John Maher Email & Phone Number

Victoria, Australia

After twenty-five years as an International Keynote Speaker on Road Safety where 500,000 secondary school students & 300,000 attendees at conferences, seminars, sporting clubs, Probus, Rotary Clubs etc. etc. My twenty-five year’s experience as a road safety campaigner is now in written and audiobook format after taking twenty years of heartbreak, putting the loss of our youngest daughter Carmen (18) into the written word. Carmen's Legacy tells the journey of losing Carmen in a car crash at age 18, in 1995. It brings to life our family's journey since Carmen's loss, and the role that she has played in providing me with my purpose in life, to bring road safety to schools, corporate, sporting bodies, communities etc.

Victoria, Australia

After losing the youngest of our four girls Carmen (18), in a car crash after she fell asleep at the wheel on 18th November 1995, I have run my own very personal road safety campaign. Carmen's Road Safety.I present at Secondary Schools, Conferences, Seminars, Sporting Clubs, Community events, etc. In an effort to empower attendees to NEVER do what our beautiful daughter Carmen did to us. Lose their life in a car crash.

Ballarat, Australia

I'm in my 22nd year of speaking at Secondary Schools where years 10 - 11 & 12 students about the loss of my daughter Carmen (age 18) in a car crash. I speak about the effect that Carmen's death had on our family, our friends and Carmen's friends. This is my own very personal Road Safety Campaign!I am passionate about bringing Carmen's message to the youth of Australia to give them the tools that will allow them to make better choices when in a car. I'm doing everything I can to stop other families from going through what is our ongoing nightmare, the nightmare of losing a child in a car crash.My presentation is powerful and confronting and it changes the way young people think about their responsibility as a road user. In particular, it makes them very aware of the lasting hurt they will cause to their family and friends should they be killed in a car crash.More than 300,000 students heard Carmen's potentially life-saving message. You can read what students, teachers, and parents say about Carmen's message at http://youtu.be/xkJXhatfq2AThe death of your child, sister, brother or friend in a car crash is so devastating, and I was interviewed on the Kerri-Anne Kennerley morning show after 5 young people were killed in a horror crash at Penshurst: http://youtu.be/xkJXhatfq2AI'm proud to announce that I've received a letter from the National Australia Day Council, informing me that I have been nominated for 2013 Australian of the Year.I was and still am in shock to think that an individual, a school or a corporation should think so much of the work that I'm doing at schools on road safety, or the message on "Risk" to the Insurance Industry, that they have been moved to recommend me for such prestigious award.I do know that it's not me, it's my daughter Carmen's Road Safety message that is the reason for the nomination and I'm proud to think that Carmen's message has been the catalyst for this incredible nomination.

Melbourne, Australia

After losing Carmen (18), the youngest of our four beautiful daughters in a car crash, I have worked tirelessly for the past 23 years to bring safe road use across all industries at Conferences, Seminars, Dinner Speaker, Schools, etc.80 Secondary Schools every year plus between 30 - 50 corporate events mainly in Australia, has seen Carmen's Road Safety message become the most powerful and best known and motivational, road safety program in Australia. It's not uncommon for me to give 15 or 25 presentations around Australia/NZ to companies that have the passion to keep their work-place and their employees safe at all time. Every employee must return home safely to their family every day.'You Never Know What's Around The Corner' is the true-life presentation you will never forget.

Ballarat, Australia

I speak with authority from personal experience, firstly as an Insurance agent (8 years), an agency manager (21 years), and finally as an Income Protection claimant (16 years).My "warts and all" presentation will astound advisers as I tell of my experiences as a long term claimant, providing facts and figures that will clarify all aspects of the workings (both good and bad) of an Income protection claim.My presentation is a must hear for all advisers, and it's the perfect main platform presentation for a risk conferences, seminar or indeed a client seminar.What if your income suddenly stopped like mine did....would you and your family be able to survive? The industry figures show that 69% of all income earners in Australia DON'T have Income Protection. If your client base is similar, there is GOLD in your hard drive and your clients should be screaming out to you, HELP ME, HELP ME, because your clients aren't protected!20 years on you might wonder if it still has an effect on us? Here is a video interview taken in 2012 and you can see for yourself the effect of such a traumatic, life changing event: http://youtu.be/fA4tjJFZLmM How powerful is my story and my presentation?Nominated for the 'Australian of the Year' 2013, 2014 & 2015Winner 2014 Victorian Regional Achievement & Community Award in the area of safetyCommBank 'Australian of the Day' Friday 4th December 2015: http://www.australianoftheday.com.au/john-maher.html www.johnmaher.com.au

I tell of the Income Protection benefits that my family relied on after it had its livelihood stripped from it when I was seriously injured in a fatal car crash when I was just 42 years old. I then tell of the heartache of losing Carmen (our 18yo youngest daughter), in a car crash. I then tell of the fight I embarked on to become a financial contributor to our household and family again when I became an Inspirational Speaking telling my true-life story.

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