IMAGINATION⁺ Meeting Planners Inc.
Creative solutions for all your event & training needs

Sandy Biback, CMP CMM
Founder Imagination+ Meeting Planners Inc.

Sandy Biback, CMP, CMM has over 20 years experience in the conference, meetings and events industry. She has worked for corporations and associations before forming Imagination⁺ Meeting Planners Inc. in 1990.

• Certified Meeting Professional designation from Convention Industry Council (1996) To learn more about this designation visit www.conventionindustry.org/cmp/index.htm
• Certified Meeting Management designation from Meeting Professionals International (2002) To find out more about this designation visit www.mpiweb.org/education/cmm/
• MPIToronto Meeting Planner of the Year (2000-2001) 
• Continuing Education Award of Excellence for Teaching from The City College, George Brown (2003). Click here to read the press release with details of this award.
• SmartServe Certified
• Level A CPR Certified

Sandy is an avid volunteer with in the meetings industry. She is currently, or has been, a member of the following industry committees:

      MPI (Meeting Professionals International) www.mpiweb.org 

• MPI Student/Faculty Task Force
• MPI International Task Force-Global Crisis Management 
• Designed and facilitated CMP study groups, both locally and internationally
• Past Vice President of MPIToronto

      CSPEP (Canadian Society of Professional Event Planners www.cspep.ca 

• 2005 Education Chair, Annual Conference
• 2004 Chair, Golf Tournament 
• 2004 Chair, Conference 
• 2004 Past President 
• 2003 President 
• 2002 Vice President Public Relations and Communications 
  

      Convention Industry Council-Accepted Practices Exchange www.conventionindustry.org/apex.htm 

• Co-chaired Resumes and Work Orders Panel 
• October 2002, Volunteer of the Month
  

      PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) www.pcma.org 

• 2006 International Conference, Toronto
• Co-presented session on Taking the Risk to Go It Independently

      Member, "Meeting News" Advisory Board

In addition to managing the many aspects of Imagination⁺ Meeting Planners Inc., Sandy teaches at the college level:

• Event and Meeting Management (10 course certificate program at George Brown College) 
• Convention Management (George Brown College)
• University Nevada at Las Vegas, "Meeting Planning" (Distance Education)
• Apprenticeship Task Force: Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities

Sandy also writes for and has been quoted and profiled in various industry publications. 

• Click here for a profile in the 2003 BusinessWoman Canada. 
• In 2001, Corporate Meetings & Incentives names Sandy a member of "The A List" 
• Meetings and Conventions: A Planning Guide, published by MPI, 2003 (www.mpiweb.org/resources/bookstore/ was a work of love with a joint task force. It is the definitive resource and includes a CDRom of templates and checklists. Sandy was project manager. Click here for a testimonial letter from David DuBois, CMP, CAE, Executive Vice President, MPI Foundation

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world"
Einstein