Home Page - Maryanne Johnston

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.
My Approach
How I Help
- Increased confidence
- Saved time
- Greater impact
- Video reviewing
How I Help

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.

Brewgooder
Preparing to Raise Venture Capital Investment with Brewgooder, supported by Scottish Enterprise. Brewgooder sell craft beer – with a difference! They are committed to making a difference in the world, on a mission to provide 1,000,000 people with clean drinking water through the power of craft beer. The Programme Scottish Enterprise is the Scottish Government’s […]

Brewgooder
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.

Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation
Cornelian Asset Managers
Cornelian is an independent investment management company with 30 employees, founded in 1992. They have clients ranging from individuals and their families to significant pension funds and charities.

They enlisted Maryanne’s help to establish a consistent approach to their presentations and increase the confidence of their team with an array of hint and tips.

Cornelian Asset Managers

Negotiation Pitfalls – how to avoid them
Negotiation should be a positive experience for both parties and ultimately, a win-win for both sides. However, when I deliver Negotiation training, I often find clients falling into the same pitfalls that result in a poor result for them or the people they’re negotiating with. Here are a few of the most common pitfalls I […]

Negotiation Pitfalls – how to avoid them
Negotiating all about win-win
Negotiating isn’t easy but it doesn’t need to be difficult. There are a number of techniques and tips that can help remove many of the challenges. We deliver a number of training sessions on this. Find out how to achieve a win-win.

Negotiating all about win-win
Tell Me About Your Background
There was a time when I’d ask clients this question and the answer required a thumbnail sketch of their career so far. Nowadays, it leads to an entirely different discussion. As we all present and pitch online, the time you have to capture the attention of the audience doesn’t change; the ability to retain their […]

Tell Me About Your Background

Professional, assured and extremely helpful.

Toby KirkwoodGalbraith
Maryanne delivered 2 half day elevator pitch workshops for Converge Challenge top 30. She achieved significant improvements in a very short period of time. The pitches were clear, on time and conveyed the main points well. Her approach was very practical and enabled participants to practise their pitches live before delivering it to the audience. I have found her very professional and our participants stated the elevator pitch training as one of the most useful elements.

Olga Kozlova, Director, Converge Challenge
I have taken part in so many … courses and programmes and this by far is the greatest return on the investment. We have grown as pitchers 1000% since our first session and now consider it part and parcel instead of a daunting experience.

Alan Mahon, Managing Director, BrewgooderBrewgooder