Turn Your Lived Experience Into Authority, Visibility, and Impact.
I’m Rose Davidson, Story Curator and Founder of The Impactful Voice Project™.
I help coaches, entrepreneurs, and purpose-driven professionals turn lived experience into powerful stories that build credibility, connection, and real-world impact.
The Impactful Voice Project™ sits at the intersection of storytelling, lived experience, advocacy, and social change.
🏆 Thinkers360 Top 10 Thought Leader in Business Strategy | 🌏 Top 25 Thought Leader APAC | ⭐ Beam Award Winner 2025 | 🎙️ 667 Podcast Episodes | Beam Award Finalist 2026
The Impactful Voice Project™ is a curated storytelling and advocacy movement created to amplify lived experience, challenge silence, and turn personal stories into public awareness, education, and impact.
Through written, audio, video, and guided story submissions, IVP gives people a safe and respectful space to share stories that matter – including stories of survival, identity, injustice, resilience, women’s rights, child sexual abuse awareness, domestic and family violence, mental health, personal transformation, and community change.
This is not storytelling for attention. It is storytelling with purpose. Every story has the potential to help someone feel less alone, see an issue more clearly, or understand why change is needed.
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A Movement Built on Lived Experience, Not Theory
For the Misunderstood. The Unseen. The Unheard. The Underestimated.
This is where that voice belongs.
The Impactful Voice Project™ makes space for people who have ever felt misunderstood, unseen, unheard, or underestimated.
I created The Impactful Voice Project™ because too many people with lived experience are silenced, dismissed, or reduced instead of truly witnessed.
This is a curated, values-led storytelling movement built on lived experience.
• Lived experience is respected
• Consent and safety come first
• Stories are shaped with care
• Voices are amplified with integrity
• Lived experience is respected
• Consent and safety come first
• Stories are shaped with care
• Voices are amplified with integrity
Here, misunderstood becomes understood.
Unseen becomes visible.
Unheard becomes heard.
Underestimated becomes undeniable.
The Impactful Voice Project™ helps people turn lived experience into impact through storytelling, education, and collaboration.
Why the Impactful Voice Project™ Exists
People carry stories they think no one could understand. IVP exists so they never have to carry them alone. I created the Impactful Voice Project™ because I know the weight of silence. I know the fear of speaking without safety. I also know the freedom that rises when a person feels seen, supported and understood. IVP is a place where lived experience becomes personal truth, and personal truth becomes impact.
Truth:
Every story holds meaning. Every voice holds value.
Safety:
People need a place where honesty feels possible and judgement is removed.
Impact:
When a story is shared with intention, it can change lives, communities and systems.
What We Stand For
Empathy
Courage
Education
Connection
Impact
The Impactful Voice Project™ | What Makes Us Different
Most storytelling initiatives focus on the story. We focus on the storyteller.
The Impactful Voice Project™ holds a distinctive position in Australia’s lived-experience storytelling landscape. We don’t curate stories for our own platform or limit who gets to speak. We empower individuals to understand, own, and articulate their experiences with clarity and confidence, and then give them a platform where their voice is valued, respected, and amplified.
Where other organisations focus on specific causes—mental health, disability, or particular demographics—we serve the whole human behind the story. Your background doesn’t determine your eligibility. Your lived experience does.
And unlike writing programs, advocacy groups, or trauma-focused initiatives, IVP bridges a unique gap: storytelling + personal authority + gentle visibility + social impact.
We guide people to speak with calm confidence, share with purpose, and use their experiences to help others feel less alone. Unlike advocacy platforms where stories serve organisational missions, we empower individuals to own their narratives, build their voice, and create ripples of change on their own terms.
This isn’t just storytelling. It’s a movement where your experience becomes your expertise, your voice becomes your power, and your story becomes a catalyst for connection and understanding across communities.
Led by a Thinkers360 Top 10 Thought Leader in Business Strategy, IVP combines lived experience with recognised authority and real-world application.
Lived Experience at the Centre
This project is built by someone who has walked the hard road, done the inner work and now leads from the integration rather than the injury.
A Safe and Measured Approach
No pressure to disclose anything private. You choose what you share and how you share it. The focus is on your meaning, not your memories.
A Movement, Not a Moment
IVP is building a global space where people are seen, supported and encouraged to speak with purpose.
Thinkers360
Podcast (667 episodes)
Awards
OPAL© + SHINE©
Most people build a brand around their expertise. You’ve built one around other people’s stories. That’s a very different game.
I think that’s why it stood out to me.
A lot of people use storytelling as a marketing tool. The way you describe it, storytelling feels more like a vehicle for dignity, visibility, and meaning.
That’s a very different mission. And honestly, I suspect that’s also why people resonate with your work. They don’t feel like they’re being taught how to tell better stories.
They feel like they’re being permitted to own their story in the first place.
Our Work Is Built on Three Pillars
Reclaim your voice and be heard in a safe, supportive space.
Turn real experience into insights that help others grow.
Create ripples of change in your life, your business, and your community.
What Becomes Possible When You Share Your Story
From holding it in → to being heard
When your story is shaped with care, you no longer carry it alone.
From confusion → to clarity
You begin to understand your experience in a way that feels grounded and empowering.
From silence → to impact
Your story becomes something that helps others feel less alone.
From self-doubt → to quiet authority
You start to trust your voice and how you use it.
Advocacy Through Story
When lived experience becomes public awareness
The Impactful Voice Project™ believes stories can do more than inspire. They can educate, challenge silence, shift understanding, and create change.
This advocacy space brings together lived experience stories, survivor-informed reflections, and public awareness articles on issues including women’s rights, child sexual abuse awareness, domestic and family violence, inequality, safety, dignity, and social justice.
The goal is not to exploit pain. The goal is to honour truth, protect dignity, and use story carefully so that others feel less alone and communities become better informed.
The Impactful Voice Project™ is not a counselling, crisis, or therapeutic service. It is a story-led advocacy and awareness movement. Stories are shared with consent, care, and respect, and contributors are encouraged to seek qualified professional support where needed.
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How You Can Be Part of The Impactful Voice Project™
There is no one way to begin. You can start where you feel ready.
✍️ Share Your Story
A guided, supported process to express your lived experience safely, in your own words and at your own pace.
📚 Explore Stories
Read real stories from people who chose to be seen, heard, and understood — and discover what’s possible for you.
A guided, consent-led process where your story is respected and protected.
🌟 Work With Me
Workshops, mentoring, and speaking designed to help you shape your voice, your message, and your impact
Whether you are ready to share, still finding your words, or simply seeking connection — you belong here.
What People Say About Working With Rose
Over the years I have had the privilege of supporting business owners, survivors, and changemakers through podcasting, mentoring, and lived-experience work. Below are some of the words people have shared about the impact of my work and the spaces I create. Their reflections mean more to me than any award.
Heart-Led Guidance
"Rose operates with an open heart. Her guidance helps women live more fully aligned with their purpose. She radiates confidence and grace and is a model for all women to be all that they can be."
Business Leadership & Expertise
"A fantastic business leader and advisor. Rose is a highly authentic podcast producer who has created a professional show with engaging guests."
Champion Of Unheard Voices
"Rose is compassionate, empathetic, and fully inclusive. She represents everything this award stands for. One of her missions is to help people be listened to and valued, no matter their background. She is supportive and genuine in everything she does, helping people have a voice who normally would not have that opportunity."
Quiet Tenacity
"Rose has consistently delivered her podcast and connected with business owners and DV survivors and supporters for years because she has quiet tenacity. I have watched her growth in business, self awareness, self respect, and self love both behind the scenes and from afar."
More Impact Than She Realises
"She is giving, professional, kind, and funny - and she makes a bigger difference to people's lives than she knows."
Turning Challenges Into Purpose
"She has a heart of gold. Her challenges become learning experiences that help her grow, but also help her make a real difference for others. She has the runs on the board. She has delivered for so many - it is time she is recognised."
Why This Matters
If you would like to explore how we can work together - through The Impactful Voice Project™ - I would love to connect.
What People Need Most
A simple truth guides every part of IVP. People do not thrive in silence. They thrive when they are seen, safe and supported.
To Feel Seen
The moment someone feels seen, their voice opens.
To Feel Safe
Safety creates the environment for truth and healing.
To Feel Supported
No one should have to walk their story alone.
How to Get Involved
Share Your Story
If you are ready to express your truth in a supported and guided way, begin here.
Join the IVP Community
Be part of a growing movement of people who believe in the power of lived experience.
Free Guides & Templates
Short, practical downloads to help you plan, tell, and share your story safely.
Impact Planning Sheet
→ turn a story into action.
The Storyteller’s Journal
→ clarity, consent, confidence.
Story Outline Worksheet
→ map your arc in 20 minutes.
Your Story Matters
Your voice holds power. Your story holds wisdom. When you choose to speak with clarity and support, you create change.
And when shared with clarity and support, it creates impact far beyond you.
The Impactful Voice Project™ helps people share lived experience with clarity and safety. A community that turns personal truth into connection, confidence and social change.
Speaking and Workshops
Book lived experience training and speaking that helps adults understand grooming patterns, disclosure behaviours, and how to protect children with confidence and care.
Benefits
• Survivor led, grounded in lived experience
• Clear, practical education for real world situations
• Prevention focused, not fear based
Speaking Packages
Choose the format that best fits your school, community group, or organisation.
Schools
A$150 to A$500
- Single session A$150
- Half day A$300
- Full day A$500
- Teacher debrief included
Community and Not for Profits
A$150 to A$250
- Single session A$150
- Half day A$250
- Awareness and prevention focus
Corporate and Government
A$600 to A$2,000
- Keynote A$600
- Half day A$1,200
- Full day A$2,000
- Tailored content available
Virtual
A$120
- Single online session
- Ideal for remote audiences
Travel outside Hobart is billed at cost. Custom programs and extended training are quoted on request.
Recognised and Featured Across Trusted Platforms
Featured by credible platforms that highlight expertise, lived experience, and thoughtful commentary on issues that matter.
What Are the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 global priorities designed to create a safer, healthier, and more equitable world by 2030.
They focus on the biggest challenges facing humanity — inequality, violence, poverty, education, safety, and well-being.
Each goal is a call to action for governments, communities, and organisations to work together for meaningful and lasting change.
At their heart, the SDGs are about building a world where every person has the right to safety, dignity, opportunity, and a voice.
This is the foundation for stronger communities and a future where no one is left behind.
Why These Goals Align with The Impactful Voice Project™
The Impactful Voice Project™ exists to amplify lived experience, spark understanding, and build safer, more connected communities.
Our work directly contributes to four SDGs that reflect the essence of what we do.
Together, these goals reflect our commitment to storytelling as a force for healing, empowerment, and social change.
Here are the top four SDGs that align most strongly and directly with The Impactful Voice Project™ — the ones that sit at the very heart of our mission.
Sharing stories reduces isolation, supports emotional healing, and fosters resilience.
Supporting emotional healing and connection through lived experience storytelling.
We elevate stories of women and girls, challenge harmful norms, and advocate for safety and equality.
Advocating for women’s safety, visibility, and voice.
We give voice to those who are often unheard, helping shift power dynamics and reduce stigma.
Amplifying voices that are often unheard or overlooked.
Our stories shine a light on injustice, helping people recognise harm and advocate for change.
Encouraging awareness, prevention, and safer communities.
Partners & Patrons of The Impactful Voice Project™
The Impactful Voice Project™ is powered by community.
These partners and patrons help amplify lived-experience stories, promote safe spaces for sharing, and strengthen the global ripple of impact.
Partners & Patrons of The Impactful Voice Project™
The Impactful Voice Project™ is powered by community. These partnership tiers help amplify lived-experience stories, support safe storytelling, and strengthen the ripple of impact around the world.
Ally Partner
Ideal for individuals and small organisations who want to stand with storytellers, help share stories of lived experience, and contribute to a kinder, more connected world.
Learn morePromotional Partner
Designed for creators, coaches, and community groups who believe in the mission and want to feature IVP stories, resources, and campaigns across their own platforms.
Become a partnerStrategic Partner
For organisations committed to sustained change, collaborating on programs, events, and initiatives that centre safe storytelling, healing, and systemic impact.
Join as a strategic partner
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