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 use leading in uncertain times, because I have seen a lot of small bussiness close due to uncertainty of the market and lack access to economic resources. Leading in a hard time is an hability that is necesary to manage it in grow in Honduras entrepreneurship.

I think, I'm so interesting with Antoine Martin's Workshop about Using storytelling in leadership communication, because I love storytelling and by this workshop I want to improve my storytelling skill, especially to communicate with my business team.

For me i would like to attend Developing creative thinking in your team, because all of that can help me to enhance my brainstorming of thoghts, also create a common cummunication with my framework team.

I would like to attend Giving feedback with Amelia Novak because it could be a smart tool I can use at my place of work, with my coworkers and my bosses; that could maximise development and results.

I whould like attend the seccion conference about Developing creative thinking in your team, because I thing the creativity is very important for the devolement employees´s and to bring sucess the teams.

I would attend ''Management Styles'' because I'm just a greenhorn in management field and I would like to know what it is.Also I'm really into it.

what kind a course is that

I would like to attend all of it because I'm sure all it'll be beneficial .

i'd like to attend "Using storytelling in leadership communication''.Because team members need to interact with each other and telling stories is the useful way to connect with each other

I'd attend the "Developing creative thinking in your team" conference because I believe creativity is a very important tool for problem-solving and when you think creatively, you can see different perspectives and solutions to a single problem.