I was updating our database of solar presentations they we have given over the years. In the past 12 years we have given a total of 255 solar presentations and reach over 5400 people in face-to-face meetings. Many as small as one person at the local coffee shop to over a hundred at a weekend festival, farmer market, or events like TEDx and Ignite. I calculate our average at about 20 people per event. Here’s the list (below) if you want to check the math. Drop me a note ([email protected]) if you would like me to visit your organization and talk about how solar power can save you money.

Date |
Origanization |
Count |
Jan # 2006 |
Co-op Open House |
40 |
Feb # 2006 |
Depot Town Association |
10 |
Mar # 2006 |
Washtenaw County Consortium on Waste Management |
12 |
Mar 11 2006 |
Ypsilanti City Council & Historic Commission |
10 |
May 10 2006 |
Metro Detroit Building Superintendent Assocation |
20 |
Jul 17 2006 |
ReCycle Ann Aror |
6 |
Jul 29 2006 |
ReCycle Ann Arbor |
8 |
Aug 17 2006 |
Corner Brewery |
80 |
Oct 7 2006 |
Solar Tour |
10 |
Nov 29 2006 |
Optical Society of America |
40 |
Dec 6 2006 |
Ann Arbor Computer Society |
31 |
Dec 21 2006 |
Cray TechForum (remote) |
12 |
2006 Total of 12 meetings reaching 279 people
Jan 17 2007 |
Pittsfield Union Grange (Dave and Adam) |
15 |
Jan 24 2007 |
Ypsilanti District Library |
25 |
Jan 26 2007 |
ReCycle Ann Arbor (Adam) |
3 |
Mar 9 2007 |
Estabrook 4th grade class (Adam) |
24 |
Mar 16 2007 |
Remodel Green Midwest Conference |
33 |
Apr 18 2007 |
GREEN at EMU (Adam) |
6 |
Apr 18 2007 |
Science Cafe |
31 |
Apr 24 2007 |
Waste Not meeting |
63 |
Jun 2 2007 |
U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
10 |
Aug 14 2007 |
Ypsilanti City Council Meeting |
44 |
Aug 18 2007 |
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival (Adam) |
7 |
Sep 8 2007 |
The Treehouse Energy Efficency |
10 |
Sep 18 2007 |
Ypsilanti Public Library |
4 |
Sep 26 2007 |
Summers-Knoll School 5th grade class |
11 |
Oct 6 2007 |
Solar Tour |
20 |
Oct 14 2007 |
Healing Arts and Green Living Expo |
3 |
Nov 7 2007 |
Normal Park Neighborhood Assocation |
11 |
2007 Total of 17 meetings reaching 320 people
Mar 15 2008 |
Ypsilanti Food Cooperative |
7 |
Mar 27 2008 |
UM Earth Day (Adam and I were rained out) |
0 |
Apr 17 2008 |
WCC Earth Day: Celebrate our Habitat! |
30 |
Apr 22 2008 |
Cenrtal Region Co-op Manager’s meeting |
19 |
Jun 2 2008 |
Estabrook School, Ypsilanti (Adam) |
144 |
Jul 12 2008 |
Ann Arbor Reuse Center |
40 |
Aug 15 2008 |
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival |
16 |
Aug 30 2008 |
Layed off Auto engineers |
2 |
Sep 22 2008 |
Wittenberg University |
37 |
Sep 23 2008 |
University Michigan |
18 |
Sep 23 2008 |
Washtenaw Community College |
15 |
Oct 4 2008 |
Solar Tour |
16 |
Oct 29 2008 |
Crazy Wizdom one-on-one |
1 |
2008 Total of 13 meetings reaching 345 people
Jan 30 2009 |
Crazy Wizdom Book Store |
3 |
Mar 9 2009 |
Transition Michigan |
5 |
Mar 24 2009 |
Ypsi School Dist,Assistant Superintendent staff |
6 |
Apr 16 2009 |
WCC Earth Day. |
17 |
Apr 24 2009 |
One-on-one solar talk with Hans |
1 |
May 30 2009 |
Ypsi Food Coop (Hans) |
3 |
Jun 3 2009 |
Estabrook School (Adam) |
137 |
Jul 25 2009 |
Whole Foods Ann Arbor @ 1:00pm (Hans) |
5 |
Aug 5 2009 |
Ann Arbor Computer Society (Dave+Nik) |
19 |
Aug 6 2009 |
Ann Arbor District Library (Hans) |
21 |
Aug 14 2009 |
Whole Foods Rochester Hills @ 12:00 (Hans) |
8 |
Aug 21 2009 |
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival |
7 |
Oct 10 2009 |
Solar Tour |
14 |
Oct 17 2009 |
Ypsilanti District Library |
11 |
Nov 19 2009 |
Elwell School “Green Expo” |
12 |
2009 Total of 15 meetings reaching 269 people
Apr 22 2010 |
Canton Public Library |
4 |
Aug 26 2010 |
Rebuild Ypsilanti – Ypsilanti District Library |
50 |
Aug 31 2010 |
Dawn Farms one-on-one w/ Brian Ellison |
1 |
Oct 2 2010 |
SolarTour – Ypsi Food Coop |
12 |
Oct 2 2010 |
SolarTour – City Hall |
11 |
Oct 7 2010 |
Concentrate in Ann Arbor |
50 |
Oct 22 2010 |
EMU Student – Giles Tucker |
1 |
2010 Total of 7 meetings reaching 129 people
Feb 7 2011 |
Ypsi Food Coop |
10 |
Apr 20 2011 |
Ypsi Food Coop – staff |
9 |
Apr 22 2011 |
Ypsi Food Coop – staff |
11 |
Jun 2 2011 |
Ypsi DDA |
8 |
Jun 14 2011 |
Lias and Beth |
2 |
Jun 20 2011 |
Ypsilanti library (Google video) |
25 |
Aug 18 2011 |
George Washington University (HPC workshop) |
20 |
Sep 8 2011 |
Whole Foods in Rochester Hills (Hans Steiner) |
10 |
Sep 9 2011 |
Dan Newell one-on-one |
1 |
Sep 27 2011 |
Solar Tour training |
6 |
Oct 1 2011 |
Solar Tour Adams (Bob, Hans) |
6 |
Oct 1 2011 |
Solar Tour Coop/Bakery (Lisa, Keith, Eric, Jon) |
26 |
Oct 1 2011 |
Solar Tour 403 Huron (Tad, Dan) |
14 |
Oct 1 2011 |
Solar Tour City Hall (Dave, Steve) |
16 |
Oct 1 2011 |
Solar Tour Corner Brewery (Garth) |
8 |
Oct 11 2011 |
Stewar Beal one-on-one |
1 |
Oct 24 2011 |
St. Matt & St. Joe Episcopal Church (Detroit) |
20 |
Oct 28 2011 |
Skyline High School Engineering class |
25 |
Nov 6 2011 |
Ignite6 Ann Arbor |
270 |
Nov 11 2011 |
Matt Grocoff |
2 |
Nov 11 2011 |
Google Ann Arbor – TGIF talk |
50 |
Nov 14 2011 |
YpsiFoodCoop – UnvMich students |
3 |
Nov 29 2011 |
Eastern Mich Unv student one-on-one at Ugly Mug |
1 |
Nov 30 2011 |
Eastern Mich Unv CSIE Seminar Series |
50 |
2011 Total of 24 meetings reaching 594 people
Jan 14 2012 |
Westminster Presbyterian Church – Men’s Breakfast |
20 |
Jan 14 2012 |
Ypsilanti Distric Library – Michigan Ave |
25 |
Feb 15 2012 |
Team Detroit |
7 |
Mar 27 2012 |
Eastern Michigan University |
11 |
Apr 15 2012 |
Ypsilanti First United Methodist Church |
23 |
Apr 20 2012 |
Consumer Family Advocate Council (Detroit) |
21 |
May 12 2012 |
Growing Hope’s Ypsi Garden Fair |
12 |
Jun 23 2012 |
Ann Arbor Area Real Estate Investor Club |
12 |
Aug 17,18,19 |
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival (Dave, Steve, Paul) |
800 |
Oct 11 2012 |
Ypsilanti Jaycee walking tour |
8 |
Oct 17 2012 |
Ypsilanti Jaycee meeting |
23 |
Oct 23 2012 |
WiHi International High School A2 physics class |
26 |
Oct 24 2012 |
WiHi International High School B1 physics class |
25 |
Oct 24 2012 |
WiHi International High School B2 physics class |
26 |
Nov 8 2012 |
VNEXT Ann Arbor (Tad Wysor) |
6 |
Nov 9 2012 |
One-on-one with EMU grad student Gilles Renard |
1 |
Dec 19 2012 |
EMU construction professors |
4 |
2012 Total of 17 meetings reaching 1050 people
Feb 14 2013 |
EMU Construction class |
25 |
Feb 24 2013 |
Ann Arbor Friends Meeting (Quakers) |
20 |
Mar 15 2013 |
TEDxEMU |
200 |
Mar 19 2013 |
Michigan Ladder one-on-one |
1 |
Mar 22 2013 |
Stewart Beal one-on-one |
1 |
Mar 26 2013 |
Go Solar Community Forum |
52 |
Mar 4 2013 |
EMU GIS class |
12 |
May 8 2013 |
EMU Summer Science Research Initiative |
50 |
Jun 26 2013 |
Girl Scout Camp |
121 |
Aug 16,17,18 |
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival (Dave, Steve, Amy) |
400 |
Nov 20 2013 |
Ypsilanti Fire Department (shift 1) |
4 |
Nov 20 2013 |
Ypsilanti Fire Department (shift 2) |
4 |
Nov 20 2013 |
Ypsilanti Fire Department (shift 3) |
4 |
2013 Total of 13 meetings reaching 894 people
Mar 20 2014 |
EMU GREEN meeting |
20 |
Apr 13 2014 |
Ypsilanti Fire Chief |
1 |
Apr 13 2014 |
Ypsilanti Historic District Meeting |
20 |
Jun 27 2014 |
X-Ray and Specialty Instruments |
3 |
Jul 16 2014 |
Northend Christian/Greater Woodward CDC |
12 |
Aug 15,16,17 |
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival (Dave, Paul, Amy) |
400 |
Sep 2 2014 |
Ed Berch Ypsi Key Bank |
1 |
Sep 9 2014 |
Mike Kabat Haab’s Restaurant |
1 |
Oct 4 2014 |
Solar Tour |
2 |
2014 Total of 9 meetings reaching 460 people
Jan 21 2015 |
Solar talk at Bona Seri w/ AJ Leo |
45 |
Feb 11 2015 |
Solar talk at ARROW ham radio club |
20 |
Mar 5 2015 |
Solar talk at the Detroit Google Dev Group |
30 |
Mar 17 2015 |
Solar Ribbon Cutting at Corner Health Center |
25 |
Mar 30 2015 |
Solar Ribbon Cutting at Parkridge Community Center |
15 |
May 15 2015 |
Solar Ribbon Cutting at WiHi school |
32 |
Jun 2 2015 |
Solar Ribbon Cutting at Ypsi District Library |
8 |
Jun 11 2015 |
YCS Sustainability Summit |
12 |
Jun 18 2015 |
One-on-one with the Richies |
2 |
Jun 23 2015 |
Solar Ribbon Cutting at Senior Center |
17 |
Jun 27 2015 |
GLREA Energy Fair |
50 |
Jul 30 2015 |
one-on-one with Glenn Nelson |
1 |
Aug 15 2015 |
one-on-one with Herb White |
1 |
Sep 21 2015 |
one-on-one with John Donnelly and wife |
2 |
Oct 3 2015 |
National Solar Tour |
20 |
Nov 11 2015 |
one-on-one with EMU student Kenneth Snavely |
1 |
Dec 04 2015 |
one-on-one with EMU student Jose Garcia |
1 |
2015 Total of 17 meetings reaching 282 people
Feb 1 2016 |
Brownstown Kiwasis |
15 |
Feb 27 2016 |
one-on-one with Gary Urick, wants to install |
1 |
Mar 1 2016 |
Washtenaw Internation High School, Gov Class 1 |
30 |
Mar 1 2016 |
Washtenaw Internation High School, Gov Class 2 |
25 |
Mar 2 2016 |
Washtenaw Internation High School, Gov Class 3 |
25 |
Apr 5 2016 |
one-on-one with Grant Cashman |
1 |
Apr 12 2016 |
Ann Arbor ELS class |
10 |
Apr 12 2016 |
Ann Arbor ELS class |
5 |
Apr 24 2016 |
Ypsi Library Michigan Ave |
10 |
May 31 2016 |
MIAT morning class |
60 |
May 31 2016 |
MIAT evening class |
25 |
Jun 24 2016 |
Girl Scout executives |
2 |
Jun 24 2016 |
Washtenaw Internation HS, Summer Gov Class |
40 |
Sep 22 2016 |
Unv of Michigan students at Cultivate |
2 |
Sep 23 2016 |
Arial Moore one-on-one at Cultivate |
1 |
Oct 1 2016 |
National Solar Tour at the Freighthouse |
16 |
Oct 8 2016 |
Cultivate Science Saturdays |
6 |
Oct 22 2016 |
one-on-one with Jennifer Slack and Ken Sevnson |
2 |
Oct 27 2016 |
Financing solar Meetup at Spark East |
16 |
Nov 22 2016 |
one-on-one with EMU student Justin Westphal |
1 |
2016 Total of 20 meetings reaching 293 people
Jan 29 2017 |
one-on-one with Everett Mayes |
1 |
Feb 8 2017 |
Washtenaw County solar presentstion |
2 |
Feb 12 2017 |
one-on-one with Aaron Brodkey (UnvMich student) |
1 |
Feb 13 2017 |
one-on-one with Bill Emory |
1 |
Feb 19 2017 |
one-on-one with Anne Stevenson |
1 |
Feb 23 2017 |
Mitchell & Mouat Architects (Thompson Block) |
4 |
Mar 14 2017 |
City of Ypsilanti Building Department, HDC |
6 |
Mar 18 2017 |
Brandon Knight – Strawberry Solar |
1 |
Mar 6 2017 |
Alyssa Jacobsen and Julie Miller EMU students |
2 |
May 28 2017 |
Ariel and Eric’s house |
10 |
Jul 9 2017 |
SouthEast Michigan Computer Organization |
25 |
Jul 19 2017 |
Ramzi Araj and Kais Kawar from Fives |
2 |
Aug 16 2017 |
One-on-one with Kumar Sivan |
1 |
Oct 2 2017 |
Ypsi Sustainability Commission meeting |
25 |
Oct 7 2017 |
National Solar Tour |
25 |
Oct 11 2017 |
Detroit Google Developers Group |
20 |
Oct 12 2017 |
one-on-one Kirk David from Crazy Horse |
1 |
Nov 2 2017 |
Ann Arbor Sustainibilty Meetup (SPARK East) |
8 |
Nov 7 2017 |
one-on-one with Stephanie Parker, EMU student |
1 |
Nov 14 2017 |
City Hall 50 big roofs |
10 |
Nov 21 2017 |
one-on-one with Dave Novak at Auto Museum |
1 |
Dec 9 2017 |
Cultivate Coffee & Tap House |
11 |
2017 Total of 22 meetings reaching 159 people
Jan 11 2018 |
Presented to Habitat for Humanity |
2 |
Jan 11 2018 |
Presentation at Belleville Library |
26 |
Jan 12 2018 |
Presentation at Ypsilanti Library |
2 |
Feb 10 2018 |
Ypsilanti Food Cooperative |
10 |
Mar 12 2018 |
Brianna Kelly Concentrate Media one-on-one |
1 |
Mar 17 2018 |
Habitat for Humanity ReStore – live streamed |
12 |
Mar 29 2018 |
one-on-one with EMU student Larry Romero |
1 |
Apr 9 2018 |
Rotary Club at EMU |
12 |
Apr 22 2018 |
Cultivate Earth Day event |
20 |
Apr 25 2018 |
Solar talk at TinkerTech |
5 |
May 8 2018 |
one-on-one with Rainbow Rehabilitation |
2 |
May 16 2018 |
Solar talk at Ypsilanti Performance Space |
15 |
Jun 2 2018 |
Solar talk at Ypsilanti Distric Library (Spanish) |
9 |
Jun 22 2018 |
Solar talk to WiHi government class (Mr.Fox) |
27 |
Jun 22 2018 |
Solar talk to WiHi government class (Mr.??) |
28 |
Jun 23 2018 |
one-on-one with Jonathan Ferrer |
1 |
Jun 30 2018 |
one-on-one with Kathleen Trues |
1 |
Jul 17 2018 |
Presented at Landline Creative Labs |
7 |
Jul 25 2018 |
Solar walking tour for Lansing 4-H club |
25 |
Aug 14 2018 |
Solar talk at Growing Hope |
2 |
Aug 27 2018 |
one-on-one with Mary and Finn |
2 |
Aug 27 2018 |
one-on-one with Robert Harlow |
2 |
Sep 11 2018 |
one-on-one with Nathan Houghteling MI Eng Club |
1 |
Sep 22 2018 |
Farmer’s Market Equinox Party |
100 |
Oct 7 2018 |
Natinoal Solar tour |
15 |
Oct 9 2018 |
University of Michigan Energy Club |
11 |
Oct 30 2018 |
one-on-one with Hannah Himmelbauer |
1 |
Nov 6 2018 |
HighScope Staff |
9 |
Nov 7 2018 |
one-on-one with Ben Harrington Spark East |
1 |
2018 Total of 29 meetings reaching 350 people
Total = 5424 people in 215 meetings