Maryanne Johnston – Effective Spoken Communication

My Approach

My approach is based on showing you or your team that everyone communicates most effectively when they are in a relaxed informal conversation, when they are being themselves.
How I Help
- Increased confidence
- Saved time
- Greater impact
- Video reviewing

I work with a wide range of professionals, either 1-to-1, in small group sessions or delivering training to big teams. Although each client’s requirements are different below are some examples of the types of training and skills development I offer.

Informatics Ventures – EIE (Engage, Invest, Exploit) Scotland’s Premier Investor Conference
Informatics Ventures support Scotland’s technology entrepreneurs to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

EIE is their flagship event and showcases over 50 tech entrepreneurs to over 800 investors, business leaders and entrepreneurs. Over the last decade, Maryanne has worked with EIE to make sure they are all pitch-fit through a series of workshops.
University of St Andrews Centre for Academic, Professional and Organisational Development
St Andrews University PSC+ negotiation team is a student-led initiative that delivers courses for students to ensure they have the skills they need for the workplace.

Maryanne ran the first session of the 2019 programme – Communicate with Confidence.
Find out how the students benefited from the sessions.
Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation
The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) is a low carbon and climate innovation hub aimed at kick-starting groundbreaking ideas.

The companies taking part need to articulate their pitch to a variety of audiences. Maryanne ran a series of half-day workshops on preparing and delivering a pitch which included presentation strategy and content structure.

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How to be more assertive at work
I am regularly asked ‘how to be more assertive at work’. It is not easy for many people, but it is well within everyone’s ability to change their approach and find that confidence with the right approach.

We have developed a number of sessions that will help you overcome your problems with confidence and start making positive moves at work.

Galbraith’s have employed Maryanne to work with our APC students with fantastic results over the last 11 years, and have more recently used her to carry out presentation skills training with our partners and associates. She has been such a success that we are now looking at rolling her course out amongst the rest of the fee earning members of the firm.

The day was professionally run, informative and fun! Consistently the feedback from attendees is that it is the most useful training they have received to date. We would have no hesitation in recommending her to anyone.

Pam Over, CEOGalbraith
Maryanne has provided professional and effective presentation skills training for us for the exhibiting companies who have attended our annual investor showcase event, EIE. The quality of presentations has been duly noted by our investor audience, as has the quality of training received beforehand from the companies who have taken part.

Danny HelsonInformatics Ventures – EIE (Engage, Invest, Exploit) Scotland’s Premier Investor Conference
I walked away from Maryanne’s workshop feeling far more confident both in the content of my pitch and my ability to deliver it well.

Eve Bramley, Better Internet Research LtdInformatics Ventures – EIE (Engage, Invest, Exploit) Scotland’s Premier Investor Conference