Bounce Forward: What Comes After the Election?

Bounce Forward: What Comes After the Election? Resilience & Recovery As You Find Your Next Step

Have you run for election in the last 12 months? Whether you were elected or not, this masterclass is for you. Running is winning, and every election campaign leaves an impact. This practical session focuses on what comes next, helping you reflect on your experience, recover your energy, recognise what you've gained and take your next step with confidence.

Politics can be challenging. Whether you're adjusting to the realities of elected office, reflecting on a campaign that didn't result in election, or simply processing the highs and lows of putting yourself out there, the experience can leave you with a lot of mixed feelings.

Building resilience and knowing how to recover from an election campaign are essential skills for women seeking to make a difference in politics.

In this practical one-hour masterclass, we'll explore how to recover from the demands of an election campaign, make sense of your experience and develop the resilience to reflect, recover and feel confident about your next step.

You'll walk away with:

• A greater understanding of resilience and election recovery, and why both matter regardless of the election outcome

• Practical strategies to manage disappointment, overwhelm and the emotional demands that can follow a campaign

• Ways to reflect on your experience, recognise what you've gained and bounce forward without losing sight of yourself or your purpose

• Greater clarity and confidence to decide what comes next for you

Whether you've recently run for election or are still working through an earlier campaign experience, this session will help you reflect, recalibrate and move forward with confidence.

DATE: Wednesday 9 December 2026

TIME: 12pm AEDT 

LOCATION: Online 

A quick note on our Terminology: WFE has an inclusive definition of ‘women’. We aim to engage with, and give voice to, the diverse experience of those who may identify as women – including trans, cis and non-binary.

In registering for this event, you are accepting and promising to abide by the Women for Election Code of Conduct for events, including observing WFE’s values of collaboration and inclusion. 

You also acknowledge that this event provides a safe space and therefore shall not record this meeting, including through video recording, sound recording, automated minute taking and other tools, unless they are required to assist in case of a disability. 

Read the full Code of Conduct HERE.