MAY 4 - 6, 2027
GADIGAL | SYDNEY + ONLINE
FWD+ORGANISE
Where campaigners, organisers and communicators learn the skills to win.
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FWD+ORGANISE is the space our movements get stronger.
It’s where digital, organising, campaigning and communications practitioners come together, share practical skills and lessons, and learn cutting-edge tools and approaches to win change.
FWD+Organise is for the do-ers of social change: from grassroots movements, unions, non-profits of all sizes, service delivery charities, for-purpose business, local government and more. It’s for those of us fighting for a fairer, more equal future.
TRAININGS
Choose from 30+ practical sessions, ranging from beginner to advanced. Covering online organising, media and communications, building active volunteer networks and more.
CASE STUDIES
Learn hard-won lessons from the people who’ve done the work on winning campaigns, across the continent and from overseas.
NETWORKING
We do this work together, so make new friends, connect with old ones, and build the relationships that’ll help win change together.
(Plus, there’s a party.)
STRATEGY
Dedicated time to apply what you’ve learnt, and start making plans with other campaigners, organisers and communicators in the room.
Past sessions include…
How to TikTok
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Deep Canvassing Workshop
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Building a Post-Election Gameplan
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How to Run a Webinar for Thousands
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How to TikTok 〰️ Deep Canvassing Workshop 〰️ Building a Post-Election Gameplan 〰️ How to Run a Webinar for Thousands 〰️
Surviving the Pile-On: Navigating online culture wars
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Lessons from the Disinformation Frontlines
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How the Far Right are Using AI
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Developing Sustainable Online Fundraising
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Surviving the Pile-On: Navigating online culture wars 〰️ Lessons from the Disinformation Frontlines 〰️ How the Far Right are Using AI 〰️ Developing Sustainable Online Fundraising 〰️
Organising in Regional Communities
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Hong Kong Protests: A Deep Dive
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Local Power: Building Power at the Local Level
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Organising in Regional Communities 〰️ Hong Kong Protests: A Deep Dive 〰️ Local Power: Building Power at the Local Level 〰️
The role of civil disobedience
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Barnstorming in the Australian context
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Friendly Nerds Help You Secure Your Campaign
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Organising for Global Solidarity
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The role of civil disobedience 〰️ Barnstorming in the Australian context 〰️ Friendly Nerds Help You Secure Your Campaign 〰️ Organising for Global Solidarity 〰️
Beyond Sharing Posts: how to give your members meaningful leadership
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Coaching for Leadership
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How to manage change in large organisations
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Beyond Sharing Posts: how to give your members meaningful leadership 〰️ Coaching for Leadership 〰️ How to manage change in large organisations 〰️
Get Inspired by Winning Campaigns
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Climate Solidarity Workshop
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Data 101
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Fast and First: Rapid response media campaigning
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Get Inspired by Winning Campaigns 〰️ Climate Solidarity Workshop 〰️ Data 101 〰️ Fast and First: Rapid response media campaigning 〰️
Co-ordinating on Organising
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Winning the Content Wars
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All You Need to Know About Video
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Digital Accessibility
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My Database is Better than Your Database
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Co-ordinating on Organising 〰️ Winning the Content Wars 〰️ All You Need to Know About Video 〰️ Digital Accessibility 〰️ My Database is Better than Your Database 〰️
What our community says about FWD+Organise:
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“The program was so goooood! I wish I could have gone to everything! I talked to so many people who said they felt more galvanised/inspired/determined than they had all year."
— Campaign manager
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"It was so great learning from a wide range of different activists and organisers, especially those with lived experience of the issues."
—Western Australian organiser
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"It was so refreshing and just what I needed: to meet and reconnect with people and be reminded of the incredible skill and seriousness in the Australian progressive movement."
—Technical lead
EARLY BIRD
Small NFP (under $500k) -
Regular NFP ($500k - 3 million) -
Large NFP (over $3 million) -
B-Corp / Social Enterprise -
Political parties / Business -
IN-PERSON
$225
$285
$345
$450
$525
Online tickets include access to all plenaries + a dedicated online-only breakout stream.
ONLINE
$115
$135
$160
$225
$280
Early bird runs from launch to October 1st. Organisation size is calculated based on annual revenue.
Prices listed include GST and Humanitix fees. Payment via Invoice is also available.
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FWD+Organise is for practising organisers, digital campaigners and communicators who are working for a fairer and more equal future.
Some of us work behind a keyboard, others spend time organising communities in the field.
Some of us do this every day as our jobs, others are finding what time we can between work, friends and caring responsibilities.
Some of us focus everything on circles of commitment and meaningful conversations, while others spend time A/B testing email strategies or building new tools for online engagement.
Some of us spend our day writing press releases and media statements, some of us jump on live and connect directly to our community.
At the intersection of this online and offline work are lessons we can all learn from to build our movements, and win change.
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FWD+Organise 2027 is a hybrid conference. At registration, you can choose either an in-person or an online ticket.
For in person ticket holders, all content will take place in Sydney over two days.
For online ticket holders, plenaries will be live-streamed, and you will have access to a series of stand-alone online breakouts.
All caucuses will be held online in the two weeks leading up to FWD+Organise.
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FWD+Organise will take place in the first week of May 2027. Keep an eye out for further details when tickets go on sale.
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Tickets to FWD+Organise are scaled based on the size of your organisation or movement, ranging from Early Bird prices of $225 inc GST (organisations with under $500,000 annual revenue) to $525 inc GST (political offices and businesses servicing the non-profit sector). Ticket costs will increase as we get closer to the event.
We also have free and heavily discounted tickets available for:
First Nations people (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pasifika people)
People with disability
People of colour
People with lived experience seeking asylum
Unwaged activists from grassroots movements
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The FWD+Organise agenda is designed by a team of experienced advocacy and campaigning experts, in consultation with the community of social change activists and organisations we serve.
We have hundreds of conversations with people at all levels of involvement in our movements to shape the agenda and make sure it covers the skills people most need in this moment.
Watch this space for more information on how to apply to speak, run a session or just to share an idea of what you want to see on the agenda.
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FWD+Organise is run by Australian Progress — we build the capacity of social change organisations and movements to advocate and win. We also run the Progress conference, as well as many smaller trainings and events across the year.
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You can email us at info@australianprogress.org.au.
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Thank you for your interest in partnering on FWD+Organise 2027. Partner contributions support our scholarship fund, inclusion and accessibility across the board and help us make magic with the small details that often have a big impact!
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