Government Affairs

Canyon Snow provides targeted outsourced government affairs expertise to protect your business interests

The team at Canyon Snow have strong relationships with public officials at all levels of government in Silicon Valley and beyond. We develop and maintain these relationships to enable our clients to anticipate, shape, and react to new legislative and regulatory initiatives that impact their businesses. We work with our clients to effectively manage the most important elements of their business-government interface.

 

Legislative tracking

Canyon Snow provides customized analysis and recommended action on legislative issues that impact our clients' core businesses including land use, transportation, tax, trade, e-commerce, privacy, logistics, IP, and social and environmental issues(. Our team provides:

  • Tracking and analysis of legislation and business implications

  • Strategy development for successful advocacy

  • Facilitated engagement with decision makers

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Government officials make decisions every day which can impact a company's bottom line. Canyon Snow enables our clients to build and manage important relationships with key officials worldwide. We will work with you to:

  • Identify high-priority government representatives with whom to meet based on your company's legislative strategy

  • Plan and manage proactive meetings, events and interactions with your representatives (site visits, demos, tours, executive meetings etc) to highlight your policy priorities Policy and issue management through trade associations

policy and issue management through trade associations

Often companies invest in important trade association memberships but may lack sufficient time and resources to extract maximum value from these memberships. Our team at Canyon Snow will:

  • Prepare representatives to advocate on behalf of the company at trade association meetings and events

  • Implement annual global surveys and analyses of the return on investment from each trade association membership


executive training programs

Corporate executives are the most persuasive advocates for a company's policy positions. However, many executives have limited experience lobbying public officials. Our team guides our clients' executives through customized training in government relations as a key component of their leadership development strategy. 



Relationship management

Government officials make decisions every day which can impact a company's bottom line. Canyon Snow enables a company to build and manage important relationships with key officials worldwide. We work with clients to develop a list of government representatives with whom to meet based on the company's legislative strategy. We plan and manage proactive events with representatives globally (congressional site visits, executive meetings) and we utilize these activities to highlight our clients' policy priorities. 



Lobbying campaign management

Canyon Snow manages lobbying campaigns for specific issues of strategic importance to our clients. We leverage the experience and expertise of our founding principals in building coalitions and advocating for client issues in at the local, state, and federal level.