Matt Gammon

Matt is the senior research analyst at WPA Research. He first started working at WPA Research in 2008.

Focus

  • Lead analyst for dozens of political research from county judge to U.S. Senate and Gubernatorial campaigns.
  • Lead analyst for numerous corporate, nonprofit, and public affairs research studies and nationwide messaging and branding campaigns.
  • Coordinated, directed, and analyzed bimonthly nationwide political ad analysis with The Hill newspaper.

Pertinent Background and Relationships

  • Prior to joining WPA, Matt ran a successful energy efficiency company that saw triple digit growth in back to back fiscal years during a down economy, managing complicated supply chains, project management, and energy savings analysis for nationwide clients such as GM, Dietz and Watson, Akin Gump Strauss, Hauer and Feld, LLP, Worthington Steel, Monday Properties, and many others.
  • Matt combines his practical experience with the needs of business owners with his extensive research background to help deliver actionable analysis and communications strategies for decision makers of all sized companies.

Interpretting Expectations and Wishing on the Wrong Star

Always worth a read, Chris Cillizza had some things to say earlier this week about Gallup’s weekly Economic Confidence Index and how that bodes well for the president.  While Cillizza makes a restrained case for White House exuberance, there ...

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3 Ways That Information Presentation Makes You More Persuasive

1)Use Normal Words When writing, don’t make your audience work to understand you.  Use the simplest vocabulary necessary to communicate the point without dumbing it down.  Words have specific meanings, and big words can give nuance to phrases.  ...

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