What are the benefits of OAA membership?
The benefits of OAA membership are real and numerous. Here are just some of the benefits of membership at all levels:
• Membership in the only national association representing opticians
• First access to industry news and product updates
• Enrollment in regular national and regional updates via targeted news blasts
• Access to national and regional event schedules
• Early access to registration and applicable discounts for the annual OAA Leadership Conference
• Opportunities to go beyond local to national involvement within the industry
• "Individual Contractor Benefits Program" via My Financial Coach at exclusive OAA group rates
• Discount on Local Eye Site employment postings
• Discount on the ABO/NCLE Certification Review Book
• Discount on Continuing Education credits from Quantum Optical
• Access to Honored Fellow status, including voting and board position opportunities
• First access to industry news and product updates
• Enrollment in regular national and regional updates via targeted news blasts
• Access to national and regional event schedules
• Early access to registration and applicable discounts for the annual OAA Leadership Conference
• Opportunities to go beyond local to national involvement within the industry
• "Individual Contractor Benefits Program" via My Financial Coach at exclusive OAA group rates
• Discount on Local Eye Site employment postings
• Discount on the ABO/NCLE Certification Review Book
• Discount on Continuing Education credits from Quantum Optical
• Access to Honored Fellow status, including voting and board position opportunities
In addition, your membership helps fund initiatives such as these:
• Legislative advice and assistance to states in need (which, in turn, protects the industry nationwide)
• National professional branding and marketing efforts (e.g., billboards, social videos, apparel, promotional items, etc.) aimed at educating consumers about opticians, what they do and why they are essential
• Support for local and national outreach to underserved populations via Vision of Hope
• Helping establish new state associations
• Leadership training focused on preparing opticians to take the reins and assuring a strong future for the field. • Spearheading diversity and inclusion efforts aimed at assuring an equitable profession
• Creating opportunities for opticianry students and apprentices, which keeps the field of opticianry alive and vibrant
• Support for the National Optician Initiative, which introduces new education opportunities nationally
• Assuring national representation for opticians, both inside and outside of the industry
• National professional branding and marketing efforts (e.g., billboards, social videos, apparel, promotional items, etc.) aimed at educating consumers about opticians, what they do and why they are essential
• Support for local and national outreach to underserved populations via Vision of Hope
• Helping establish new state associations
• Leadership training focused on preparing opticians to take the reins and assuring a strong future for the field. • Spearheading diversity and inclusion efforts aimed at assuring an equitable profession
• Creating opportunities for opticianry students and apprentices, which keeps the field of opticianry alive and vibrant
• Support for the National Optician Initiative, which introduces new education opportunities nationally
• Assuring national representation for opticians, both inside and outside of the industry
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