I am David Hughes Duke.
About Me.
…has over thirty years of experience working inside and outside a variety of Fortune 500 corporations. He was speech-writer for the Chairman, President, and CFO at The Coca-Cola Company. As creative director at O’Connor-Burnham Productions, he produced video and multi-media for clients in the health care, consumer products, computer, travel, banking, telecommunications, textile manufacturing, real estate, and accounting industries. David founded Living Stories in 1991 to specialize in working for human causes and the not-for-profits who support them. He is a performing musician, song-writer, and member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta. David holds a master’s degree in English Literature from Georgia State University.
Years of Experience
Successful Projects
Emmy Awards
What I'm thinking...
``In our polarized Society, we need a starting-place for rediscovering each other.``
Pound Cake on the Front Porch
One of the casualties of the suburbanization of America is the front porch. People build decks instead – and they hide them at the back of the house. In t...
Family Reunion
The names in the stone are strangely old: Josiah. Trevie. Narcissa. Louphemie. But the Scottish surname makes them familiar. Generations of Craigs are carved in...
Never Change Your Name
My earliest memory of church is a loud, disembodied voice invading my sheltered space in the pew. Looking up from my grandmother’s lap, I could divine the sou...
Reawakening
The old man stood patiently in the narrow space between the conveyor belt and the rack of impulse buys at the checkout counter. At a glance, you’d have no...