The Agile Speaker

Converge has supported 600+ entrepreneurs, since it started in Scotland working with staff and students at universities.

300+ companies have been created, 1000+ high value jobs and £320m+ follow on funding has been raised.  

I chatted with Claudia about some of the challenges founders have when taking to the stage for the first time to pitch their business to investors.

https://www.convergechallenge.com

https://www.novosound.net

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-renouf-16b20086/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-barelle-94631032/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-reid-2b89ab203/?originalSubdomain=uk

https://mirna-diagnostics.com/en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eve-hanks-703108199/

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I chatted with Hayley and Emma about the programme we delivered, the impact it's had on their speakers, as well as on the Marketing Team who support the speakers at these events.

https://www.smartestenergy.com/en_gb
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-t-773b8212/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-smeaton-1073b935/

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As Head of EIE Programme Delivery & Investor Relations, Danny Helson has been involved in EIE since the start.

He shares some great stories about some of the 500+ companies who have been through the programme. $1.5bn investment has been raised so far, teams have grown, they have scaled internationally and some have successfully exited.

For more information on the events, accelerators, programmes & companies we mentioned during this episode, here are the relevant websites:

https://www.eie-invest.com/
https://www.ed.ac.uk/
https://guykawasaki.com/
https://www.fanduel.com/
https://www.currenthealth.com/
https://www.strath.ac.uk/
https://www.krotosaudio.com/
https://www.appointedd.com/

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From being an Agile Speaker to a Conscious Speaker.... Ana Gallardo shares some thought provoking takeaways in this episode.
Ana is currently Head of Startup Infrastructure at the Scottish Government and was formerly the Entrepreneurial Development Team Leader at Scottish Enterprise. Scottish Enterprise have organised and funded many programmes to help businesses and their people grow. Maryanne has delivered several of these programmes so we talk about the impact these programmes have had in giving business leaders confidence, helping them on their journey to raise millions in investment. We also discuss working with Ana and her team when they were establishing relationships, speaking at events and how she handled a very last minute speaker slot.

For more information on Scottish Enterprise, Informatics Ventures, Scottish Edge, RSE, Young Enterprise Scotland and Elevator, here are the relevant links:
https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/
https://www.informatics-ventures.com/
https://www.scottishedge.com/
https://rse.org.uk/
https://yes.org.uk/
https://www.elevatoruk.com/

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In Episode 3 Maryanne chats with Ewan Anderson, Marketing Director at Eden Scott.
Whilst Ewan's full time role is with Eden Scott, he is involved with several organisations including Snowsport Scotland and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. This means he is communicating with a diverse range of audiences, using different tools on a regular basis. Ewan describes the very personal journey he has been on in developing his communication skills throughout his career.
For more information on Eden Scott, TalentSpark,  the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Snowsport Scotland, here are the relevant websites:
https://www.edenscott.com/
https://www.edenscott.com/talent-spark
https://regions.cim.co.uk/scotland/home
https://snowsportscotland.org/

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In Episode 2 Maryanne chats with Barbara Mills, Deputy Programme Director of CivTech.
In just a few years, the CivTech Programme has grown from an interesting experimental idea delivering a handful of projects a year to a programme with over £40 million of Scottish Government funding behind it and a significant contributor to the Programme for Government National Strategy for Economy Transformation. Barbara's role has changed from developing their system and supporting individual projects to scaling their approach, building the team and systems they use - so that they can scale as a programme and deliver real impact. We chat about how her role has changed, how her presenting style has developed and discuss some great top tips.

For more information on CivTech please go to https://www.civtech.scot/
And for more information on the events, accelerators, programmes & companies we mentioned during this episode, here are the relevant websites:
https://forestryandland.gov.scot/
https://amiqus.co/
https://www.silvibio.com/
https://www.gov.scot/
https://ukcop26.org/
https://www.treegrowers.co.uk/

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In this episode Maryanne chats with Callum Murray, CEO of Amiqus about his experiences of presenting - raising investment, building up an impressive client list, growing his team and presenting to the board.

For more information on the events, accelerators and programmes we mentioned during this episode, here are the relevant websites:

https://www.eie-invest.com/
https://www.scottishedge.com/
https://www.convergechallenge.com/
https://www.civtech.scot/
https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/

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A video call is different in many ways to a face-to-face meeting. In the final episode of this mini-series, Maryanne and Colin discuss tactics to make your video call run more smoothly: how to run the call, maintain focus, manage the meeting and ensure everyone gets something out of it. They cover areas such as useful software tools, feedback signals, body language, following up and recording calls. 

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Online meetings can be intense and draining. In Episode 2, Maryanne and Colin give you tips to help run your online meeting to time whilst ensuring that you cover the necessary content. They talk about the etiquette of online calls and how it can differ from face-to-face meetings. Effective use of screen sharing and best practice use of your slide deck to impart information and retain focus in an online scenario is discussed.

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Our first episode looks at the logistics of video conferencing. What is the best software to use? Are there any limitations? Should you consider specific equipment?
We deal with the practical aspects of setting up your meeting as well as how your image comes across on screen; are there any hacks to present yourself well?

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