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Mississippi Prospects Podcast

Welcome to Mississippi Prospects. A new podcast focused on community and economic development throughout Mississippi. Brought to you by the MEDC, each podcast will explore a broad range of topics. From workforce development and corporate recruitment to stress management and the traits of effective leadership. You’ll hear from economic development experts who will share their insights on how we can build a stronger Mississippi together.

  1. 30/11/2022

    Your Road to Yes! with Justin Patton, President & CEO, Justin Patton, LLC

    Developing and building trust as a statement sounds pretty straightforward- but the reality is that in the workplace, and even at home, this can be a challenge. First you need to define what trust is, then armed with the tools to build it in your life, you are well on your way to building stronger personal and professional relationships.

    21 min

  2. 30/11/2022

    Product Development: What have we learned and where do we go from here?
 with Mark Williams, President, Strategic Development Group

    Experience is often said to be the best teacher. For people who work in a field for several decades they rack up a lot of experience. Luckily, some of them are willing to share.

    27 min

  3. 30/11/2022

    So, you want to win those F&B projects? Jay Garner, President, Garner Economics, LLC answers the question.

    Like death and taxes, another inevitable facet of life is we all gotta eat and drink. As a matter of fact, food processing and production is a rapidly expanding and evolving sector across the country. There are some important steps communities can take ahead of pursing a food and beverage project to help them become more competitive.

    26 min

  4. 30/11/2022

    Community Livability: A Crucial Part of Your Economic Development Story and Strategy
Speaker - Kim Moore, Executive Managing Director, Newmark

    If you look across the country and the globe, successful communities have a lot in common, which includes being desirable places to live. But what qualities help make these places a big draw for both emerging and established workers? Kim Moore is going to better help us define some of these qualities of successful communities.

    33 min

  5. 30/11/2022

    Voyant Beauty: A Mississippi Case Study with Bob Westover Senior Vice President, Colliers International

    To incentivize or not to incentivize… the great question of economic developers across the country for many years. Obviously, it wasn’t Shakespeare who posed the question but today, incentives are in the mix of almost every job creation project. Luckily, there are experts like Bob Westover who can help companies and development officials make the most of both statutory and discretionary incentive opportunities.

    22 min

  6. 29/11/2022

    Foreign Direct Investment Recruitment for Today with Florian Stamm, Partner, Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP

    Navigating business practices of foreign companies can be a challenge for even the most experienced economic developer. Whether it is foreign regulations or cultural differences, Florian Stamm is here to better help us navigate the important world of foreign direct investment.

    30 min

  7. 29/11/2022

    Inside the War Room:  How a project becomes a prospect – pre-capital planning and the site selection process

    When local economic developers work with their corporate partners on new sites or expansions- the most successful projects worked months, even years to develop a pre-capital plan making the business case before the first bucket of dirt was moved.

    27 min
  8. Planting the Seeds of Technology for a Brighter Mississippi Future – Dr. Nashlie Sephus

    26/08/2021

    Planting the Seeds of Technology for a Brighter Mississippi Future – Dr. Nashlie Sephus

    Dr. Nashlie Sephus is part of the Amazon AI team focusing on fairness in AI. Dr. Sephus formerly led the Amazon visual search and AR team which launched Part Finder. Previously, her team was acquired from Atlanta base start-up, ParkPick, where she served as the companies CTO. Find out more about this Jackson, Mississippi native’s vision of growth for her home state.

    23 min
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Welcome to Mississippi Prospects. A new podcast focused on community and economic development throughout Mississippi. Brought to you by the MEDC, each podcast will explore a broad range of topics. From workforce development and corporate recruitment to stress management and the traits of effective leadership. You’ll hear from economic development experts who will share their insights on how we can build a stronger Mississippi together.

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  • Creator
    MS Economic Development Council
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2022
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Mississippi Prospects

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