We donate to Democratic Campaigns that matter.
- Public Speaking Coaching for Politicians
- Campaign Videos
- Political Ads
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!
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!
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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