Political Speaking & Presentation Techniques
Coaching donated to democratic campaigns!
Speaking Strategies • Camera, stage, mic best practices • Presence Boosters
Over 200 democratic politicians now use our techniques to connect with 3X more voters.
Whether recording a podcast or debating live: If voters say ‘No’ to you, it’s probably because of the way you speak.
So we help Democratic campaigns win more votes by coaching you to connect with more voters, at campaign rallies, media interviews, political debates, podcasts, commercial recording sessions, fundraising events, and town halls.
Voice Over in Campaign Ads & Videos
Boosting Influence & Quality in Commercials & Campaign Videos.
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
Email: David@EdgeStudio.com
Speaking & Presenting - Strategies!
24 Techniques to Look & Sound Polished, and Influence Voters.
Group Training Class: 2 Hours (can be taught at once, or in two halves)
- Tailor your speech to the platform: on-stage, on-camera, on-mic, on-Zoom, face-to-face,…
- Tailor your voice to fit the application: town hall meeting, debate, interview, podcast, live speech,…
- Tailor your projection to the audience: demographic, size, energy,…
- Tailor your emotion & storytelling to your intent: influential, confidence, touching, heartfelt,…
- Microphone critical techniques & mistakes
- Reading from scripts – how to sound natural
- Reading off a teleprompter – how to sound natural
- Pacing – best practices for different audiences & formats
- Tone – how to sound authentic (confidence, humor, sincerity,…)
- Volume – when to use it, when to soften it
- Personality – wins voters
- Avoid ‘filler words’ (e.g., “umm”)
- Avoid slurred words (most people have a few)
- Avoid – or strategically incorporate – dialects and accents
- IMPORTANT: Techniques to recover from mistakes while live on stage/camera!!!
- Interviewing – best practices
- Debate – best practices
- Receiving criticism
- Giving criticism
- Receiving positive feedback
- Masking nerves & stage fright
- Vocal health for long days of talking
- Maintaining consistency
- Maintaining energy
Email: David@EdgeStudio.com
Private Feedback & Coaching
Private Sessions: 30 – 60 Minutes | Email: David@EdgeStudio.com
- 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 Reviews
Private Reviews: 10 – 15 Minutes | Email: David@EdgeStudio.com
- Quick prep sessions & quick rehearsal sessions. These 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
Hi. I’m David Goldberg, speaking coach for democratic campaigns.
My mission? Provide volunteer services to democratic campaigns, so they get more “yeses!” at political-related speaking gigs: from on-camera media interviews to on-mic election podcasts, from on-stage town hall speeches to online campaign rallies.
My team and I breakdown your entire delivery—including speaking skills, lighting setup, sound quality, body language, and visual appearance—so you crush it every time so nothing stands in your way when delivering:
- 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 Right
- 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.
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!
We regularly voice-direct CEOs, politicians, celebrities,
voice actors, authors, & organizations.
Proud to have over 13,000 clients!
When providing feedback and coaching, we consider:
1. Your setting: 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 town hall 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? Well, we guide you to do this for your audience.
