A conference programme

Read the programme for a management conference to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text

Morning programme

9.00–9.30	Conference opening Dr Jon Martinez
9.30–10.45	Management styles with Helena Clark Consider the different management styles and how you can adapt yours to suit your team.	Giving feedback with Amelia Novak Explore the different ways to give feedback to maximise development.	Managing change with Akira Yoshida Help your employees deal with change and to see the positives change can bring.
10.45–11.15	Coffee break
11.15–12.30	Using storytelling in leadership communication with Antoine Martin Sometimes, the best way to communicate with your team is by telling stories. Find out how to do this in this workshop.	Leading small businesses with Cheng Wei How is leading small businesses different and how can leaders of small businesses bring success to their team?	Leading in uncertain times with Omar Abboud Uncertainty can affect the success of your team. Learn to bring confidence to your team in a time of uncertainty.

Afternoon programme

12.30–2.00	Lunch
2.00–3.15	Managing international projects with Alisa Petrov Consider how to ensure successful intercultural communication in your international teams.	Developing creative thinking in your team with Mariana Silva How can you get your team to think more creatively? Explore the different ideas that can help your team see things in a new way.	Conflict management with Tracy Edwards Conflict can create problems in your team, but managing conflict well can bring about development. Learn how to manage conflict in this workshop.
3.15–4.15	Group discussions
4.15–5.00	Conference closing Dr Grace Moloney

Task 1

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Task 2

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Discussion

Which of the conference sessions would you attend? Why?

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B1 Intermediate

if I could attend one of those meeting, I would have chose "small business leading" the reason I said this is I always liked to open my own small business but I was not sure the challenges.

I would like to attend the “Leading small business" session since I am going to set up a small business.

I will like to attend the Management Styles Programme with Helena Clark.

All of them are important and useful. I prefer to attend all sessions.

I really appreciate this course, it was creatively thought. It is really that when we have an international team, we should consider the culture of everybody. Besides, conflict can happen in a team and that causes sometimes problems, so it is helpful to know how to manage conflict.

I would attend creative thinking by Mariana Silivia As this is very innovative step and my team will learn new ways of improving the quality of the working of my company and results will be far reaching.

Hi everyone About question 3 of Task 1,I think it should be true;:" Akira Yoshida will focus on the problems with change " and at the table mentions in "deal" with .. deal doesn't mean solve problems?

Hello Mehdi.e,

'Deal with' has a general meaning. It can mean to address problems, but it can also mean to take action to achieve something:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/deal-with-sth

The second part of the description of the talk is important, I think, and tells us that Akira Yoshida will focus on the positive aspects of change rather than the problems with it.

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

thanks Mr Peter M