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

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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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I'd like to attend the programme called "Leading in uncertain times" because I am always afraid of uncertainty. Before something bad happens, I hold every actions for the uncertain emotions. That is why I want to learn how to conquer my fear to bring success into my life.

I sometimes have that feeling, I think that the problem is we want everything under control, but obviously it isn´t in our hands. Let´s enjoy the present to make a better future.

In fact I'd like to attend Leading small businesses, because I'm going to launch my own business. It will be a good opportunity to get more information about it.

i would attent a conference about using storytelling in leadership communication. because, i'd like to tell some stories to inspire everyone about something. as an extrovert, i dont feel any hard for me, but i hafta try the best, so that everyone feel more comfortable in any side of discussion.

I would like to attend storytelling communication because when you telling story to someone they can listen carefully and the leader quality is one when he talk infront of his teams everyone can listen him carefully. so that's why story telling is the best communication tool to tie up own teams

I would attend conflict management conference session with Tracy Edwards because we often find ourself in conflict situations which difficult to solve and manage, and make sure that they bring development in the relationship. I don’t know about that a lot so I would like to visit.

I would like to attend storytelling session because it is important to communicate conveniently with team. This brings us Triumph and take us to the next level.

I would like to learn about management conflicts because if we don't know how to make that different point of view development one project in the end we will have a problem. We need to know how to solve conflicts.

I want to be confident in a time of uncertainty.