NextEnergy | Virgo Communications Group

Good Morning!

As the new President of NextEnergy, I want to thank you for your interest in and support for our mission. We have a lot of truly exciting news to announce about NextEnergy, but before we go further, we wanted to check in with you.

As we embark on a new era of innovation and collaboration, we’d like to ask you to help take stock of where we are today and help us set the course. Please take a few minutes to complete the attached inquiry to help inform our new messaging and direction. It should only take about 15 minutes. All responses will remain confidential and will be compiled anonymously into a report to our board.

Thanks again for your help. We are listening. We can’t wait to share our news. And we look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Jim Saber
President and Chief Executive Officer
NextEnergy

From your vantage point, what changes. if any, have you observed at NextEnergy over the last few years?

Have those changes, or lack of, impacted your perception of NextEnergy's role in incubating technological innovation?

Has Detroit's reputation for technological innovation changed over the last few years? How?

In your experience, is the Detroit community viewed as a global center for innovation today?

Where do you see NextEnergy's greatest opportunity to strengthen our brand or position in the segments we work in?

What do you see as our biggest hurdle in our telling the NextEnergy story to the world?

What are the three most important facts you would like people to know about Detroit's technological capabilities? NextEnergy's?

What three words would you use to best describe Detroit today? To describe NextEnergy today?

Five years from now you're reading a story in the Wall Street Journal about NextEnergy. What would the headline be? What would the story be about?

Questions about this survey? Contact: Jo Bourjaily, 248-766-5765