Nexus Public Affairs

Senior state strategy. A clearer view of what matters.

Rob Shrum combines legislative intelligence with strategy, advocacy campaigns, coalition management and communications, focused on your state policy priorities.

Every bill in your agreed scope, checked against the state's own record. Every report reviewed before it goes out. One person accountable.

The problem

Too much ground, not enough people.

State government affairs teams cover more ground than they can staff. A portfolio of dozens or hundreds of bills moves faster than a small team can read. An issue can turn up in many states at once. And leadership expects an answer the same morning. The usual options each leave a gap.

Software Tracks bills and sends alerts. Your team still owns the sorting, the checking and the brief to leadership.
Large multistate firms Broad capability, staffed with a bench and priced to match.
Hiring a team Capacity and company knowledge, at the cost of building and managing it.
Nexus A senior strategist who owns the strategy, the advocacy and the read, with verified reports behind every move.
What Nexus does

Strategy, advocacy and coalition work, with the intelligence behind every move.

Every engagement is led by a senior strategist who runs the advocacy and the coalition work. Three kinds of intelligence keep it informed, each built for a different question.

01 Every bill you have

Nexus Legislative Intelligence

Your whole portfolio watched every day and checked against each state's record, delivered as a daily edition, a weekly report, spot reports and the tracker. For the team running the portfolio.

02 Where your issue goes next

Nexus State Intelligence

Which states are likely to move on your issue, and when, with the evidence behind each call. For a company whose issue is spreading across states.

03 Who is pushing it

Nexus Influence Mapper

The stakeholder landscape on your issue from the public record, with confidence stated on each entry. For corporate affairs, communications and issues teams.

Why it holds up

Built to be forwarded to leadership and counsel.

Checked against the record Every status is checked against the state's own record. A vendor feed is a lead to check, never the answer.
Read by a person A person reviews every report before it goes out, and answers the phone when you call.
Corrected in the open Corrections are stated in the next report, not made silently. Read the methodology
The strategist

One senior strategist, accountable for the work.

Nexus Public Affairs is led by Rob Shrum, a senior state government affairs strategist. He runs the advocacy, the coalitions and the stakeholder work, and he answers for every read that reaches you.

If the right tool for a client's situation does not exist, Nexus builds it.

About Rob Shrum→

Start with a conversation.

Tell us your issues and your states. The first conversation is about fit: what you are facing and what would arrive each week.

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