Increasingly, founders and owners of small businesses want to make a positive contribution to society and the environment in a way that is meaningful and tangible. Often, however, we don’t know where to start or don’t have the headspace to dedicate to seriously consider our potential for real impact.

Sometimes, we respond reactively to acute shocks like bushfires or to requests from our surrounding community such as to provide a voucher for a local sporting club’s raffle.

How much more impact could you have if you could integrate a continuing and strategic contribution to society and/or the environment as part of your business model?

In this interactive and highly practical webinar, Social and Environmental Impact consultant, Dr Amber Earles, will teach you how to plan for effective and strategic social and/or environmental impact as part of your business model.

Research indicates that there are a number of benefits of social and environmental impact planning for businesses, in addition to the obvious benefits to the particular causes. These include: positive customer attitudes, improved public image, improved competitive advantage, improved financial performance and even investor interest.

Key takeaways include

Consider your values. Why do you want to make a positive impact?
Consider the issues you're passionate about. What do you want to positively impact?
Consider what you’ve done before/are already doing. How can you build on your existing impact?

There's nothing like the energy and motivation from attending a live webinar. You'll be working on practical exercises and you'll get a chance to share your comments and ask questions on the spot. But if you can't make it on the day, we understand! We'll send a recording of this webinar to all registered participants after the event.

About Dr Amber Earles

Throughout her career, Amber has worked across Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East as well as in remote Australian Aboriginal communities to support individuals and organisations to achieve their goals. She is now applying her expertise closer to home.

Amber supports small businesses to document, operationalise and evaluate social and environmental impact plans, achieving founders' goals of caring for people and the planet while allowing them to concentrate their efforts on the day-to-day running of their business.

“Amber is a fabulous researcher, workshop designer and facilitator and community engagement specialist. In the five years we have worked together, I have found her to be a joy to work with, interpersonally astute, curious and creative, and breathtakingly thorough and well-organised. I have no hesitation in recommending Amber.”

— Professor Jo Barraket, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology

About My Work Life Design

My Work Life Design is a platform for women-led businesses to experiment and collaborate on bold ideas before launching to the world.

With so many responsibilities in life, the importance of career and financial independence can slip to the bottom of the priority list for many women. On top of this, many of us are battling a lack of confidence and limited access to opportunities which stops us in our tracks.

My Work Life Design is working to address these issues by providing a judgement-free space for peer-to-peer collaboration, accountability and up-skilling using human-centered design as it’s backbone. Visit our organiser profile or website for our latest online events and resources.

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