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We donate to Democratic Campaigns that matter.

  • Public Speaking Coaching for Politicians
  • Campaign Videos
  • Political Ads

Hi, I’m David Goldberg, CEO of Edge Studio.

My business proudly donates voice over to democratic campaigns, in English and Spanish, for…

  • Political ads (TV and radio)
  • Campaign fundraising videos
  • The ‘Stand By Your Ad Provision’ (E.g.: “I’m Jan Kanton and I approve this message.”)
  • Social media posts, Facebook ads, gifs,…
  • Live event announcements
  • IVR telephony & robocalls

This is 100% in-kind support. This includes casting, auditions, Voice Actors, recording, and mixing with music – all to broadcast standards. Who records: CELEBRITY SPOKESPEOPLE – sometimes we can source celebrities who will donate their voice. PROFESSIONAL VOICE ACTORS – many are willing to donate their voices. YOU – we will prep and voice-direct you.

*While committed to making a meaningful impact, our donation is subject to time availability and limits on in-kind support. We proudly donate our services when others involved are also not profiting from it*

And as a speaking coach, I volunteer my time to prep democratic candidates for…

  • Campaign events & rallies
  • Fundraising events
  • Debates
  • Radio shows & Podcasts
  • Town hall meetings
  • Television interviews
  • Press conferences & media briefings
  • Floor speeches
  • Taped voice over recordings
  • Virtual events (e.g., Zoom)
  • Reading from scripts & outlines
  • Stage fright
  • Accent reduction

I’ve developed simple speaking techniques that significantly boost voter engagement and turnout. Numerous politicians have successfully adopted these methods, resulting in a substantial increase in votes — a game-changing number in tight races.

*While committed to making a meaningful impact, our donation is subject to time availability and limits on in-kind support. We proudly donate our services when others involved are also not profiting from it*

 

 

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) facilitates Zoom seminars where politicians practice techniques with me through simulated rallies, podcast interviews, town halls, and fundraising events.

Want to join? Or want your own group training? Just ask!

 

 

 

President Barack Obama

We are incredibly proud to have contributed voice over work for his social media campaign, helping to amplify his message!

Additionally, we had the honor of recording the audiobook for Barack for Beginners”, offering an engaging introduction to his life and legacy.

 

 

Hillary Clinton & The Clinton Foundation

We are proud to have recorded for The Clinton Foundation, on the release of No Ceilings”, which detailed statistics about women’s participation in the workforce, the gender pay gap, and women’s healthcare in the U.S. tomorrow.

For Hillary, we recorded:

  • Cameron Diaz
  • Padma Lakshmi
  • Jenny Slate
  • Amy Poehler
  • Sienna Miller

 

Speaking of getting more votes…

My mission? Help democratic candidates improve how they speak, so they connect with more voters.

I quickly identify how slight changes in word choice, rephrasing, and speaking adjustments can strengthen your voter connection—whether on camera, on stage, behind the mic, at rallies, or door-knocking.

Key achievements:

  • Prepared over 10,000 professionals (CEOs, politicians, authors, etc.) for keynotes, media interviews, podcasts, audiobooks, presentations, pitches, TED Talks, and more.
  • Presented over 1,000 times to government, corporate, and nonprofit groups.
  • Launched 1,200+ voice actors into the industry.
  • As CEO of Edge Studio, an international voice-over facility, we’ve completed 13,000+ projects for brands like Nike, Google, and news networks including NPR, CNN, and NBC.

 

 


If voters say ‘no’ to you, it’s 5X more likely because of how you spoke, not which words you said.

Yet nearly all candidates are untrained at effective speaking.

And this is why I’m donating ‘political voice-coaching’ this election: I’m prepping democratic politicians to speak more effectively at campaign rallies, media interviews, podcasts, commercial recording sessions, fundraising events,…

Consider this:

1. Your medium: Do you know how your speaking style influences voters when you’re interviewed on-mic for a podcast?  Versus when on-camera vying for ‘talk time’ at a debate?  Versus when standing on-stage giving a campaign speech with a microphone?  Versus when addressing an advocacy group face-to-face?

2. Your application: Will you be delivering campaign speeches, versus townhall meetings, versus political TV commercials, versus funding videos, versus debates, versus broadcast interviews? Do you know how to best adapt to each?

3. Your audience: Hopefully you’ve been tailoring your voice to the demographic of your audience, to the size of the audience, to their energy, cause, and interest! If not, you haven’t been reaching them as well as you could.

4. And your message: Has a speaker ever influenced you? Exuded mega-confidence? Touched you? Made you reconsider something? Gotten in your head?

 

 

 

Classes & Private Coaching

Voice Over in Politics; Pre & Post Production Best Practices

Group Training Class. 1 Hour.

  • Best practices for selecting a voice for ads & media: Professional voice actor vs celebrity vs volunteer-testimonial vs you
  • Choosing union or nonunion voice actors
  • 4 key voice-directions to give volunteer speakers so they sound natural
  • Assessing when to use a local dialect vs neutral American English
  • Assessing when to use colloquial speech patterns vs formal
  • 3 important steps in recording your own audio (commercials, podcasts, videos,…)
  • When to use a professional recording studio
  • Mixing/selecting background music in ads and videos, or going voice-only
  • Script prep: (techniques that speed up writing time, that better resonate with audiences, and that make it easier to sound natural when recording)
  • Translating English voice over into Spanish and other languages … and common translation issues

 

Voice Over in Politics; Speaking Techniques that Better Influence Voters

Group Training Class. 1 Hour.

  • Tailoring your voice to fit the medium (on-stage, on-camera, on-mic, on-Zoom, face-to-face)
  • Tailoring your voice to fit the application (town hall meeting, debate, interview, podcast, live speech,…)
  • Tailoring your voice to fit the audience (demographic, size, energy,…)
  • Tailoring your voice to fit your message (influential, confidence, touching, heartfelt,…)
  • Presenting with or without a microphone – key differences
  • Reading from scripts – how to sound natural
  • Reading off a teleprompter – how to sound natural
  • Pacing – best practices for different audiences & mediums
  • Tone – conveying natural-sounding emotions (confidence, humor, sincerity,…)
  • Volume – when to use it, when to soften it
  • Personality – wins voters
  • Avoiding ‘filler words’ (e.g., “umm”)
  • Avoiding slurred words (most people have a few)
  • Avoiding misspeaks & tongue-ties
  • Avoiding – or strategically incorporating – dialects and accents
  • Interviewing – best practices
  • Debate – best practices
  • Receiving criticism
  • Giving criticism
  • Receiving positive feedback
  • Covering up stage fright
  • Vocal health for long speeches
  • Maintaining consistency
  • Maintaining energy

 

Private Session; Assessment with Feedback & Direction

Private Coaching Session. 30 to 45 Minutes.

  • Walk away with a number of ‘speaking adjustments’ that make an impactful improvement when connecting with and engaging your audience.
  • Focus is on ensuring you better connect with your audiences, and more quickly.

 

Private Session; Rehearsals

Private Coaching Session. 10 to 15 Minutes.

  • Prep & Rehearsal Consults ‘make the difference‘.
  • These can be scheduled last minute (you’ll have my direct mobile #) – or scheduled in advance.
  • Easing anxiety & preparing to motivate speakers right before you speak is key to winning voters.
  • Particularly useful before tough debates, broadcast interviews, and large live speeches.

 

 

 

 

We regularly voice-direct CEOs, politicians, celebrities,
voice actors, authors, & organizations.

Proud to have over 13,000 clients!

A bit about me and Edge Studio

I began Edge Studio in 1989 in my dorm room.  Now my business is an international team of specialized voice coaches who prep voice actors, CEOs, politicians, athletes, and celebrities to engage listeners when they speak and record.

I’ve studied human speech patterns, and know how human voice can influence an audience.

Now we’re supporting democratic campaigns by providing recorded voice over for:

  • Campaign ads
  • Facebook posts
  • Videos for fundraising
  • Robocalls
  • We’re even editing and enhancing audio from noisy recordings

And I am personally donating my time to help politicians better engage their audience for:

  • Campaign speeches
  • Debates
  • Interviews
  • Podcasts
  • Town hall meetings
  • Press conferences & Broadcast interviews
  • Floor speeches
  • Taped voice over recordings
  • Reading from scripts & outlines
  • Advocacy Groups and Interest-Specific Speeches
  • Public address
  • Crisis Communication
  • International addresses

My team and I are all deeply committed to upholding human rights, environmental safety, fairness, justice, and equality.

Our passion drives us to support more than 20 agencies, organizations, and presenters through in-kind donations of voice coaching and recording services.

We’re an international team of specialized voice coaches.

We voice-coach & record

  • The CDC
  • U.S. Census Bureau
  • McKinsey Consulting
  • The International Monetary Fund
  • USA Network
  • Mercedes Benz
  • Volvo
  • Kia
  • Department of Justice
  • Pandora
  • United Healthcare
  • Howard Hughes Medical
  • Crossfit
  • The Hartford
  • Hilton
  • Marriott
  • National Geographic
  • Disney / Pixar
  • Marvel
  • Oracle
  • Smithsonian
  • SPCA
  • Aetna

Well this is odd…

Human voice is the most direct connection candidates have with voters. How candidates speak has the biggest impact on their campaign. In fact the emotional response candidates elicit in voters is even more influential than their agenda!

So it’s surprising that campaign teams don’t focus on candidates’ voices.  I do. Other consultants suggest broad concepts like “be engaging.” Instead I help politicians learn how to do this, with super specific voice-adjustments that have a sizeable impact.

Here’s what we don’t want: Good politicians losing because they suck in front of a crowd. I work every day to mitigate this from happening.


Your voice is the most direct connection you have with voters! Yet it’s often untrained.

Ironic, right?  Here’s the thing: Should you project to a crowd to show strength? Or will they think you’re yelling at them?  Will speaking fast engage your audience? Or will it make them feel you’re rushing them through your material? Do you know how to convey confidence when receiving feedback and critique, without sounding weak? Should you speak dynamically to maintain listener engagement? Or will listeners find your variety too bouncy and contrived? Should you hide any natural dialect? Or will that leave you sounding less trustworthy?

Shockingly, our experience shows that in over 95% of speeches; speakers are unclear at times resulting in audiences missing takeaways, stilted resulting in a lack of trust, higher pitched resulting in lack of confidence, tongue-tied with filler words resulting in a less intelligent appearance, choppy resulting in an unnatural sound, and fast resulting in feeling rushed through the material.

If you’re running for office, let us know how we can support you:

Call 212-868-EDGE (weekdays 9amET – 5pmET)
Or email Blue@EdgeStudio.com

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