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 would attend "Using storytelling in leadership communication" because I find it interesting. I think that you can catch the attention of your team more easily using it.

all of the sessions are really useful for me, however I prefer the "creative thinking" workshop, because my most important requirement is this skill considering my characteristic

I would like to attend to a conference with Omar Abboud, the reason why is my own bussiness is dealing ritgh now with hard times, so I will probably think interesting to watch "how manage uncertainty times".

hello, In my case, i would like attend " managing change" and "Leading in uncertain times" because in any teams we can found high and lows, and knowing how to manage this lows will ameliorate our way of working and stimulate confidents, so we should always focus on the positive side of this changing and learn to be more confident in uncertain moments.

i would like to attend "conflict management" . it is because i want to learn how to handle conflict so that i can bring peace in my team and i hate complicated conflict

I will attend the conference about conflict management, in fact I work in the HR departement, so managing confluct between employees is a part og my mission and I'm interessted to know more about it.

I would like attend " giving feedback ". Because i like feedback

I would like te attend the session " How to better communcate throughou story telling".

I will attend management styles and session of creative think. Because I think I need to improve these 2 skills, iam doing my work well but I think I need management training and also I like creative ideas because this will lead to rapid improvement and development of work or project and also with creative ideas worker will not feel pooring and they will enterst to work more.

Actually, I think all of these conferences are useful for me and I would attend everywhere. But, "Using storytelling in leadership communication" seems to me the most interesting.