We’ve played key roles in winning over 40 legislative and ballot campaigns in states and localities across the political spectrum, and have been instrumental in advancing landmark federal legislation. We’ve served on the steering committees for dozens of campaign coalitions, developing strategic partnerships and helping shape policy and campaign strategy.

For legislative campaigns at the federal, state, and local level, and for state ballot initiatives, we provide comprehensive services including:

• Campaign strategy

• Coalition management and partnership development

• Business organizing strategy and execution

• Lobby services and lobby training for new and returning advocates

• Advocacy communications, including message development, spokesperson identification and training, opinion media creation, earned media and social media strategy, and advocacy materials development

• Policy analysis and writing support

Let’s collaborate to leverage this proven policy experience to help you win your next campaign.

We have nearly two decades of experience working with small businesses and large brands, and building national business organizations—from advocacy networks to communities of practice. We empower business leaders to effectively tell their story and achieve transformative impact through collective action.

We:

• Build rapid-response and enduring business advocacy networks that can turn the tide of policy campaigns and help secure votes – and wins – in unlikely places

• Grow and strengthen communities of practice, as well as business networks that are place-based and issue-based

• Work 1:1 with business owners and executives to hone their storytelling for proven impact with consumers, with policymakers, in the media, and beyond

• Design and facilitate catalytic business convenings, conferences and strategy sessions

Whether you’re looking to craft your business’s story, build an advocacy network, strengthen a business organization, or design a dynamic convening, we can help guide and deepen your success.

Coalition building and stakeholder engagement have been at the heart of our work for 25 years. We have extensive experience with and a passion for developing high-impact coalitions from regional through international scales. We’ve built successful coalitions in the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, on a range of issues from economics to environment to equity. We specialize in bringing sectors together and weaving powerful coalitions at scale.

Let’s work together to mobilize your stakeholders, forge strategic partnerships, and cultivate thriving networks that achieve greater collective impact.

Drawing on over two decades of experience building and advising hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. and internationally, we offer expertise in:

• Program development

• Operations management and process design

• Staff hiring and development

• Organizational culture and employee wellbeing

• Governance evaluation

• Board coaching and development

• Retreat planning and facilitation

We can help you build capacity in your organization and people, optimize your operations, and empower your team to drive transformative impact.

With over two decades of management experience in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors, one of our key services is interim executive management, including fractional Chief Operating Officer (COO) support. Interim executive management is ideal when you face pressing needs but aren’t ready for a full-time hire, or when you need interim leadership during the hiring process to guide decisions on permanent staff.

Let’s collaborate to meet your current needs and position you for continued growth and success. We can help you cultivate a high-functioning organization with smart process where people thrive.