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Gwen Smith Ishmael, Sr. Vice President of Insights and Innovation at Decision Analyst in Arlington, TX, has led marketing and new product development activities in the CPG and technology industries since 1986. She also conceived and developed ground-breaking Web-based promotional vehicles, two of which are patent pending. Gwen holds an MBA in Marketing and is a featured speaker on insights and innovation around the world. Her writings have been featured in international text books, most recently in Managing 4 Ps of Marketing FMCG Sector, and Product Innovation: A Strategic Tool for Growth, by ICFAI Publications, 2006 and 2007, respectively.

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June 25, 2005

The CPSI hug

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Posted by Renee Hopkins Callahan

Today is officially opening day at CPSI, and that means there's a lot of the CPSI Hug going around. The CPSI hug isn't any particular kind of hug -- when people talk about that, they're just referring to the fact that a lot of CPSI attendees have been coming to this conference for years, if not decades (the conference is in its 51st year), and when they meet up each year, a lot of hugging goes on!

Ethnographer Maren Elwood produced a very short, fun video on the CPSI Hug, which you can view here.

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