John McConahy
Independent Business Owner at Independent Business Advisor
- Role
- Independent Business Owner at Independent Business Advisor
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John McConahy
John G. McConahy, CMP, CMM is the founder and President of Imagination Plus, Inc. a Pittsburgh based award winning meeting, conference and marketing event management company. His education and work experience background includes a degree in Computer Sciences with significant emphasis in Business Management, more than 20 years in the meetings industry working with a variety of new technologies, and receiving the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and the senior level, Certificate in Meeting Management (CMM) credentials. As a meeting professional, John has won numerous professional awards including being named the 2001 MPI Pittsburgh Chapter Planner of the Year, the Marion Kershner International Leader of the Year by Meeting Professionals International, the MPI Pittsburgh Chapter Planner of the Year and the 1997 MPI Pittsburgh Chapter Leader of the Year. Additionally, he was directly responsible for his company being awarded two Honorable Mention Global Paragon Awards, the meeting and conference industries most revered award for best return on investment in a meeting or conference. John is also the President of MMH & S, Inc, a sporting events production company. He is the Director of Tournament Operations for the \"Orange Blossom Games\", one of MMH & S. Inc.\'s events. It is a collegiate women\'s softball tournament located in central Florida. Specialties: Strategic events planning professional. Speaker, educator, and author on strategic planning and thinking, writing business and event plans, finance and budgeting, team building and motivation techniques, meeting and conference management and in several areas of technology including numerous computer software applications; database design and management; and communication devices. Knows the directions of events, meetings, measures, and technology and understands how they relate in the business world.
Experience
Independent Business Owner
May 2015 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US
Specializing in the strategic planning for the meetings and events industry for more than 25 years.
Education
Youngstown State University
BS
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