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Show Three of about 20 Bountiful Junior High School teachers and administrators study in a group cession offered by Shipley and Associates of Bountiful. Teachers are: Marjorie Rogers, McRae Whitlock and Sam Hofbrook. They are learning new written and verbal communication skills to help their students in life and business. Shipley keeps education at junior high shipshape BOUNTIFUL In a business where nearly one-third one-third of its employees have doctorate degrees, Shipley and Associates of Bountiful is doing a booming business. busi-ness. And company executives are passing their learning experiences to about 20 teachers and administrators of nearby Bountiful Junior High School. "We consider the educational program shared with Bountiful Junior High as being an ongoing community service," said Steve Shipley, director of the consulting division for Shipley Associates. The BJHS teaching and administrative staff-including staff-including the school's principal and vice principal-attend principal-attend weekly meetings with Shipley officials each Saturday from 7 a.m. until noon. "Using some of our best consultants, we teach basic writing and verbal communication skills to the Bountiful Boun-tiful Junior High staff," said Dr. Shipley. The classes are offered at no cost as part of a public service program pro-gram in the community, it was explained. "We use the same teaching techniques, and materials, mate-rials, that are used by our consultants who conduct training sessions all over the world." j Larry Freeman, co-author of the revised edition of i the Shipley Associates' "Style Guide for Writing in the World of Work," taught last Saturday's session. He taught the course as company consultants would ' present it to business executives and parents. The teachers were asked to teach their students the same materials. "Basically, it features business communication (or lack of communications) in business during the changing chang-ing 1990s," said Freeman. Dr. Freeman noted that 85 to 90 percent of the nation 's employeesfrom the lowest to the highest in management positions now use computers in everyday business. "The word "secretary" and duties of a secre tary are fast diminishing," he said. He noted that not only are secretaries now being referred re-ferred to as "administrative assistants," they are rapidly losing their routine duties such as typing and answering the telephone because of advancements in the use of computers. "Many changes are being made in the business world, and studentsincluding junior high students-must students-must be kept abreast of these changes and be able to adapt," said Freeman. Computers were almost unheard of a few years ago, and now they are an essential part of education in the junior and senior high schools. ' ' He emphasized, however, that students can be prepared to meet these changes if they are taught proper communicationsboth verbally and in writing. Shipley and Associates main goal is to teach and revise, re-vise, if necessary, the business structure of a company so that it can get the most efficiency from its employees, from entry level to high management. "Most of this success lies with improved communications, com-munications, both within the corporation and between businesses-knowing what the other is doing and basically speaking the same language," said Dr. Shipley. Also instrumental in the communications program between Shipley and Bountiful Junior High are Jeff Butler, vice president, and Garth Hanson, a top-level consultant. Richard Shipley is president and major stockholder. Shipley and Associates, in its 19th year of business in Bountiful, grossed more than $10 million in 1990. It owns the large building on the southeast corner of 400 North Main, has a staff of 120 half of whom are housed hous-ed in the local facility. About half the total number are consultants who travel throughout the United States and several foreign countries to conduct communication communica-tion seminars. |