What we do
We can run your whole campaign, take on one piece of it, or just be the people you call before big decisions. With over 20 years of experience, we can step in almost anywhere you need us.
Management & Strategy
General consulting
We have extensive experience running winning campaigns and managing effective independent expenditures. Whether you're starting from nothing or already underway, we can build your plan, help you evaluate staff and consultants as you put together your team, and give you the strategic advice you need to win.
Ballot measures
A ballot measure is a different kind of campaign. There's no candidate, the question is usually long and technical, and the other side only has to confuse people to beat you. We can manage the research and politics of drafting a measure that can win, help you get it on the ballot by referral or petition, and build the coalition and campaign that earn you a victory.
Issue advocacy
Passing a bill or stopping a bad one takes more than being right. You need a plan and you need a team. We've run advocacy campaigns at the federal, state, and local level, from inside government and outside it, so we know how important it is to tailor your strategy around the decision makers and what moves them as individuals. We'll help you draft a winning plan, find your allies, build the relationships that matter, and recruit and train local advocates so you can stop settling for moral victories and celebrate an actual win.
Coalition management
Sitting in a room together once every two weeks doesn't make a group of people a coalition. We'll help you recruit new allies, build a winning plan everyone can execute, and keep the coalition working together so their combined efforts are more powerful than if they were working independently.
Messaging & Persuasion
Strategic communications
Reporters and influencers aren't your audience. The voters you need are, and everything we do is built around them. We'll help you figure out who you need to reach, who they trust, and what they already care about, and then get your message in front of them in an information environment where someone is always working against you.
Crisis response
We love staring a bad situation down and finding creative ways to turn it into a winning opportunity for your campaign. Whether it is responding to attack ads, getting a derailed project back on track, or getting you out of a jam, with our help you'll weather the storm and get back to focusing on your agenda.
Coaching & Advising
Staff mentoring &
team training
Too often on campaigns and in nonprofits, talented staff with lots of potential don't get the training or support they need to do the work you know they're capable of. Bring us in to coach a team that needs it or to mentor someone you want to invest in.
Organizational & leadership advising
Running for office or running an organization gets lonely, and a lot of the advice you get comes from people who want something from you. We've spent 20 years advising mayors, candidates, and executives on the decisions nobody else sees. We'll help you think them through, sharpen how you come across, and get better at the job.
Not sure where to start or what you need?
Tell us what you're up against and we'll set up a meeting to figure it out.
Got a big fight
on your hands?
Tap us in.
Share a bit about your campaign, your cause, or your organization, and we'll set up a consultation. If we're not the right fit or don't have room to take it on, we'll tell you and recommend someone who does.