The Art of Politics

We Help You Navigate the Political Waters

The Art of Politics is a government affairs consulting company located in western Massachusetts. We push policies and projects forward by identifying federal and state funding opportunities, successfully pitching projects, designing winning communication strategies, and following through like nobody's business.

The Art of Politics has the ability to influence the political process on behalf of clients and is committed to advancing clients' interests as they intersect the local, Massachusetts, or federal government. Whether your organization wants to learn to fish or wants someone to fish for you, The Art of Politics will help you navigate the political waters. Thank you for visiting our website. We look forward to hearing from you.

What's New:

The Art of Politics will speak to the members of the International Economic Development Council in March 2009. We''ll look at the appropriations process in light of the new administration, and what the new administration holds for economic developers. Click here for more information.

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From the Art of Politics blog:

A timely, genuine and specific thank you letter should follow any meeting you have with an elected official. Write the letter to the elected official, but send it to the staffer who attended the meeting. If you met with them in DC, send the letter to the district office, because everything going to Capitol Hill still gets irradiated and arrives late, crunchy and brown. If you really must send it to DC, turn it into a pdf and e-mail it.

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What our clients have to say:

I can say that Maggie delivers her message with great skill. She was extremely well prepared and responded with authority to all questions asked. We were drawn into productive discussion, rather than being overwhelmed with information. I felt very confident that she had done the research and knew her subject well.

— Sandra Mongeon, member, Friends of the Holyoke Canalwalk

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A Success Story:

An economic developer needed help bringing in new residents. The Art of Politics researched a policy that would help, crafted a white paper to promote the policy, and pitched the proposal to one of the Governor's Cabinet Secretaries. The proposal is part of legislation to be introduced this fall.