Exponential narratives is a method of amplifying community in our storytelling process and to better understand our work’s impact. Our approach is based on awareness of ourselves, of the balance in social power we keep with others, and of our accountability to communities our stories touch.

We called it exponential narratives because we believe community engagement in the process of telling a story only increases its impact—on ourselves, on those in the stories and on society in general. Engagement raises our credibility. We believe authenticity and transparency are more honest than the assumption that we are objective observers. We believe our stories don’t stand alone, they weave into broader narratives. Awareness of these narratives allows us to be more responsible members of the fourth estate, of the arts or of the public discourse that fosters our democracy.