In the fast-paced world of politics, business and sports, staying ahead of the curve is essential.

We engage with clients—from policy analysis to crafting policy solutions and drafting legislation, to navigating the legislative process through committee review to congressional voting—and then we influence the regulatory process to ensure successful implementation.

Achieving your objectives can be slow and difficult without Congressional champions with whom you have deep relationships; it can be near impossible without them. We prioritize building and leveraging a client’s network, identifying key decision-makers and organizing prime stakeholders to serve as third party validators—and then equipping them with tools to influence and motivate members of Congress, other elected officials, and agency personnel to work productively with the organization.

We specialize in helping state and local government, non-profits and other organizations secure the resources they need to achieve their goals and carry out their missions. That can take on many different forms: securing Congressionally Directed Spending, influencing funding distributions, winning grant applications and/or working to rally political support around key projects. If a source of funding doesn’t exist, we work to create new grant programs or funding streams.

Politics is storytelling. We help our clients craft a narrative that is clear, consistent, and compelling and that will cut through the noise. With no one-size-fits-all approach to government affairs, we develop comprehensive, custom, political strategies encompassing intelligence gathering, message development, relationship mapping and coalition building and execute with a results-driven focus.

With all the noise coming out of Washington, D.C., it can be difficult to determine what’s real and what’s political posturing. We follow the nuances of the political debate so our clients don’t have to, and we prioritize targeted and concise reports while keeping clients apprised of current trends, issues and challenges facing their industry.

One of the most important ways to influence Members of Congress and Executive Branch officials is to conduct a Washington, D.C. “fly-in” or lobby day. It’s all about forming new relationships – and strengthening existing relationships – on Capitol Hill and with the Administration while achieving tangible results. It requires a tremendous amount of planning, preparing, and coordinating and we guide clients through the entire process: 1.Getting the Timing Right to Stand Out 2.Setting the Agenda and Identifying the Right Audiences 3.Crafting Targeted Messages and Specific Asks 4.Scheduling Meetings the Right Way 5.Preparation and Training to be the Most Effective 6.Facilitating Productive Meetings 7.Managing Scheduling Changes in a Constantly Changing Environment 8.Maintaining the Momentum with Recaps and Next Steps