Congrats to our President, Dorothy Martin, on being a finalist for the 11th Annual Visionary Award presented by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Several members of Optimum's management team attended the luncheon on July 10th when presentations created by each finalist were shown and this year's winner announced. Although Mrs. Martin was not this year's winner, she joins a select group of outstanding business owners that have been nominated and/or given this prestigious award. Previous winners include Cheryl Krueger of Cheryl's Cookies, Sue Doody of Lindey's Restaurant, Lisa Griffin of Griffin Communications and Elizabeth Rosetti of Americheer. The 2008 Visionary Award winner was Lynn Elliot, President of Columbus Window Cleaning.
The vision statement of NAWBO is "The National Association of Women Business Owners propels women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide." Their Mission Statement is ". . . . helping women entrepreneurs toward economic, social and political achievement by helping them; develop, educate and grow strong profitable businesses; build strategic alliances and affiliations within NAWBO and other organizations; provide resources to emerging and sustaining women business owners; enhance the profile of women business owners; and transform public policy, influence opinion makers and politically educate members."
We may be biased, but all the Optimum associates attending voted Mrs. Martin's presentation as the best of the four shown. Her entry profiled Optimum as a family organization where associates care about each other and work as a team not only in the company's business but in making a difference in our community. The last line of the video said it all. . . ."experience the Optimum vision." We hope to obtain a copy of the presentation and present it at our next corporate meeting.
