Unlocking Social Procurement Opportunities: Two-Part Workshop Series | Workshop 1

This series is for social enterprises looking to expand their market access and secure contracts that drive business growth and social impact.

About this webinar

Workshop 1: Preparing Your Social Enterprise for Procurement.

This 90-minute workshop will cover:

• Learning how to position your enterprise for procurement success by understanding buyer expectations.
• Refining your value proposition.
• Developing an internal step-by-step plan and ensuring compliance with key procurement requirements.
  

Adele Laughton

CEO

 

Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC)

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Adele is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history spanning the Social Enterprise, Not-for-profit and Agriculture sectors. In her role at Queensland Social Enterprise Council, Adele focuses on driving social innovation through strategic leadership and fosters entrepreneurial ecosystems. In parallel, as Head of Government Relations at Social Enterprise Australia, she advocates for policy that benefits both communities and the economy, while building strong connections between the social sector and government.

Thomas Pollock

Founder & CEO

 

Gov Ready

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Thomas Pollock is the Founder of Gov Ready and brings over two decades of expertise in winning government business for the SME sector. Gov Ready offers support to those pursuing government contracts and provides a clearly defined road map to government revenue streams. Thomas has fostered strategic collaborations with government and major corporations and, in particular, loves working with the SME sector. Thomas is the author of the book, “Winning Government Business: The 6 Rules and 9 Absolutes,” which provides valuable insights into government procurement, empowering SMEs to compete and win government contracts.

Elisabeth Lette

Director (QLD & NT)

 

ArcBlue

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Elisabeth Lette is the QLD-NT Director of ArcBlue, a specialist procurement consultancy. Elisabeth has 28 years experience in financial management and governance, strategy and policy development, procurement reform and implementation. Her experience spans both the public sector and multi-national private sector organisations. Elisabeth is passionate about the opportunity to deliver greater value to our communities through procurement. She is a recognised leader in sustainable procurement and led the development of Victoria’s Social Procurement Framework from policy inception to implementation across 300 entities. At ArcBlue, Elisabeth is supporting a range of organisations to develop and implement sustainable procurement strategies and place-based approaches to drive social, economic and environmental outcomes. Elisabeth is a voluntary Board Director of the Queensland Social Enterprise Council (QSEC).