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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B1 Intermediate

Despite the whole conference program seem to make sense to me, but I would prefer to attend the topic of Leading small businesses with Cheng Wei. We all share a desire of making money regardless the methods, except, of course the legality of that work. However, nowadays there is rapid increase in the number of people willing to do small business. Personally, I am wishing to start my small business after post-graduation studies. Although, the strenuous may face any beginner, such topic of how to monitor the changes and mastery the challenges, definitely would bring my future business to levels of success.

I would attend the last conference about conflict management. It would be interesting other ideas to know "what to do" in a specific situation at work and how to see the positive side of things.

I would attend all conference that help me to improve skill special in education and teaching training.

I would attend to “Leading small businesses” because I have a small business and because of that I want to learn how to be creative In my business. Also, I want to learn how to mange my team and how to be a successful leader to get bigger in the field.

I usually attend the training of teacher conferences every year.I would attend G-5 training conference for new circulum next summer.I believe it would be very exciting.

ı would attend the “giving feedback” to develop my communication skills w my employees to make them and company more successful or maybe the one about creativity

They are all important and I would like to attend all of them.

Easy one.

I would willingly attend the "Developing creative thinking in your team". At all times fresh ideas could give a chance to succeed. We live in a time when only new fresh ideas can single out a person or a company over the rest. It's a key to success to see things in a new way. I believe new approaches are very welcomed in any kind of business. This time it's difficult to amaze customers. That is why it's so important to be creative nowadays.