AB Narrative Studio
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
The most capable leaders are the ones being undersold by their own words.
That is the reason this studio exists.
I started AB Narrative Studio because the most capable leaders I've worked with were being undersold by their own words. They had all the credibility. But no one had ever helped them build language that matched the size of what they had actually built.
It is costly to get the words wrong.
I produced TV news at NBC affiliate stations, where every word had to land or the audience could pick up the remote and change the channel. I've served as a national spokesperson at FEMA and led communication programs at the FDA, and the Federal Highway Administration, communicating on behalf of the federal government during some of the most unprecedented crises.
AB Narrative Studio exists because that same standard, every word must earn its place, belongs in the hands of the organizations and founders who are doing important work but have the least narrative infrastructure around their story.
When you work with the Studio, you work directly with me. You get strategic rigor, storytelling instincts, and someone who will listen before any word is ever written.
That is the standard I built AB Narrative Studio on, and it is the standard every engagement is held to.
Alexandria Barnes
FOUNDER | MA, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
SPEAKING AND ENGAGEMENTS
Bring the standard to your stage.
Alexandria speaks to founders, teams, and industry audiences on narrative as infrastructure: how the language around your work becomes the foundation for reputation, relationships, and revenue. Drawing on nearly 15 years across broadcast newsrooms and federal communications, she brings the discipline of rooms where the wrong word carried real cost.
Your Story Is the Strategy
Build one narrative that wins rooms and carries across your pitches and partnerships.
When Your Mission Outgrows Your Message
Realign leadership, staff, and board members around one story they can all use.
Say It Like You Built It
Close the gap between the work and the words you use to claim it.