Date and time: Wednesday 28 October, 12.00pm-1.00pm AEDT
Topic: VIC Seminar: Making Wellbeing Count: Bringing What Matters to People into Decision-Making
Presenter: Min Seto | Australian Social Value Bank (AVSB)
Venue: Via Zoom. Details will be emailed to registrants just prior to the start time.
Register online by: 27 October 2026

Event description:

How can we ensure that the things that improve people's lives are recognised and valued when making decisions about programs, policies and investments?

This seminar explores why wellbeing matters in decision-making and how evidence about changes in people's lives can be incorporated into Social Cost Benefit Analysis. It will introduce wellbeing valuation as a method for assigning monetary values to social benefits, helping make outcomes that are often difficult to quantify more visible and comparable.

Through a practical case study, participants will see how the Australian Social Value Bank (ASVB) makes this approach more accessible and proportionate for smaller programs, and how the resulting evidence can support better-informed decisions.

Presenter details:

Min Seto is the Executive Officer of Alliance Social Enterprises, the not-for-profit social enterprise behind the Australian Social Value Bank (ASVB), where she leads its ongoing development and delivery.
With a background in community services management and over nine years of experience in social impact measurement, Min works with government, community and corporate organisations to better understand, measure and communicate the social value of their activities.
Her work focuses on making wellbeing valuation and Social Cost Benefit Analysis more accessible and practical, helping organisations understand the broader benefits of their programs and use this evidence to inform decisions about funding, investment and program design.
Min is passionate about ensuring that improvements in people's wellbeing are recognised and valued alongside financial and economic considerations, so that decisions are better informed by what matters to people and communities.

If this seminar is recorded, it will be available on the member portal for AES members only.

This free event has been organised by the AES Victoria Regional Committee. Our seminar series provides an opportunity for you to meet with AES members and others in the evaluation community and to share and learn from the experiences of fellow evaluators. 

Session start times:

• VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS: 12.00pm

• QLD: 11.00am

• SA: 11.30am

• NT: 10.30am

• WA: 9.00am

• New Zealand: 2.00pm

For other time zones please go to https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html