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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There many interesting conferences but I would join conflict management. Where people work together there will always be conflicts, sooner or later. So it's nothing better to learn how managing conflict right and get development at the same time.

hello I have own my business, so I will attend the Leading small businesses session , to assist me to manage my business

I may attend leading small business as i plan after seven years to withdraw from my career and start my own business , seven years was specifically as in my head that by this time i may gather an amount of money to start my own business

I personally would attend the conference about Developing creative thinking because I am not a creative person at all and I think that creativity is an important thing in every business either small or big

Hello, There are some sessions that are very attractive for me. For example i'd like to attend at management styles,managing change, development creative thinking for my team.

I am tend to leading in uncertain times because I think if you have a self confidence and believing with your abilities you would manage any emergency situation

I'm interested to attend programme two because I want to be creative and reduce the conflict of my team.

I'm interesting in how to manage small businesses. cause I'll be construct my business at near future, and the first step any thing is most critical and sensible.

Why is True for 4? There is no information about difference of small business and big one in the title. There may be difference between two types of small business or between small and medium-sized business.