy

• Tools and frameworks you can immediately apply to your business

• Insights into systems thinking and sustainable impact model

• Peer-to-peer learning, idea-sharing, and collaborative problem-solving

• A focus on real challenges and opportunities for SA businesses for good

• Networking in a welcoming, inclusive environment

Eligibility & Program Info

To attend, you must:

• Hold a current ABN

• Be based in South Australia

• Be a small business (up to 20 FTE employees) or a family business

• Be ready to learn how to embed impact in your business

Participation in this activity means you’re joining the Business for Good program. At your first event, we’ll collect a few business details to help us meet our reporting requirements. Once you’ve signed up once, future registrations will be quicker and easier.

This activity is a space for shared learning and respectful collaboration, to participate in a way that is safe for you and others, we request that you adhere to our Code of Conduct.

About the Program

The Business for Good Sector Development Program 2025-27 is an initiative of the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030. Delivered in partnership by the South Australian Social Enterprise Council (SASEC) and Collab4Good, the 2-year Business for Good Program will support South Australian small social enterprise businesses with key business fundamentals to strengthen their knowledge, capacity and capability to deliver social, environmental and economic outcomes for SA with long-term business sustainability and growth.

The program includes:💡 Workshops | 🎯 1-1 Coaching | 🤝 Group Mentoring

Stay up to date at: www.sasec.org.au/businessforgood