Optical Women's Association

September 2009 Newsletter

Shining Star Rene Soltis Encourages Everyone to Reach for the Stars!

Sharing the spotlight with family, friends and trusted advisors, Rene Soltis accepted the Optical Women’s Association’s (OWA) revered Annual Pleiades Award. This award was created to honor one individual each year that has shown exceptional support of the OWA and of women in the optical industry.
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Join Us In Vegas!

Join us Friday October 2, 2009 in Las Vegas for The OWA Annual Networking Event & Raffle.
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One on One with Rene Soltis

Rene moved the crowd with her zest and for the business, citing her mentoring experience and the invaluable rewards of networking to achieve new heights. Her spirit of gratitude was contagious and we wanted to share highlights of that interview.
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My Blog Has Eyes: A Review of The Optical Vision Site Blog

Everybody's doing it now—blogging, tweeting, using Facebook. These social networking tools are making everyday subjects, like vision for us in the eyecare industry, fun and exciting. After Vision Expo West in 2008, Cathy Ives and Shirley Platzer-Stocks, innovators and OWA members, teamed up to start The Optical Vision Site blog and launched it in January 2009.
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Optical Women's Association Presents The Law of Selling—Discovering a New Sales System to Ease the Pain of a Slow Economy

The Optical Women's Association will present a Professional Optical Woman's Workshop (POWW) titled, The Law of Selling—Discovering a New Sales System to Ease the Pain of a Slow Economy, September 30th, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in Las Vegas, in conjunction with International Vision Expo West.
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The OWA would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support and belief in our mission to advance and promote the leadership role of women in the Optical industry.


Platinum Sponsors
Essilor Laboratories Jobson Optical Group Luxottica Group Marchon Safilo Group

Silver Sponsors
Altair Aspex Eyewear Group Charmant Clear Vision Eyefinity / OfficeMate
FGX International L'Amy Group Vision Council of America Transitions Carl Zeiss Vision

Friends of OWA
PixelOptics Shamir Tura Eyewear