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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I would like to try 'Giving Feedback' because it is important for a good environment to know how to talk to people about their strengths and weaknesses and how to improve them.

I would attend - " Conflict Management" because I work with a team im my company with a different kind of people and I think it is very important nowadays to deal and manage conflitcts.

Which of the conference sessions would you attend? Why? I would like to attend the conferences which are really pertinent to our career because those will help for professional development. I believe seminars improve our thought process, thinking ability, learning new things, and meeting new persons on one platform that widens our relationships professionally. In the conferences there we can submit our critics and can have elaborate discussions to extract the evidence-based reality.

I would attedn "Conflict management" definitively, because people always have debates, complains and sometimes fights. We all think different, and nowadays tolerance is not strong among us. So, the leader figure is important to get rit on these topics. Also, a conflict is a chance to improve people lives throughout dialogue, respect as well as humanism.

If I would get a chance, definitely to join conflict management session for below reasons. 1) I am living in conflict affected area and inter-communal tensions are often occur. 2) I love to find the way with win-win method. 3) The solutions should be sustainable for all diversities.

I would attend conflict management. I'm sure the best way to learn from something is when you know how to deal with them and bring about development

I would attend the conference of Developing creative thinking. I consider that it's absolutely important part of the work, and it even helps to deal with some problems in a creative way.

I would attend for conflict management because sometimes conflicts destroy teams, but sometimes they help us to achieve the successful. I think different people have different ideas. Therefore, for that reason is more probably that the team presents differences sometimes, and those differences sometimes lead us to conflicts.