SPEAKING
Part keynote. Part concert.
THE EXPERIENCE
What it’s like in the room.
Through powerful storytelling and original music, Coles creates an experience that is deeply personal, emotionally resonant, and ultimately hopeful. Audiences leave with:
A deeper understanding of crimes of power and their impact on people, workplaces, and communities.
A commitment to building a culture of courage where everyone feels safe to speak up, step forward, and act.
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MOST REQUESTED
Find the right experience for your audience.
01
Be the First Domino
How one person’s choice to act can create change far beyond themselves.
Coles takes audiences through the extraordinary ripple effect that began when she chose to speak up, turning a fight for her own safety into a movement to protect others. Through story and song, she shows what becomes possible when we recognize our influence and find the courage to use it.
AUDIENCES TAKE AWAY
- Recognize the influence they already have
- Find the courage to act before they feel ready
- Understand how one action can set much bigger change in motion
EXPERIENCE
Emotional, moving, inspiring, story-driven
02
First Domino: Women in Business
Helping women recognize their influence and find the courage to act in high-stakes environments.
You don’t need to be the most powerful person in the room to have influence in it. Drawing from her experience navigating courtrooms, boardrooms, and legislative chambers, Coles helps women recognize their agency in high-stakes environments and find the courage to speak up, act first, and lead from wherever they are.
AUDIENCES TAKE AWAY
- Coles’ proven method for taking the first step before you feel ready
- A framework for building real confidence through action and evidence
- Actionable tools for clarifying the goal, mapping the path, and inviting others in
EXPERIENCE
Motivational, empowering, practical, culture-building
03
The Unexpected Way Forward
How to reclaim your agency and decide what happens next when life doesn’t go as planned.
You don’t always get to choose what happens to you. You do get a say in what you make it mean. Coles shares how the experience that derailed the life she had built ultimately revealed an entirely different path forward and helps audiences see disruption not as the end of their story, but as a place from which something new can begin.
AUDIENCES TAKE AWAY
- A new perspective on reclaiming agency when life doesn’t go according to plan
- Practices for creating enough calm and self-awareness to hear what you need next
- A new understanding of resilience as a resource for building what comes next
EXPERIENCE
Reflective, restorative, hopeful, deeply personal
04
Journey Through the System
A survivor’s perspective on stalking, crimes of power and control, and the realities victims face.
What does the justice system look like from the perspective of the person it is designed to protect? Drawing from more than a decade of navigating law enforcement, prosecution, appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court, and legislative reform, Coles gives professionals a rare view from inside the victim experience and shows how systems can better protect and support the people they serve.
AUDIENCES TAKE AWAY
- Understand the cumulative impact of stalking and crimes of power and control
- See how policies and procedures are experienced by the victim navigating them
- Identify ways systems and professionals can better protect, support and restore agency to victims
EXPERIENCE
Educational, eye-opening, survivor-centered, systems-focused
FROM THE ROOM
“Coles was the best thing we saw at any of the dozens of conferences we’ve attended.”
— Office of the Victim Advocate City of Philadelphia
“Coles is a natural speaker with an ideal blend of clarity, honesty, authenticity, and hope. Her message resonates equally with survivors, the public, and professional audiences.”
— Becky Perkins, Director of Survivor Resiliency, Zero Abuse Project
FORMATS
However your room is built.
Keynote
A high-impact mainstage experience combining powerful storytelling with live original music woven throughout. Designed to move audiences and leave them thinking differently about their own agency and influence.
60–75 minutes
Breakout
A more intimate, interactive session that takes audiences deeper into the ideas and tools behind the keynote, with more room for discussion, reflection, and practical application.
60–90 minutes
Fireside Conversation
A candid, moderated conversation tailored to your audience, with space to explore the story, the Supreme Court case, advocacy, courage, change, or the questions most relevant to your event.
30-60 minutes
Media Kit & Speaker Sheet