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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Hello TamilaK

The description of the talk is:

How is leading small businesses different and how can leaders of small businesses bring success to their team?

You're right in thinking that the description does not explicitly mention businesses of other sizes, but given the context, it's quite clear that the talk is about how small businesses are different from businesses of other sizes.

All the best

Kirk

The LearnEnglish Team

I would attend managing change session, because I like to constantly challenge my self In order to develop my self and gain confidence

For me, I going to choose manging change because if you want to improve something you have to change it.

I would attend Leading small businesses with Cheng Wei because i like business so much i wish one a day becomes business man.

I prefer to attend the management styles conference with helena clerk . When a manager is acquainted with different managenent styles, he could change the manners according to the situation.but i think the other conferences are useful .

Developing creative thinking in your team, it's a conference that certainly, I would attend, because when people look at themselve as a creative thinker, they surely feel motiveted and that feeling encourage your team to go to a new stage in any kind of challenge. and that could help your team to see thing in a new way.

i think i will join Conflic management with Tracy Edwards, because conflic in a team will bring us many options and ideas for a plan, so our team maybe have more ideas to consider. And finally we discuss together and find out the best idea that we see it most appropriate

Why is the third qeustion in Task 1 false?

Hello jane234

True is a better answer because of the description of the talk:

Help your employees deal with change and to see the positives change can bring.

The idea is that since it focuses on the 'positives', it's not going to be about problems (which implies 'negatives').