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How Equipment Dealers Can Prepare to be Disaster Responders
Doug Powell, PEARL President

Disaster can strike a power plant, factory, hospital or data center anytime the power goes out. But when their electrical equipment experiences a catastrophic failure due to either a natural disaster like flooding, equipment age or poor maintenance, it can quickly go from a production emergency to a plant disaster.

A disaster of this magnitude often requires weeks and potentially months for plants to recover instead of hours or days. Natural disasters are much more taxing to large manufacturing plants because the local resources typical available to a large power consumer are being mobilized and committed to other effected facilities in the area, trying to deal with the disaster.

Over the years I have talked to many business leaders and owners who have expressed to me that they would like to provide increased emergency response equipment and services to their customers in times of emergencies and disasters, but feel they continue to miss the opportunities. PEARL is made up of dozens of equipment dealers with large warehouses scattered all over the US. These warehouses are filled with the exact equipment that is needed to help plants and factories get back up and running when disasters strike. So how is it that some equipment dealers are able to position themselves to provide enormous amounts of equipment during a disaster and some feel as though they are sitting on the sideline? Is your company properly positioned to respond to a client during this time of need? Does your inside sales team know how to respond to a client during a disaster? What type of pre-marketing should your company be doing to position themselves as a first responder and what are the commercial terms and issues that might be encountered with customers experiencing a plant disaster?

Questions like these are going to be the theme at this year's annual PEARL conference. PEARL is going to have subject matter expert's on-hand with years of experience as disaster responders. You will have an opportunity to learn from their experience and ask them questions about how to better prepare your organization for being a disaster responder.

Please make plans now to join us on April 6-9, 2017 at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach California for the 20th Annual PEARL Electrical Safety, Reliability and Sustainability Conference & Exhibition. Plan to have your technicians in attendance to learn firsthand from industry subject matter experts.

Wishing you the best,





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Doug Powell, PEARL President
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Time to Renew Your Membership!
It's that time of the year when we look to wrap up projects and tasks for 2016 and start to plan for the coming year. To help make things easier in a time where  schedules filling up with travel, meetings, and hopefully some holiday fun, we at PEARL want to remind you that your membership expires December 31, 2016. The main contact of your organization should have received a renewal notice in the past weeks. With the new membership database system, renewing is easier than ever, but should you or the person renewing experience issues, please contact PEARL headquarters at 877-287-3275.

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The PEARL Board of Directors welcomes you to join the November board meeting, Tuesday, December 6, 1pm-2:30pm EST. To join the call, please use the call-in details below. To receive the agenda and additional materials being reviewed, please email PEARL headquarters at pearl@pearl1.org to be included.

Dial: 866-210-1669
Participant Code: 936-3604#

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Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities Now Available for the 2017 Annual Conference

Sponsorship and exhibit opportunities for the 2017 Annual Conference have been made available, and options are going fast! Be sure to secure your sponsorship or booth space before they're gone. Click here to review this year's options.

And be sure to be with PEARL April 6-9, 2017, as we head to Newport Beach, California! This year's conference will have a sub-theme focused around disaster recovery. Hotel information and schedule of events are coming soon!

See you in California!
Nov 2016,  Vol. 89

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