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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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Renee Hopkins Callahan Renee Hopkins Callahan started IdeaFlow and serves as chief blog-wrangler. She is Director of Innovation Services at Decision Analyst in Arlington, Texas, is a former journalist who worked as an editor and reporter for The Dallas Morning News and the Nashville Tennessean, and was managing editor of D, the Dallas city magazine. She has a master's degree in rhetoric and has also taught college-level English and informal logic.
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March 3, 2006

The key grip: Perhaps the most creative person on a movie set

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Posted by Renee Hopkins Callahan

In advance of Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony -- and for everyone who's ever sat through film credits and wondered what the heck a group is -- here's a great piece from NPR's Morning Edition on sound mixers and grips. Excerpt:

"The late actor George C. Scott once told an interviewer that if he were ever stranded on a desert island there would be three things he'd need to have: food, shelter -- and a grip."

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1. Aussie Adam on March 12, 2006 8:03 AM writes...

Psst there's a typo

'what the heck a group is --'

It says group not grip.

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