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Perfecting Your Pitch: Tips to Nail It

Perfecting Your Pitch: Tips to Nail It

by JoJo Sutherland | Jul 23, 2017 | Confidence, Pitching & Presentations, Uncategorised, Workshops

There was a survey done of people’s top ten fears:  Number 2 was dying, number 1 it was fear of public speaking! There it is – people would rather die than speak in public.  Stand up comedy is public speaking as an extreme sport, so we have some tips and...
Top Tips For Network Events from Guest Speaker JoJo Sutherland

Top Tips For Network Events from Guest Speaker JoJo Sutherland

by JoJo Sutherland | Jul 18, 2017 | Confidence, Networking, Pitching & Presentations, Public Speaking, Uncategorised

Our Founder JoJo Sutherland was recently invited to attend and deliver a guest seminar at Expo Scotland, Scotland’s Premier Business Expo at Hampden, Glasgow, in association with Hashtag Events. Here she is caught on camera giving some advice on how to get...
Wellbeing agenda at parliament

Wellbeing agenda at parliament

by JoJo Sutherland | May 23, 2017 | Confidence, Uncategorised, Wellbeing & Mental Health

I think I will leave the running of the country to people more qualified than me, but it was a great opportunity to go inside the seat of power at The Scottish Parliament and discuss and show work that we are doing with Charity Universal Comedy. Universal comedy is a...
Ernst & Young Smashing glass ceilings

Ernst & Young Smashing glass ceilings

by JoJo Sutherland | May 23, 2017 | Confidence, Gender Diversity, Networking, Pitching & Presentations, Uncategorised, Women In Business, Workshops

Having run a successful pilot workshop with Ernst & Young staff and clients in Glasgow, The Stand up and be Counted programme was then rolled out to business women and staff in Edinburgh. Statistics show that almost four in ten businesses in G7 countries have no...
Jojo opens bank for RBS

Jojo opens bank for RBS

by JoJo Sutherland | May 23, 2017 | Business events, Uncategorised, Women In Business

I [Founder of Stand Up and Be Counted, JoJo Sutherland] get asked to appear at a variety of different events but this certainly was a first for me – opening the newly refurbished RBS branch on Castle Street in Edinburgh. I was hoping that I would be rewarded with a...
Top Tipples with Whisky Guru Blair Bowman on World Whisky Day

Top Tipples with Whisky Guru Blair Bowman on World Whisky Day

by JoJo Sutherland | May 23, 2017 | Business events, Christmas events, Private gigs, Public Speaking, Uncategorised

20th May 2017 marked the sixth annual World Whisky Day, with events happening all across the globe. It is a concept conceived by contemporary Whisky Guru Blair Bowman, who was astonished to discover that the idea of celebrating whisky on an annual basis did not exist...
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