Educate Your Community
The AOA reaches out to media outlets across the country to inform consumers of the importance of eye health and vision care provided by doctors of optometry. You can do the same in your local community by utilizing the customizable resources on this page.
For more ways to promote your practice, educate your patients and serve your community through customizable marketing materials, visit the AOA Marketplace.
2022 calendar of eye and vision observances
Promote the importance of regular optometric eye and vision care by participating in some or all of the observances listed. Please note, this list is not necessarily exhaustive but provides an abbreviated list of those in alignment with AOA outreach and positions. Observances and campaigns supported by the AOA are noted in PURPLE.
Monthly social media calendar
Use the monthly social media calendar to easily plan and schedule content in advance. Every month, the AOA will update the calendar to include social posts, images and customizable content that coincides with AOA’s own activities. We ask all partners to organically post on their social channels each month.
Public education and campaign materials
Available for your use are customizable news releases, social media posts, infographics and other campaign resources that cover a number of vision and eye-health-related topics. Not only are these tools useful to educate your patients and the public, but they provide an opportunity for you to market your practice and services to your community.
Also available are PowerPoint presentations that can be used for health events, school meetings and other assemblies.
Questions? Please email Yakesha Cooper, AOA’s associate director of public relations.
Keeping children’s vision in focus
Children’s eye health and vision care has long been a cause championed by the AOA. This always-on advocacy, magnified by recent public health conversations, is yielding greater awareness of the importance of comprehensive eye care from an early age.
Opportunities grants awarded for profession’s future
Over three dozen Opportunities in Optometry grants have been awarded since 2021, helping traditionally underrepresented minority groups within the profession apply for optometry school.
Is your website in compliance with the ADA?
Website accessibility is still trying to catch up with the Americans with Disabilities Act, first passed 30 years ago. As the courts or Congress work it out, learn how doctors of optometry might navigate the indecision.