Publishing

Jas Rawlinson

As a child growing up in a home with family violence, Jas Rawlinson spent 10 years living in a void of depression, anxiety, and severe suicidality. After losing her dad to suicide at age 18 years old, and entering into a number of abusive relationships, she hit rock bottom, and it was here that she made a promise to one day find a way to support other survivors and victims of domestic violence. Today, Jas Rawlinson is an award-winning book coach, resilience speaker, and best-selling author, who empowers female changemakers to transform their stories into books that create global impact.

She is also the best-selling author of four books, including the suicideprevention series ‘Reasons to Live: One More Day, Every Day,’ and her internationally renowned 2023 release, ‘The Stories We Carry.’ Combining her love of storytelling with her creative writing and psychology degrees, she has helped over 30 trauma survivors and everyday people, write and publish their stories of triumph over adversity, and has been endorsed and supported by names such as Business Insider, news.com.au, Mindvalley, ABC, Lifeline, and America's National Center on Sexual Exploitation.

Dr Ruby Bakshi

Dr. Ruby is an accomplished author of the book, "How to engage learners in a virtual Learning Environment". Dr Ruby launched her Online Learning Platform to help people across the world get knowledge & certification sitting in the comfort of their homes.

Book “How to Engage Learners in

Jas Rawlinson is a strong voice for women across the globe with difficult stories that the world needs to hear, and it is wonderful to see her recognised for her survivorfocused leadership in the publishing space, as both an author and a mentor for those on their own writing and publishing journey.

Khurdi is a highly acclaimed innovative Educator, TEDx Speaker & Trainer in Switzerland. She believes learning and teaching should be fun both for teachers and students!

Her teaching style proudly focuses on gamification. As a recipient of various awards for conducting engaging workshops in London, Bahrain, Amsterdam, India, Sweden, Nepal, China, Paris, Portugal and Prague, Dr Ruby firmly believes education and communication are strong pillars in developing a progressive nation! She launched her Online Learning Platform to help people across the world get knowledge and certification sitting in the comfort of their homes!

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an accomplished author, Dr Ruby Bakshi Khurdi published her 1st a

Virtual Learning Environment”

in 2021. It was a blessing in disguise during COVID-19 when everyone was struggling with online classes.

Dr Ruby's books offers practical tips for teachers & trainers for conducting engaging sessions on a virtual platform. Her teaching style focuses on gamification and practicing empathy which makes for a more engaged and inclusive atmosphere. Her programs use innovative methods like Lego techniques, Kahoot quizzes, storytelling, role playing & TEDEd exercises, which sets her apart from her contemporaries!

Dr Ruby been invited to various countries for conducting highly engaging and interactive Educational Workshops on Emotional Intelligence. Bravo Dr Ruby!

Woman in

Community

Honesty Liller

Honesty Liller is a woman in recovery from a Substance Use Disorder since May 27, 2007 and a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist in VA. Honesty is the best-selling author of “Scattered Pink”and is the Chief Executive Officer of The McShin Foundation, a non-profit authentic peer-topeer Recovery Community Organization (RCO), that serves individuals and families with Substance Use Disorders.

She is the recipient of the Vernon Johnson Award given by Faces and

Voices of Recovery in 2015. Honesty was also featured on “Face The Nation”, FOX News, CNN, and PBS discussing addiction & recovery in America.

In addition, she completed Stanford University’s Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders. In 2019 she was honoured with the Jean C. Harris Community Service Board Award from Hanover County. WRIC – Channel 8 News did a feature about Honesty for the “Richmond’s Remarkable Women” special in 2020. She has been a field reviewer for SAMHSA, Faces & Voices of Recovery, and CAPRSS. As a female entrepreneur, she cofounded CARE Talks, LLC. managers, developing their leadership skills, and professional development, which is highly specialised. Through Sally’s work, she speaks for industries across oil and gas, education, health, finance, and government.

She is a board member of VSIAS, LAPPA, and Hanover CARES. Honesty is able to be a voice for those with addiction and their families through countless news articles, magazine stories, and TV interviews. To spend time with her husband, two children, and her two dogs is a gift that keeps giving!

Middle management is a noble role with enormous responsibility. Middle managers often get a bad rap. They carry a unique load and are often promoted into these positions because they’re high performing, but aren’t given the support and training needed to effectively manage their team.

Feeling stuck or squashed, middle manager development is often neglected. Ironically, they’re uniquely positioned to make an organisation thrive because of their insights into the challenges and opportunities noted by their staff at the frontline. With over 20 years of developing leaders, Sally works with middle managers, team leaders in large corporations and associations nationally and internationally. Her expertise in middle management leadership focuses on developing this often-overlooked role.

Having worked her way from junior roles through middle management to a CEO role, Sally knows and understands the pitfalls and challenges of middle management.

In Australia, Sally’s programs and books have no equal. Her unique focus is on middle

Proudly, Sally has spoken for Crown Leadership, Women in Leadership Summit, HRDQ-U, USQ Leadership Academy, PSAUK and UOB, to name a few. Sally has also worked with leaders from Microsoft, CSL Bearing (Prussia and Germany), multinational pharmaceutical, federal, state, and local government agencies, and national and commercial real estate organisations.

Feedback from Sally’s programs reflects the impact she has: one recent example of achieving a 12x ROI on a middle manager program with Coca-Cola.

Zoe Simmons is an awardwinning journalist, copywriter, editor, author, speaker, and disability advocate who believes words can change the world.

While battling with fibromyalgia, undiagnosed adenomyosis and complex mental illness, Zoe found traditional workplaces to be difficult to navigate—so, she started her own business, with a focus on making a difference in healthcare and disability spaces.

She’s worked with organisations like Endometriosis Australia, the Youth Disability Advocacy Service, Uniting VicTas, Jean Hailes, Women’s Health Victoria, SANE, Women with Disabilities Australia, and the Liptember Foundation,