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DIGITAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR MOVEMENTS
THAT CARE
Sword Fern Digital is a strategy and infrastructure studio for movements that care. We help progressive campaigns, nonprofits, and grassroots groups build digital systems that are beautiful, functional, and aligned with their values. From data to design, we build tech that counters extractive models and puts communities first.
If you're trying to organize in the chaos, fundraise without burnout, or make your mission resonate online, we'll help you do it with clarity, intention, and power—without the exploitative tactics of mainstream platforms.
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SERVICES
WORKFLOWS & AUTOMATION
Worker-centered automation that counters the gig economy's exploitation, reduces organizer burnout, and creates democratic workplace technology
CAMPAIGN INFRASTRUCTURE
Websites, databases, and digital tools built on open platforms—not surveillance capitalist infrastructure that mines your community's data
FUNDRAISING SYSTEMS
Email, ads, landing pages, and CRM integrations that build member-supported movements without replicating Silicon Valley's manipulative growth tactics
DATA & REPORTING
Democratically governed data systems that give communities ownership of their information, unlike corporate analytics that extract value for shareholders
NARRATIVE & MESSAGING
Messaging that challenges corporate narratives, centers lived experiences, and speaks plainly about ecological realities—without the techno-optimist buzzwords
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WHY WORK WITH US
Sword Fern Digital is founded and led by Mike Barrett Soron, whose decade of experience spans digital organizing against corporate power, electoral campaigns, and ecosystem defense. We understand the struggle against extractive tech because we've been in the trenches.
We partner deeply with organizations, campaigns, and individuals at the forefront of urgent social change. In this critical moment, we're helping movements build immediate tactical capacity while developing the democratic infrastructure needed for long-term power—creating alternatives to extractive tech that can survive both crisis response and sustained transformation.
- Political analysis paired with technical skill: Strategy that confronts capitalist tech dominance while building practical alternatives
- Democratic infrastructure: Digital systems that enhance collective governance instead of concentrating power in platforms
- Ecological design: Low-carbon solutions that recognize the climate impact of digital infrastructure
- Movement technology: Tools designed for long-term organizing power, not just electoral cycles or campaign moments
Build digital power, not digital dependence.
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WORKING PRINCIPLES
Our approach is guided by these foundational ideas. Each one shapes our methods and ensures your technology serves your mission, not the other way around.
01. Position wellbeing as critical infrastructure
02. Build systems that outlast moments of crisis
03. Deploy technology designed for your intended outcomes
04. Make strategic choices that drive organizing power
05. Create digital tools that ensure accessibility and durability
06. Redistribute power through technology, never concentrate it
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WHO WE SERVE
We partner deeply with organizations, campaigns, and individuals at the forefront of urgent social change. In this critical moment, we're helping movements build immediate tactical capacity while developing the democratic infrastructure needed for long-term power—creating alternatives to extractive tech that can survive both crisis response and sustained transformation.
• Union locals and labour federations fighting platform capitalism
• Left-progressive electoral campaigns, candidates, and aspiring political voices
• Individual advocates, mentors, and independent changemakers leveraging technology
• Community organizers using automation to scale their advocacy work
• Non-profits, cooperatives, and solidarity economy initiatives
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GET IN TOUCH
Let's build technology that helps you organize without burnout, communicate with clarity, and create lasting change.
Campaigns that care. Tech that helps.
Ready to build democratic digital infrastructure that challenges corporate tech? Let's start a conversation about shifting power back to your community.
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