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 "Leading small businesses". Because i really want to open a small business and i know it's important to know what's small business and the foundation of small business. this conference session will be very helpful for me to bring success to my small business

I choose using story telling in leader ship communication because lthink fact story from long exprenice can learn.

i would like to attend to the conference called leading in uncertain times,because now , we are living in that situation with the pandemic. I think if owners and employees, receive information and orientation about how to manage their business,they can afront better the situation and it can ensure ,maybe, success,even the pandemic or other problem like that

I would like to attend the Leading small businesses conference because I have a small business so I could learn something new there that could help me in my development at work.

I would like to attend all of them because they are useful and will help us with our business.

These conferences are useful for some people but somehow not for me as I figured out digging in the text book and bringing out the knowledge as much useful and solid method for me

I would like to attend "managing change" because everybody have to know how to deal with change. The situation won't always stay the same as it is now. Also it is important because change has brought a lot of advance and development in our society, so we shouldn't avoid the change and his possitive things.

I'd like to attend the second part of workshop "Developing creative thinking in your team". because we need to see from different ways in things.

I'd like to attend "Leading small businesses". In my opinion, this is a really important topic to discuss, because many people start as small companies or organizations, and their leaders need a lot of motivation and good knowledge to manage such a business. Most of these companies become death because of their leaders, because when he gives up, everyone in that company gives up. Only good preparation, patience and ingenuity, which belong to the boss, can help save the small buisness.