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Welcome to another mammoth edition of the QSEC member bulletin.
Got an event or news or stories that you'd love our networks to know about? Email me at leanne@qsec.org.au
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QSEC AGM announced for 9th December.
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Mark your calendars!
The QSEC Annual General Meeting will be held at the Capital (Level 2 155 Queen St Brisbane) and online.
Wed 9 December 2020 - 6pm - 9pm
Register now
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We need YOUR voice!
Your chance to WIN $100 to spend at the QSEC Social Enterprise of your choice!!!!
Simply complete the survey below to enter**.
To help QSEC craft our offering and better support our members, each year we conduct a member support survey. This year we want the input from ALL of our Social Enterprise members so we are offering a sweetener.....
Complete the survey to go into a random draw!
One lucky winner will be able to redeem $100 for goods or services from a fellow QSEC social enterprise member.
Entries Open : 1 October 2020
Entries Close : 30 October 2020
Prize drawn and winner notified by email : week beginning 2nd November
Open to paid QSEC Social Enterprise members only |
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Reset & Recover with Regional Impact Activators Announced!
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Thanks to the support of the Queensland Government, QSEC has recently called for expressions of interest to secure Regional Activators to help deliver the Reset and Recover with Impact Project. The Reset and Recovery Project will focus on assisting social enterprises to reset their businesses post COVID-19 and uncover opportunities for emerging markets.
We are excited to announce the three successful candidates for the following areas:
- Far North Queensland: Crystal Williams.
- Central Queensland: Strong Communities cohort Charmaine Tolhurst, Crystal Robson and Natalia Muszkat.
- Darling Downs: Daniel Johnsen.
As we set these Activators up, we will be announcing the projects in more detail, and ways in which you can contact them!
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Qld State Election Blitz 2020
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The Queensland State election is set to be held 31 October. We are calling for all social enterprises to leave a lasting impression of the POSITIVE IMPACT social enterprises have on their communities!
"We Need YOU!”
- Download our Election pitch pack
- Contact your local representative AND the candidates for the upcoming election. FIND YOUR CANDIDATE HERE
- Invite them to see your business and the impact you create
- Show them the pitch pack and the great work that social enterprises do in your community.
- Get a photo of the candidate and your business and share on social media #socialenterprise #supportsocial @qsocent
This is going to be a very closely fought election, and we want to demonstrate to all parties the importance of social enterprises and why each candidate needs to get behind businesses that truly will unite and recover Queensland!
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Social Enterprise Summit for Northern Australia (SESNA) 2020
Friday 6th November
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SESNA is a one-day virtual summit for the Northern Australia social enterprise community being held on Friday 6 November.
SENSA is a partnership between Northern Australia’s social enterprise networks: SENT, QSEC and Impact North.
SESNA will include workshops, panel sessions, real-life case studies and opportunities for networking as we design a better future together. Speakers include Ingrid Burket (Yunus Centre); Sorrell Ashby (Guumali); Nick Brown-Graham (Red Earth); Liandra Gaykamangu (Liandra Swim); Laura Egan (Magpie Goose); Susan Black (ImpaQt QLD); Sarah Mort (Mi Haven); plus, many more to come.
Tickets have just gone on sale at www.sesna.com.au with the special early bird price of $10 available until 15 October. |
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Watch our amazing stories!
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Watch all the amazing videos created in the Storytelling for Impact course with our partners Digital Storytellers and Greenfox Studio on our YouTube Channel Playlist.
Watch now!
While you're there, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
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RESET 2020 Impact + Need Research Study
Closes 18th October.
Take Survey now
The RESET 2020 September Survey is designed to track the evolving impacts of COVID-19 on community groups, not-for-profits, charities and all those working in the sector, to identify where support is needed.
The insights will be shared with sector leaders to help them understand how the needs are evolving, where and what additional support is needed.
We encourage anyone working in the sector in any way – as an employee, volunteer, committee member, board director, consultant or advisor to have your say.
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Congratulations!
2020 Social Enterprise Grants Announced!
The successful grant recipients have been announced on the DESBT website. Congratulations to the successful social enterprises!
QSEC would like to discover what the impact of these grants have been on your business and some feedback to the government about the process and also the benefits the funds have created. We are advocating strongly for an additional round and the information will be so critical for us to understand how grants help not just your immediate needs but the longer term impact on your business and the communities you serve. We will be reaching out to all recipients in coming weeks to ask for some feedback.
We would like to say a huge thanks to the Queensland Government for the support in helping us to advance the sector.
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Crowd Round Unconference is happening in Yeppoon
23-25 October 2020.
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This event is a great opportunity for social enterprises and those in the social good space to connect with people from all across Queensland and from a range of industries. The event is also a great opportunity to spread the word about what you're working on (as the agenda is crowd-sourced)!
QSEC is a proud sponsor of the event and will be taking 10 social enterprises from the region to help build the regional network.
There will be people of all ages, from diverse backgrounds, and a whole bunch of sectors there (from film making to tech to fashion to education). It means that you'll have a network of people at your back, helping you do what you already do better. By the end of the weekend, you should have learned a whole lot of new things, shared some of what you know, and made lifelong connections across industries and backgrounds.
Scholarships are available for those who would have difficulty purchasing a ticket.
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR
QSEC MEMBERS
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Not a member of QSEC yet? If you are a social enterprise or support social enterprises in Queensland, you're eligible to join.
Become a member
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There are still Qld Government Adaption Grants available for the regions - Check the criteria and be sure not to miss out.
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Brisbane Social Enterprise Hub at the Capital
EXCLUSIVE TO QSEC MEMBERS
Located right in the heart of the city, QSEC Members are able to take advantage of 50% discount on all space hire at the Capital, Brisbane for working spaces. Come and join our growing movement for change. Regional members can also contact elise@qsec.org.au to arrange a drop-in when you are in Brisbane City! |
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QSEC is now an official partner of Mentoring for Growth (M4G)
M4G is a free program which helps you to engage with experienced business mentors. M4G offers insights, options and suggestions relating to challenges and opportunities that you may be facing in your business.
A wonderful opportunity is available with M4G to help support new social enterprises as a MENTOR. Be sure you choose social enterprise as your area of specialty.
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REGISTER YOUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE to engage with experienced business mentors. You can request an experienced social enterprise mentors who volunteer their time to help business owners and build stronger small businesses across Queensland.
Phone 1300 654 687 or email m4g@desbt.qld.gov.au for more information.
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GSEF and GSEF2021 Mexico Local Organizing Committee (LOC) present the GSEF Global Virtual Forum October 2020 with the central theme 'Great Challenges, Greater Solidarity: Power of Community and SSE as a Path for Transformation'.
Register now |
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Do you want to move into the nonprofit, philanthropy and social enterprise sector in 2021? This is your opportunity to hear from real ACPNS graduates about how their experiences as a student and the qualifications they gained helped them reach their goals in the sector.
Wednesday 21 October 2020 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm AEST
Can’t attend in real time? You should still register; all registrants will receive a copy of the recording.
Register now
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WOW - Women of the World Festival
Monday 26 October 2020
Cairns
You have been invited to the first ‘Think In’ planning session for WOW (Women of the World) Australia 2021. Next year WOW Australia celebrations and events will take place in communities throughout rural and regional Queensland, celebrating the lives of women and girls.
Each WOW program is built around the issues and ideas identified by members of the host community, through a series of community planning sessions called ‘Think Ins’.
Time: Session 1 – 1.30 - 3pm Or Session 2 – 5.30 – 7.30pm
Location: Bulmba-ja Arts Centre, 96 Abbott St, Cairns City QLD 4870
Register now
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Wednesday 28th October 2020
12 noon (QLD TIme)
The webinar is for social enterprises not yet certified with Social Traders. It offers an opportunity to find out more about why and how to get certified.
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SHARE YOUR EVENTS WITH US!!!
Let us Celebrate You!!
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The Startup Tablelands (ST) COVID Zoom support group for business emerged out of the big pivot that was forced upon ST by the start of the COVID debacle earlier in the year.
So the questions will be along these lines:
- What do you want to help you in your business?
- What do you need?
- What structure/format/time/day/tempo/topics will fulfil your needs and wants the best?
- Will you be willing to pitch in and help out?
Join us at 12.30pm this Friday 16th Oct on Zoom
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In this webinar, Dr. Marcus Curcija will explore simple exercises, processes and methods that will enable your business to adopt and communicate an improved sustainability agenda. His series of webinars will show you how to go from zero sustainability policy to SDG hero. Using his techniques, align your business strategy with the SDGs, and at the same time contribute to a better world.
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Micah Projects 25th Anniversary Dinner
Please join Micah Projects for a very special evening in celebration of 25 years of creating change and social justice.
7pm Monday 2 November 2020
The Greek Club
29 Edmondstone St, South Brisbane 4101
Guest Speaker Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM, Ageing and Disability Commissioner NSW.
Buy Tickets
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Every Monday at noon (QLD Time).
Calling all students, staff, alumni and future entrepreneurs! Learn all the tips and tricks to master your public speaking and communication skills with Pitchmasters.
Next online event this Monday. What’re you waiting for?
Register now |
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MORE RESOURCES & OPPORTUNITIES
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If you know of any other opportunities to share,
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13 October, 2020, Katherine, Northern Territory – Aboriginal communities in the Katherine Region now have access to the Ignite Program, an early-stage business incubator, delivered by Circulanation.
Circulanation is working in partnership with Government, communities and organisations in the Katherine Region to address the barriers that individuals, families and communities face in remote Australia when starting their business journey.
Learn more - Read Press Release
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CQUniversity and impact-led business Impact Boom are collaborating to offer iActivate – a self-paced, ultra-flexible and affordable online short course, to guide aspiring and early-stage social entrepreneurs from idea to impact.
Build your skills, reputation and reach in the social enterprise sector, and enrol in iActivate now.
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Human-centred design (HCD) is an approach to problem-solving that puts the people we are designing for at the heart of the process.
The human-centred design process begins with empathy for the people we are designing for. The process:
- generates a wide variety of ideas
- translates some of these ideas into prototypes
- shares these prototypes with the people we’re designing for to gather feedback
- builds the chosen solution direction for release
There is a free HCD Playbook to download too!
Learn more
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Good Hustle is for people who want to stand up, turn their vision into a reality and help build a better world.
Join us for this online program to help you create your enterprise for impact. Over 10 weeks, the Good Hustle online program gives you the lessons, tools and cohort of likeminded changemakers to design, build and launch your business. Our next course starts on October 5th.
Created by StartSomeGood.
Register now
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This program is creating more pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) people to have increased participation in Queensland’s economy.
It is an opportunity for you, as an Indigenous business person, to work with experienced Indigenous trainers and other businesses, from your greater community, to consolidate your business skills and explore new opportunities for innovation and business change.
The One Business program is available to all Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders who are innovators, entrepreneurs and/or own a micro to small and medium sized business.
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Regular monthly donations for social enterprises
and charities now much easier, with innovative new service
READ PRESS RELEASE
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QUT have just announced that in 2021 they will be offering a new accredited course called “Social Enterprises”.
BSB130 is a 12 week course delivered at QUT face to face or online via Zoom. The course is very practical and challenges students to use critical thinking and planning skills to find social business solutions to real world issues. Students are supported to learn the process of developing a social business plan using Human Centred Design and reflective practice. The course covers how evaluation of financial and social performance can be communicated to stakeholders.
If you are interested in learning more about this course please see HERE or contact ACPNS at acpns@qut.edu.au
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Co-operatives – the slow food of social enterprise?
Social enterprises hold great potential to make our world better. To realise this transformative potential, we must ensure the fullness and diversity of this sector is recognised and embraced – including co-operatives, writes Antony McMullen (from Melbourne).
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Looking for Impact Investment?
Navigating impact investment has traditionally been a complex landscape for social enterprises. Thanks to ImpaQt Qld this is about to change, with the recent launch of their Impact Investment Playbook! The playbook looks at the basics of impact investing, how to navigate the Queensland impact investing sector as a social entrepreneur, how to raise impact capital from a variety of streams, and reflections from impact organisations throughout the state. Read ProBono Article
To find out about the Federal Government initiated Social Enterprise Development and Investment Funds (SEDIFs). CLICK HERE
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Davidson Institute Articles - Life after JobKeeper.
(click on image to open articles)
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The Social Enterprise Fundamentals are a set of resources that provide the ‘nuts and bolts’ of social enterprise. They have been designed to provide the information needed before starting a social enterprise – and they are free to access!
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Business in Bright Socks, a Regional Queensland-based strategic coaching practice with a mission to empower purpose-driven entrepreneurs and leaders to change the world, invites you to apply for Regional Queensland Rebound!
Regional Queensland Rebound is a six-month small business recovery accelerator provided by my Business in Bright Socks, and led by Principal, Mathew J Doyle.
And the best bit… Your fees could be 100% Government Funded!
Apply for Regional Queensland Rebound today, and for six months they will work with you to ensure your business doesn’t just recover from the COVID Cataclysm, but rebounds to be stronger than it was before.
Social enterprises and not-for-profits are our passion and strongly encouraged to apply!
Apply today at https://www.regionalqldrebound.com - funding strictly limited.
Payment plans available for businesses ineligible / unsuccessful funding applicants. |
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Social Enterprise - Law on Earth -
Pays it forward with free legal documents
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Award-winning Brisbane-based social enterprise Law On Earth is looking to support other QSEC Members and create awareness of how they can help address the access to justice issue while also supporting other social enterprises and charities. Here is a video about the platform from their recent Impact Boom Elevate+ Pitch Night.
Law On Earth are providing every social enterprise and every individual in the social enterprise space 2 free documents from the platform so they can grab a privacy policy or NDA or employment agreement or even do their Will for no cost. They only ask in return for your feedback so they can make the platform better for everyone, so if you have any suggestions please let them know.
To access the free documents, please set up a free account at www.lawonearth.com.au and go to "Edit Profile" tab on your Dashboard and enter " 2DOCSFREE" in the Voucher Code field. This will then automatically be applied to your next document purchase. |
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A new deal launches to reshape an economy that’s fair for all.
An unlikely alliance of community, union, and academic groups are pitching a shake-up of the economy, challenging the government to look beyond big spending.
Those behind the economic plan, detailed in a report published on Monday ahead of next week’s federal budget, suggest while stimulus spending is important, not enough thought has been put into how to address critical issues the country is currently facing................
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Telling our stories to a National audience
Digital Storytellers piloted weekly version of Enterprising Stories in Australia in the lead up to the 2020 Social Enterprise World Forum (Digital). ASENA and QSEC supported the episodes through provision of stories, sharing enterprising discoveries and was involved in national case studies. The show discovered a core audience of social enterprise ecosystem builders, and provided a key touchpoint to stay connected with the latest news in the social enterprise sector. It also amplified the social enterprises who are stepping up to meet humanity’s challenges both locally and globally. Digital Storytellers is now calling for support through recurring crowdfunding to help understand the audience more deeply, and give financial means to sustain the impact generated by doing monthly shows over the course of a whole year.
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Queensland Government Resources
- Online training for business impacted by COVID
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Register now for upcoming FREE CCIQ Webinars
Communication for business leaders
Small business selling
How to use free publicity
and many, many more.............
Other support available.
CCIQ has created a single a single source of truth for all businesses. To see all of the stimulus measure currently available to you, visit:
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Social Enterprise Resources
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For social enterprise resources - head to the QSEC public resources page.
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