AB Narrative Studio
Your story is the strategy.
AB Narrative Studio offers strategic communications consulting for mission-driven leaders, companies, and organizations who can't afford to be misunderstood. We help you define your core narrative so it can carry through every layer of your brand.
THE STUDIO
When the narrative is right, everything else works. Pitches land. Partnerships open. Content flows from one foundation instead of five different instincts.
Most leaders don't have a content problem. Their narrative just hasn't caught up with where they actually are. AB Narrative Studio fixes that. We build the strategy that becomes your source of truth across every platform, introduction, and room you walk into.
This is strategic work, not content production. The goal is a narrative so clear it carries itself.
What Changes When We Work Together
Before
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You know what you do, but it's hard to explain
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Every platform sounds a little different
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Content feels random
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You're the only one who can "translate" your vision
After
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You can explain what you do in one sentence
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Your messaging is aligned across platforms
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Content flows from one foundation
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Your team knows how to speak about your work
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You're leading, not scrambling for words
Being misunderstood costs you time, money, and credibility.
How the Work Is Delivered
TIER 1: DEFINE
TIER 2: ACTIVATE
TIER 3: PROTECT
Tier 1: You have a story. I help you hear it, shape it, and own it. By the time we're done, you'll say, "this is me" and mean it.
Tier 2: Your narrative is the strategy. I map it across your platforms, messaging, and content so everything you put out works from the same foundation.
Tier 3: Your existing content gets audited against your core narrative. Gaps get identified, aligned, and closed before they cost you.
Optional: ongoing production and AI workflow integration.
Your story is the strategy.
OUR CLIENTS
Clients come to AB Narrative Studio at different stages.
Our services are for:
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The founder who has become the bottleneck, the only person who can explain the mission well enough to close a partnership or win a donor.
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The director whose team is producing more content but none of it is landing.
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The product-driven entrepreneur whose offer is ready, but whose story has not yet given it the introduction it deserves.
A $5,000 speaking engagement. A five-month webinar series. Two founders who put their narrative to work within days of receiving it. See what that looks like. See Results.
ABOUT ME
I started AB Narrative Studio because the most capable leaders I have ever known 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’s costly to get the words wrong. I produced news at NBCUniversal, where every word in live and recorded scripts had to land or the audience would change the channel. I served as a communications leader and national spokesperson at FEMA, I also led communication programs and offices at the FDA, and the Federal Highway Administration, communicating on behalf of the federal government during some of the most consequential crises this country has faced.
I left that work on my own terms in 2025 to build something of my own. AB Narrative Studio exists because that same standard, every word earning its place, belongs in the hands of the founders and companies who are doing the most important work and have the least narrative infrastructure around their story.
When you work with the Studio, you work directly with me. You get strategic rigor, storytelling instinct, and someone who will listen before any word is ever written.
-Alexandria Barnes
LET'S TALK
Every engagement starts with a conversation.
On this call, I will:
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Get clear on where you are and where you are trying to go
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Determine if narrative strategy is the right next move
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Map out what working together looks like
This is for leaders who are ready to be understood.