Jas Rawlinson Book as a speaker/entertainer for your next event

Key Points for Jas Rawlinson

  • Jas Rawlinson empowers workplaces to recognise early signs of coercive control and respond to disclosures with clarity, compassion and practical confidence.
  • Through her nationally recognised advocacy, including founding Brisbane’s first domestic violence memorial, Jas helps organisations strengthen safety, awareness and cultural accountability.
  • Her work with anti trafficking teams and survivor communities brings a rare depth of insight, enabling audiences to understand complex issues through real world experience.
  • Jas inspires people to reclaim their stories and harness resilience, encouraging communities to take meaningful action that supports prevention and long term change.

Topics for Jas Rawlinson

  • From awareness to action – 7 ways management can support employees facing domestic violence
    Signature executive training
    An evidence-based, trauma-informed session that helps leadership teams to understand:
    • the 3 most dangerous red flags that precede physical violence.
    • how to avoid becoming a bystander without putting yourself in danger.
    • 7 ways to support victimised employees while balancing professionalism with psychosocial safety.
  • Shame to strength® – How to detect coercive control, set boundaries, and reclaim your story
    Signature keynote
    Designed for workplaces, conferences, and community events, Shame to Strength is a lived-experience keynote that empowers staff and audiences to:
    • Recognise non-physical signs of domestic abuse such as gaslighting and love bombing.
    • Set unapologetic boundaries that keep ourselves and our loved-ones safe.
    • Respond to domestic violence with strength and confidence (without putting our safety at risk).
  • Your story is your superpower - Re-writing shame into strength & adversity into advocacy
    Writing and advocacy workshop
    In this half-day writing workshop, you'll learn how to embrace your story and transform it into a powerful narrative of hope and healing. As a domestic/sexual violence survivor, and an internationally renowned speaker/author, Jas will gently lead you through her expert framework, allowing you to discover the power in your personal story, and re-write shame into strength, and trauma into triumph.

Testimonials for Jas Rawlinson

Jas Rawlinson’s Red Flags 101 keynote was a powerful and timely addition to our university’s work in raising awareness of and preventing gender-based violence. We ground our work in the importance of having honest conversations about difficult topics and centring the expertise of those with lived experience. Jas created a safe, supportive space while tackling complex topics around coercive control, unhealthy relationships, and empowerment so that those in the audience were able to reflect on their own relationships and behaviour. Her Q&A helped open the door for deeper dialogue with our students, enabling us to hear the challenges they are dealing with in their everyday lives – a critical part of the work we do. Jas’ presentation is a reminder of the power of storytelling to spark awareness, reflection, and change.
Respectful University Manager
University of Newcastle

Thank you Jas for delivering such an impactful presentation to our people. We had such positive feedback - these discussions are so important.”
Head of Employee Relations
SERCO

Jas gave a key note speech for us for IWD 2025. She collaborated with us to make sure the content was pitched at the right level for our organisation and tailored her keynote to ensure that it landed well with her audience. And it did, perfectly. Her messages drew our audience in and prompted reflection and action. Thanks Jas, for taking a difficult subject and enabling our people to engage in a meaningful way.
Talent and Diversity Lead
Brisbane Catholic Education

As the 16 days of Activism Against Gendered Violence is coming to a close, I have been reflecting on how proud I am of our community for coming together to collectively say we don’t condone violence in any form. There were so many incredible moments for me, but one in particular was being able to introduce the amazing Jas Rawlinson. Jas gave a keynote at PACC on the red flags of abuse, boundary setting and transforming shame into strength (and I think you can tell by this picture, I was fangirling all over her!).
Community Development Officer
Cessnock City Council

Powerful, courageous, inspiring. With a potent mix of personal experience, narrative and research, Jas delivered a session that educated and empowered our team on various aspects of domestic violence, enhancing their understanding of its profound impact.
Maitland City Council, NSW 

Domestic violence is a daunting but essential topic to discuss with young people. Our students (Year 11 and 12) were very engaged throughout Jas’ whole presentation…and the information she included was highly current, helpful and informative. Jas was very professional and struck just the right balance between presenting on confronting topics but with a sensitive and measured delivery.
Head of Year 11
Indooroopilly State High, QLD

Jas has such a way of telling stories...Through her life experience vignettes, I learned so much more about sexual exploitation and abuse, and how they intersect with many other social issues; and I say that as someone who works on these issues full-time!
CEO
National Center on Sexual Exploitation

This was so rewarding – opening up my own conversation with myself about the value of my own story, focussing on how it can help others. Thank you Cessnock Library and Jas Rawlinson for offering this course to our community. It was well laid out and very supportive – so many ideas and so affirming.
Lee

It was an honour to meet Jas in person: her knowledge and guidance is invaluable. Absolute inspiration. I now have the tools to finish my book and tell my story.
Rachael

Jas made writing my story possible. I’ve realised the true importance of getting my story out – silence definitely enables abuse!
Janelle

Very good workshop. Jas is very professional and sensitive and generous in sharing her story and resources to help us in getting into writing our story.
Chantal

This workshop taught me a lot more about writing than I knew before. I know it will help me write something meaningful in the future.
Annabelle

The workshop with Jas Rawlinson was amazing. It was informative, practical and extremely helpful. Jas is a wonderful teacher.
Davina