{"id":42319,"date":"2018-09-25T15:48:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T05:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=42319"},"modified":"2018-09-25T23:21:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T13:21:35","slug":"don-connelly-to-speak-at-mdrt-afa-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2018\/09\/25\/don-connelly-to-speak-at-mdrt-afa-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Connelly to Speak at MDRT, AFA Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned speaker, motivator and mentor to financial advisers, <strong>Don Connelly<\/strong>, will be sharing the wealth of his wisdom at a series of events across Australia in October.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42323\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42323\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2018\/09\/Don-Connelly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Industry legend and mentor to advisers around the world, Don Connelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Connelly, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/275efd0256ca4eaa6a050ac0d\/files\/a5a012b3-4897-4e98-aa4a-52b8e083fa6d\/Don_Connelly_Bio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resume<\/a> is unmatched, will be presenting at MDRT events for advisers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdrtevents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sydney<\/a> on Tuesday 2 October and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdrtevents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melbourne<\/a> on Thursday 4 October, before heading to the Gold Coast the following week, where he will be a keynote speaker at this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/afaconference.com.au\/speakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFA National Adviser Conference<\/a> (courtesy of the MDRT organisation).<\/p>\n<p>Part of Connelly&#8217;s mantra revolves around the issue of trust, which is presently such a critical and high-profile issue impacting the Australian advice sector.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People looking for an adviser aren&#8217;t looking for information; they&#8217;re looking for someone they can trust,&#8221; says Connelly, who asserts that the one over-riding question clients need their adviser to answer is &#8216;Can I depend on you?&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In his presentations, Connelly reveals a pathway for advisers that will aid them in their pursuit of this outcome of trust and dependability with both their current and prospective clients.<\/p>\n<p>Interested advisers can click here for more details on Connelly&#8217;s Australian engagements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/c8903e1a1bc0\/mdrt-nsw-presents-don-connelly-workshop?e=5ff12d913f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sydney: 2 October 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/5b930603d826\/mdrt-victoria-presents-don-connelly-workshop?e=5ff12d913f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melbourne: 4 October 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/afaconference.com.au\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gold Coast: (AFA National Adviser Conference) 10 &#8211; 12 October 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned speaker, motivator and mentor to financial advisers, Don Connelly, will be sharing the wealth of his wisdom at a series of events across Australia in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-conferences-and-events","7":"category-general"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}