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 want to attend Managing Change with Akira Yoshida. In the current situation and in the future, we should quickly adapt to change because technology and machines evolve frequently and improve constantly. In my opinion, we should not fear change; instead, we should face it and learn from it. If we can do this, we will be successful in our careers

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I would attend Developing creative thinking in your team with Mariana Silva

Learning to see things differently can help develop new paths or innovate processes that already exist. Moreover, creative thinking is not just for work but for daily life too.

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I want to attend Management styles with Helena Clark.

I believe that if you understand and know about different management stiles and know your style can help adopt better different situations and give you better understanding how to deal or handle different problems.

We all are different by nature and it's vital to know how to navigate between different styles and personalities.

I would attend the "Developing creative thinking in your team" because I think creative thinking needs to have all of team members.

I would attend "Managing change" because change is inevitable in any organization, and learning how to help employees adapt positively would be very valuable.

I would definitely choose coffee break, lunch and conference closing because these are the best times for my body and also makes me feel almost free from this conference.

I would attend the conference with Antooine Martin about Using storytelling in leadership communication because is a topic that have relation with my career and my plans of create a entrepreneurship in setrategies for small business. I'm a believer in the power of a good storie.

I'd like to attend leading small businesses session with Cheng Wei, because right now more and more young adults are creating their own small businesses and most of them are succesful, which is fantastic. For me as a teenager it'll be beneficial and major to know all the sides of small business field

I'd like to attend to Conflict management conference, because It's an important conference for teams leaders and I manage many staff, and the conflicts always are present for that I think this conference gies the tools to try and manage these problems.

Probably, I would attend the leading in uncertain times conference because I think the leadership is important for each company or team in that situation. In difficult times, maintaining the confidence and the motivation is the key to achieve the objectives.