Governance for Social Impact training 

Over two days in October, two groups of non-for-profit board members and executive leaders took part in our Governance for Social Impact training in Hobart and Launceston, presented by the Centre for Social Impact and funded by the Tasmanian Community Fund (TCF).

Through this training, they learnt about many areas of social governance, including effectively governing in the complex social ecosystem, how to create change, what it means to have a ‘mission first’ agenda and more.

The participants said they had learned a lot through the training and that they would be taking their learnings back to their organisations.

President of TasCOSS Georgie Ibbott said she had done a lot of different professional development, and this was a refreshing change because it assumed a base level of understanding and focused almost entirely on community impact and how we can use our skills to increase our community support.

“We are currently figuring out how we can more purposefully interact with government and improve the whole of the community sector,” she said.

“Having an understanding on how to measure and monitor social impact informs this work we are already doing with the government and other organisations. This makes sure we are delivering on our strategic promise and upholding our responsibility of supporting our community organisations.”