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Your voice is your most
direct connection to your audience.

 

 

I regularly prep CEOs • Spokespeople • Voice Actors • Athletes • Politicians • Podcasters • Celebrities • Authors 

to ace:

  • Public speaking
  • Podcasting
  • Commercial spokesperson spots
  • Investor presentations
  • Ceremony announcements
  • Interviews
  • Recording audiobooks
  • Recording videos
  • Recording educational programs
  • Speech coaching
  • Accent reduction

for:

  • On-stage
  • On-camera
  • On-mic
  • On-Zoom
  • And in-person speaking roles & voice recordings

Proud to have worked on over 13,000 projects!

In fact, we’ve voice coached over 10,000

  • Public speakers
  • Voice actors
  • Audiobook narrators
  • Trainers & E-learning narrators
  • Broadcasters
  • Sports booth & stadium announcers
  • Podcasters
  • Politicians
  • Sales people
  • TEDx & Toastmasters presenters
  • Teachers, Professors
  • Mediators, Lawyers, Litigators
  • Voice actors
  • DIYers & YouTubers
  • News anchors
  • Award ceremonies presenters
  • Corporate narrators
  • Counselors & Therapists
  • Coaches, Motivational speakers
  • TV commercial spokespeople

All this prepares you to

  • Sound natural (not clunky, not stilted)
  • Sound comfortable & confident (not nervous, not rushed).
  • Maintain listener-engagement
  • Apply your voice differently for different media, demographics, and message: For example, use certain techniques for live speeches without a microphone, others for taped podcasts.

Even one call makes a difference

Case study – with existing concern

A CEO had exactly 3-minutes to present 21 slides in an ‘investor pitch’ meeting. He was concerned he’d sound nervous and would need to speed through his material.

We said, “Easy… do these 2 simple things:”

  • Slow down the first word of each phrase.
    When you do this, you unconsciously lower your pitch. And a lower pitch conveys confidence (rather than a high pitch which conveys nerves).
  • Double the space between sentences.
    When you do this, you continually have time to regroup your thoughts and catch your breath.  This means you mitigate getting tongue-tied and speaking in circles, and instead ultimately get through more material, in less time, with a more comfortable/confident feel. Doubling the space between sentences also gives listeners more time to absorb what you say and keeps your breaths lower. All wins.

2 simple techniques, and his two concerns were no longer a concern.

We give ‘voice adjustments’ like this every day.

Case study – assessment

A corporate presenter felt she did fine. “No one says anything bad about my speaking.”

We reviewed her presentations and offered 3 ‘voice adjustments’.

A later email included, “OMG that was the best thing, I had no idea what I was doing wrong and how the fixes made a big difference!” Another email, “I’m winning twice as much now!”

We give ‘voice adjustments’ like this every day.

Common applications

  • Athletes who want to become Sports Broadcasters, who want to record Sport Podcasts, who are interviewed, who want to record Sports Documentaries,…
  • We’ve trained hundreds of authors who give book-tours and/or narrate their Audiobooks.
  • Legal professionals who debate, who are interviewed, who speak in front of juries, and who record Continuing Legal Education videos (CLEs).
  • Corporate folks who present, pitch, sell, and record training videos, compliance videos, and company IVR phone systems.
  • Politicians who debate, are interviewed, record campaign commercials, record campaign fundraising videos,…
  • Even people in the Medical field, who record Continuing Medical Education (CMEs), “Your doctor wanted you to watch this video to explain to you…” videos, Safety videos, and more.

Interesting applications

  • We trained an automobile enthusiasts who now narrates documentaries on automobiles, TV and radio car ads, auto-podcasts, training videos for auto assembly plants, kiosks for auto dealerships, self-guided tours for auto-museum exhibits, and more.
  • A math instructor who now records math educational textbooks.
  • A financial-technology focused person who now records industry stories, tech-podcasts, new product presentations,…
  • Likewise with people who are involved in History, Religion, Sports, Cooking, Kids, Math, Science,…  These are all people who now speak publicly and/or record on their subject matter expertise.

We guide you to (1) Speak for various media, (2) record yourself, and (3) prep a recording area in your home of office.

Usually a few straightforward changes turn a clunky voice and/or an echo-ey recording into one that resonates with listeners.

So to sound comfortable, to lessen an accent, to hide nerves, to inspire listeners, AND TO prep your microphone area so your audio-recordings are broadcast quality, we’re here. 🙂

We work online and in-person in NYC.
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212.868.EDGE weekdays 9am-5pmET