Strategic communications and regulatory affairs
State Strategies
State Strategies is an independent strategic consultancy based in Texas and serving clients with interests across the United States.
We advise our clients on strategic communication and regulatory issues related to their business interests. Our advice ranges from how to deliver effective communications to investors and other stakeholders to strategic engagement with political and media audiences. We have expertise in earned media; policy development; third-party advocacy and coalition building; and strategic philanthropy.
At State Strategies we specialize in advising companies in a handful of strategically important industries and our experts draw upon a wealth of experience consulting with firms in these sectors.
Strategic Communications
Our communications advice is intelligence-driven – creating powerful narratives based on hard data and the testing of messages. We then advise on delivery, with expertise in earned media; digital outreach and direct engagement with power-brokers and other key stakeholders.
Regulatory Affairs
Our public policy services are no-nonsense - we help clients to understand the impact of political developments on their business and how to communicate effectively with policy-makers. The work is often relationship-driven and comes with a deep understanding of what policy development actually involves and the key pressure points. We want to empower our clients to make the best arguments to the right people.
Crisis Management
Our crisis strategy is two-fold: be prepared and be agile. Producing thorough and regularly updated risk analysis to ensure the client communicates effectively throughout any emergency, putting them on the front foot. This includes environmental and safety issues; leadership change; restructuring and insolvency; and litigation.
Quality means doing it right when nobody is looking
- Henry Ford
Transport
Our great nation is brought closer together by its world-leading aerospace and transport businesses. The Southwest plays a key role in this - with its aerospace, freight and logistics businesses helping to keep the US economy moving. Their success, however, is often hampered by vast quantities of red tape; the management of complex government contracts and heavy public scrutiny. State Strategies’ experts understand how clients can tell their story and prosper.
Agriculture
The farmers who feed us need advocates in city capitals to ensure crops and cattle can reach our plates. This essential industry has to deal with a myriad of regulations that cut across sectors, amplifying the complexity of compliance and increasing the threat of job-killing policy interference. State Strategies is here to help identify policy opportunities and protect our food from arbitrary standards.
Energy
American energy has to contend with an elaborate set of regulations, a volatile market, and a range of well-funded adversaries. Despite these major obstacles it has become a world leader with the gargantuan Permian Basin at its front. State Strategies’ consultants are geared towards delivering concrete reputation and policy goals for companies across the region.