Sam Harrison has been on all sides of creative communications, marketing and branding – the agency and freelance side, the client and corporate side and, most recently, the academic and consulting side.Sam now teaches writing and creativity classes at Portfolio Center, a graduate studies program for writers, designers and photographers. He has also guest-lectured at many colleges and universities.

In addition, he presents seminars and keynote talks to agencies, companies and associations. He is on the advisory council for the HOW Conference and a speaker at that conference for the past three years.

He was previously a senior vice president with an S&P 500 firm and has worked with such clients and affiliates as NFL, Major League Baseball, Hallmark, Microsoft, American Express, Merrill Lynch, Quicken, Hasbro, John Denver Environmental Groups, U.S. Humane Society, Arts Alliance and Zoo Atlanta. 

He is the author of ZING! Five steps and 101 tips for creativity on command and IdeaSpotting: How and where to find your next great idea. His fiction and non-fiction pieces have appeared in various magazines, newspapers and trade publications.

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