Certainty Conference

Thursday 29 February 2024, 9AM – 4PM

Friday 1 March 2024, 9AM – 4PM

A unique two-day conference for Advice Leaders

Advice is not a product. It is a relationship.

This Conference will share the tools, experiences, and lessons for any advice team wanting to lead their clients and teams into enduring and valuable client relationships without key-person or product dependency – this is the future of advice.

Advance with Certainty.

REGISTRATION FEES:

$745+Gst/seat

DAY ONE – MASTERY

Thursday 29 February 2024 Agenda

(NOTE: Subject to change)

WELCOME & ADVICE TRENDS

9AM – Six trends underpinning sustainable, non-dependent and valuable progress for advice teams.

CAPTURING ENDURING VALUE - 1

10AM – Exercising the skills needed to identify the enduring value that connects and binds clients with their advisory teams.

CAPTURING ENDURING VALUE - 2

11AM – Unpacking the conversational frameworks that consistently and methodically identify the enduring value that connects and binds clients with their advisory teams.

CAPTURING ENDURING VALUE - 3

NOON – The shortcuts, tips and approaches to customise the value conversations that connect and bind clients with their advisory teams.

PANEL: VALUABLE CONVERSATIONS

2PM – A panel of advisory team members initiate a Q&A surrounding how they have innovated their client conversations and the consequences of their initiatives. 

REDUCING ENGAGEMENT DEPENDENCY

3PM – The most important conversation for agile advice teams to deliver consistent, specific and enduring value is not with clients, but with their own team. This session highlights the who, what and why these conversations are vital to reduce key-person dependency.

ENGAGING NEW & EXISTING CLIENTS

4PM – The day’s final session discusses the frameworks, tools, and skills to pitch new and renewing advice relationships.

CONFERENCE DINNER (OPTIONAL)

6PM – The wisdom is always in the room making the conference drinks and dinners a highlight for attendees as opinions, experiences and models are shared to support implementation leveraged on the steps, confidence and returns made by others (Though recommended, dinner is optional and charged post-conference).

DAY TWO – GROWTH

 Friday 1 March 2024 Agenda

(NOTE: Subject to change)

PANEL: ATTRACTING IDEAL OPPORTUNITIES

9AM – Certainty Advice is different, and so too is how Advice Teams attract ideal opportunities. This Panel Session will discuss and spark a Q&A regarding how advice teams are growing with good opportunities.

PANEL: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THAT FEE?

10AM – This Panel discussion will facilitate Q&A discussions regarding fees being charged for Certainty Advice, what is provided, and how new and on-going fees are calculated. 

PANEL: THE FUTURE ADVICE PROPOSITIONS

11AM – Expert advice, holistic advice, niche advice? This Panel session will facilitate Q&A discussions on the core advice propositions, the skills to deliver them and the supporting documentation to engage. 

PANEL: Workflows and Capacity

NOON – More growth too often means more stress. This panel discussion will facilitate Q&A discussions on how Certainty Advice teams are managing workflows, team capacity and business growth.

PANEL: Platforms, Partners & FINteCH

2PM – Managing growth requires new models and partners. Teams must focus on their unique abilities and leverage the support of systems, partners and other firms. This panel session will Q&A on what and how teams partner and outsource advice functions.

PANEL - THE 2024 BENCHMARKS

3PM – What milestones are Advisory Teams using in 2024 to benchmark progress? This panel session will facilitate Q&A on specific performance and breakthrough measures for 2024 and how these are managed within agile advice teams.

CONFERENCE FINISH & DRINKS

4PM – Conference concludes – linger for complimentary Conference Drinks & discussions. The Manly Ferry/Circular Quay Airport Train is best for leaving travellers, allowing for 90-minute travel time on Friday afternoons.

POST CONFERENCE

(Optional) Every game assumes players’ accountability to rules. So too with serious change efforts post-conference. For participants valuing follow-up support and accountability, contact will be provided to guide desired outcomes and implementation efforts.

“Every Certainty event brings new insights on the power of value to grow our firm”

Donna Laverick – PRACTICE MANAGER
Acquira Wealth Partners, Gold Coast

“Highly beneficial hearing takes from other advisers at various stages of implementation – provided me a substance to build my own business”

Callan Townsend – ADVISER
Navigate Advice, Manly

“This was so wonderful and I really, for the first time in a long time, feel like I have a path forward”

MANDY NEWMAN – Principal Adviser
AJN Financial Services, Sunshine Coast

Thank You

10% of all proceeds received will be donated to the best unknown charity on our Northern Beaches – Streetwork – the last resort for growing numbers of lost, stressed kids.

Meet The Convenor

Jim Stackpool

Jim Stackpool

Founder - Certainty Advice Group

Since 1989 Jim has influenced, and consulted to advisory firms across Australia. As founder of Certainty Advice Group, he acts primarily as facilitator for professionals seeking to build advice businesses to serve the broad best interests of clients.

He has published four books on advice, written industry white papers, judged industry awards, chaired practice management curriculum for higher education institutions, and has been granted by IP Australia and ACCC, Australia’s first professional financial advice certification standard for unconflicted advice – Certainty Advice.

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