Maryanne Johnston
Effective Spoken Communication
We have hit the ground running this month with workshops both north and south of the border for Scottish Enterprise, CivTech, Citi, London Business School, Royal Society of Edinburgh, SmartestEnergy, Bell Ingram, Galbraith…phew! Great variety and always a pleasure to work with such enthusiastic groups and individuals. We are looking forward to continuing our busy […]
My warmest congratulations go to Michael Harkins, creator of the alternative swimming aid Turtle Pack, on his huge success at the Scottish EDGE final last week. Michael’s outstanding pitch won him the top prize of £100k and to put the icing on the cake, Turtle Pack also won £10k from the Wildcard EDGE. I have […]
I have greatly enjoyed working with SmartestEnergy over the past couple of months. With 170 employees and offices in London, Glasgow and Ipswich, SmartestEnergy is the UK’s leading purchaser of independent generation and supplier of 100% renewable energy. In April, I ran an initial workshop with the Marketing Department to set the strategy, branding etc. In […]
“Seeing an event of this size in Edinburgh is mind-blowing,” Duncan Logan, Founder & CEO of RocketSpace and keynote speaker at EIE17. May saw the culmination of months of planning, preparing and training for Scotland’s largest technology investor showcase: EIE17. 60 of Scotland’s most promising early-stage tech companies pitched to an audience of investors from […]
I have been involved with Converge Challenge for some time now and have always been impressed at the ambitious, innovative talent that is harnessed, developed and supported at all stages. A recent report by BiGGAR Economics has independently assessed the impact of Converge Challenge on the Scottish economy as well as its funders and stakeholders. […]
My congratulations go to Paula Fox of Nixvis Ltd who I worked with at RSE in the autumn. Earlier this month, Paula was awarded winner of Most Promising New Business of the Year 2017 at the Women Ahead Business Awards. The WABA highlight the ‘hard work, vision and dedication of women and help raise the […]
My congratulations go to all 5 RICS APC candidates who I worked with towards the end of 2016. In a stressful exam, consisting of a lengthy presentation followed by 45 minutes of questions from the panel, it is vital that candidates feel fully prepared, confident and in control. I ran a half day session with […]
11th January saw the long-awaited CivTech Demo Day with nine teams revealing their products for the first time. Each team presented for 10 minutes, explained the public sector challenge they were set and how they have harnessed technology to solve it. I was involved in delivering Pitch Training for this pilot accelerator programme run by […]
2 intensive days… Day 1 lasted 13 hours…with 58 companies…all wanting 1-1 having had a couple of 90-minute workshops on how to build and deliver their elevator pitch to investors. It must be EIE17 Boot Camp! January saw work commencing in earnest for EIE17. With 60 innovative tech companies from ICT, Life Sciences and Energy […]
Preparations for EIE17 are now well underway. I will be working with 70 companies to build a top quality 1 minute elevator pitch. High expectations and high pressure! I’m looking forward to next week’s boot camp when we can really get to work! More information at www.eie-invest.com
The CivTech programme started in November. It’s great to work with young companies providing innovative solutions and open thinking to create attractive propositions for the public sector. The programme I ran with them leads towards the Demo Day this month where the companies will pitch and take Q&A from a mixed public/private sector audience of […]
So excited to offer my congratulations to Amiqus Resolution Ltd who was one of the winners of the Scottish EDGE final! I worked with Callum, the founder, on his semi-final and final pitch and I look forward to seeing Amiqus go from strength to strength!
