Every other week, CEO Boaz Soifer, solar contractors, and industry leaders come together to discuss the best way to approach the COVID-19 challenges ahead.

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for solar to adapt to a “low-touch” sales environment. For our June 3 Solar Town Hall, we hosted a vibrant conversation with fellow contractors and other expert panelists on the best way forward.  

 CEO Martha Amram of data analytics firm GLYNT.AI provided an overview of the pandemic economic impact on consumer attitudes. President Trevor Sumner of Sun Badger Solar discussed the importance of having a “solar success manager” and revisiting old leads. CEO Peter Troast of Energy Circle, a digital marketing firm, explained changes in consumer web search and profiles. Instructional designer Michelle Spina listed important tips to help sales teams put their best face forward when making sales via video calls, in terms of both technical logistics and pitch script. And our own CEO Boaz Soifer reflected on the notion that “culture is a litmus test for integrity” — companies close deals and get good reviews because of a unified mindset, from sales team to install crew. 

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Thank you all again for participating in our Solar Town Hall events and being part of our solar community!

Looking for best-in-class products, service, and a partner you can count on?

Missed one of our events? Access all of our COVID-19 expert roundtables in our Solar Town Hall archives, featuring topics from PPP loan forgiveness to remote sales and virtual site assessments. 

BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC supplies solar installers in the United States with best-in-class components, business planning advice, and a community of experts. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter, subscribe to our podcasts and YouTube, and bookmark our daily updated COVID-19 resource page. Part of the BayWa r.e. global family of renewable energy companies. 

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Every other week, CEO Boaz Soifer, solar contractors, and industry leaders come together to discuss the best way to approach the COVID-19 challenges ahead.

As states and counties consider modifying COVID-19 sheltering restrictions, how can solar contractors prepare to safely put crews back on the job site? What liability, compliance, and industrial hygiene practices need updating? We talked employee safety, operational logistics, and customer assurance with fellow contractors and other expert panelists.

Looking for best-in-class products, service, and a partner you can count on?

BayWa r.e. Solar Systems CEO Boaz Soifer, in his town hall opening address, wonders which “preexisting mental models still serve us and which ones are ripe for transformation.”

Missed one of our events? Access all of our COVID-19 expert roundtables in our Solar Town Hall archives, featuring topics from PPP loan forgiveness to remote sales and virtual site assessments. 

BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC supplies solar installers in the United States with best-in-class components, business planning advice, and a community of experts. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter, subscribe to our podcasts and YouTube, and bookmark our daily updated COVID-19 resource page. Part of the BayWa r.e. global family of renewable energy companies. 

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Following up from our April 29 town hall on the PPP, Tom sat down with Gina Romdoss to answer 20 more of your PPP questions.

NOTE: The federal guidance on what you need to do to achieve forgiveness is a moving target. Please keep in mind that the advice Gina provides may be out of date in the coming week. Gina and I will circle back soon for an update, but please keep in mind the temporal nature of this conversation as you work on your PPP applications.

FYI – The town hall will be on hiatus for the next week or two while we plan our next round of guests and topics. See you soon!

Gina Ramdoss www.mysbaloanforgiveness.com

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 CEO Boaz Soifer, solar contractors, and industry leaders come together to discuss the best way to approach the COVID-19 challenges ahead.

FYI – The town hall will be on hiatus for the next week or two while we plan our next round of guests and topics. See you soon!

Gina Ramdoss www.mysbaloanforgiveness.com
Martha Amram and GLYNT.ai – glynt.ai/
Rosa Cucicea – River City Bank – rivercitybank.com
Grant Farrell – Enable Energy
Barry Cinnamon – Cinnamon Energy Systems

I'm applying for, or received, my PPP funds. What do I do now?

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Featured guests: This week we have Dr. Charlie Gay – External Advisory Board at Sandia National Laboratories; Former director of the U.S. Department of Energy – Solar Energy Technologies Office; Former director of NREL;  SOLPAD. 

Marla Korpar – Development Director at Solar Energy International.  

Hersch Wilson – writer, consultant, and author of Firefighter Zen: A Field Guide to Thriving in Tough Times 

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Featured guests: Robyn Kenkel, Risk & Business Development, Mosaic; Gregg Fisher, Sr. Manager, Business Development – Sunlight Financial LLC; Martha Schary Amram, CEO, GLYNT – Vikram Aggarwal, CEO, EnergySage; Jeremy White, Solar Division Leader, Robco Electric; Rachel Schapira, Director, Residential Finance – BayWa r.e. Solar Systems

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This week, we’re getting tactical.

Join CEO Boaz Soifer and several solar contractors and industry leaders, as we share best practices and lessons learned on how to sell and conduct site assessments, virtually.

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Featured guests:
Michelle Spina – Instructional Designer/Trainer, SolarEdge; Joseph Marhamati – Co-Founder, Ipsun Solar; Vaughan Woodruff – Founder/CEO, Insource Renewables; Benjamin Davis – Policy Associate, CALSSA; Shane Helle – Project Manager, Porter Electric LLC

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Our featured guests today were: Frank Jessel, the head of global distribution for BayWa r.e.; David Chang, Sr. Director, Head of Sales, Solar & Energy Storage for LG Electronics; Evelyn Butler, Sr. Director of Codes and Standards, SEIA;  Vikram Aggarwal, CEO & Founder, EnergySage; Corey Garrison, CEO of SouthFace Solar; Stephen Trimble, Founder & CEO of Arctic Solar Venture; and Karen Paramanandam, Sales & Marketing Program Manager at Unirac. We also have our own David Dunlap, VP of operations for BayWa r.e. Solar Systems, and Baywa re. Solar systems CEO, Boaz Soifer.  

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Today we’re talking about disruptors, and especially the coronavirus, which is, of course, on the top of everyone’s mind.

Last week we saw multiple days of precipitous market drops — some of the largest since 2008 — but here we are on Monday, March 2nd, and the markets are making a rebound, and central banks are saying they will help counter some of the impacts of the coronavirus.

All that to say, there are just too many variables to make informed predictions on what the impacts of the coronavirus will be on the solar industry.

But there are things we can talk about in terms of how to prepare your business for uncertain times.

And here to join in the conversation we have BayWa r.e. Chief Commerical Officer Daniel Mario and VP of Operations David Dunlap.

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