Lumpkin County Middle School Business Podcast

Constructive criticism is a thing meant to help you and make you grow into a better person. Expect to learn what constructive criticism is and how it can help you from our conversation with Megan, the Marketing Director of Chick-fil-A of Dahlonega and Dawsonville.

In this episode, we talk with Grady Flanagan, who is a Social Studies teacher at Lumpkin County Middle School. He helps us understand what free enterprise is and why it is awesome. 

In this episode we talk with Aaron Welch and he helps us understand some of the benefits that come from having good credit. 

In this episode, we have a lovely chat about banks with two fantastic tellers. They answered a wide range of banking questions. 

In this episode with Greg, we learn that creating a good impression is important because that is what your entire relationship is based on with your boss or manager. A peer can learn that creating a good impression is not as hard as it seems.

In this episode, we asked Darren Glenn questions about his business and he gave solid answers about how it works and what happens and told us about the risks taken. There are many risks to a business that you need to learn about before planning your business. Listen to learn about some possible risks of a business and how to avoid them.

We talked with Marcus from Picnic Cafe about how business work and what some of the polices are. Texting in the workplace is problematic.

In this episode with Marilyn Bartils, Bookkeeper at Lumpkin County Middle School, we learn how to organize your workspace and task during your job on a daily basis. Peers will learn it's good to organize and that it makes things easier.

Speaking with Megan from Chick-fil-A about competition and how it affects and can help a business.

In this episode, we talked with Ellis Childers about investing. We learned investing is a very complex thing and is hard for many people to understand. We also learned that investing can help you grow your money over time.

In this conversation with Ann Pickelsimer, she talks with us about her experience in industries where companies provide both goods and services to their clients.

In this student conversation, students discuss their research about the four factors of production and share their thoughts about some factors of starting a successful business.

Do you love following your favorite store on their social media page? Listen to this episode to hear about Chick-fil-A uses their social media accounts to serve their guests, market their business and engage with their community. Also get insight into how employers use social media to check up on potential employees.

In this episode with Stoney Smith, we talked about what needs and wants are and how he started his business. We learned reliable workers are very important.

In this episode, we talked with Ms. Tina Davis about taxes. Listen to learn important information about taxes.

Join us for a podcast about supply and demand from the viewpoint of plant manager, Jason Woodall from Edmunds Foods.

A conversation with Ms. Robin James, a 7th-grade Math teacher at Lumpkin County Middle School. Listen to lots of good insights about budgeting.

Mentoring is very important when someone needs advice or help in a certain situation. Listen to find out tips for mentoring and the benefits of mentoring in this episode with teacher David Matthews. 

We talked to Graham Edwards from Striker Marketing about a typical business timeline and you can expect to learn what these are and how they help businesses.

We talked to Sheriff Stacy Jarrard about how he and the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office train to avoid mistakes and to learn from them if they occur. And that learning from failure is not a bad thing.

Learn about respect and manners in this conversation with Sheriff Stacy Jarrard.