This morning, Dave and I arrived at the office at about 6:30am to get prepped for a landmark occasion for the 1BOG team: our very first out-of-state installer training session to kick off our very first out-of-state community solar program (which began at 9am CST — you think Dave and I would wake up that early just for the heck of it? Yes? OK, you’re right, we probably would). Although we’ve done remote trainings before, our participation in the New Orleans solar scene felt much more real to me after this experience. Clearly, this was an exciting moment for us here at 1BOG, but it also seems like an important step in rebuilding New Orleans, and we’re proud to be involved.
We’ve done lots of these training sessions in the past months, all with the intention of explaining a bit more to solar installers why our community model of solar purchasing is an important development for the solar industry. From dispelling myths about net metering, to getting low cost solar panels, it’s important for installers who are interacting with our members to understand how 1BOG helps people from all over the place feel more confident about installing solar. Furthermore, it’s important for installers to understand how participating in 1BOG programs is a big win for their companies as well. In these training sessions, we go over our community model, our process, and how interacting with our member base can help rapidly grow their business.
Clearly, we’re excited about lowering the cost of solar for consumers, but we’re also excited about helping installers grow and maintain healthy, sustainable businesses. In a lot of our outward-facing communication, it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of this fact – we’re extremely committed to offering affordable solar to our members, and we like talking about it. Even so, it’s important to remember that we’re also out here to represent and grow the industry from the installer’s point of view as well.
Mostly though, I’m enjoying becoming a pro at using online meeting software. That’s really why I do this, in case you were wondering…
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