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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Well, since I’m a small business owner, Leading Small Businesses with Chang Wei would suit me.

I think giving feedback is essential. If we don't provide any feedback we can just postpone the problems

All the conference sessions are really good but I would like to attend the Developing Creative Thinking in Your Team conference by Mariana Silva because this will help me explore the different ideas that can help your team see things in a new way.

I will attend the conflict management's session because I will learn more about conflict management which exists in every establishment.

ı would like to attend all conferences because ı already works for a company as a team leader. these conferences would be fantastic for me. also ı am planning to do my own business in the future so especially 'leading a small business' would be amazing.

Ii'l would like to go with "Using storytelling in leadership communication", storytelling runs this world since we're talking to each other...

for me if i would attend that conference, i would probably go and listen Mariana Silva's Developing creative thinking in your team session.
the reason i would is most of companies run out thinking creatively, so to let my team think creatively i would attend that session.
Thank you.

I would like to join this conference,

I would like to attend to coffee break. Because I really want it now))

I would like to attend the Developing creative thinking in your team conference because I feel like I can improve my creativity and I would love to. Additionally, it is a great idea to motivate our team with creative tasks and so on...