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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If I want attending conference is "developing creative thinking in your team" because the creative is important for any business or people.The creative person help his business quickly by interesting way and I think the creative is life style you can use in solve conflict by creative way.

I want to work with Tracy Edwards
to learn how to manage conflict in the team
I want to improve my soft skills, it is a very important skill in life, not just work.

I will go on conference with Mariana Silva because she's a pretty woman. And would like to communicate with her in group discussion or after it.

Mr. Antoine Martin's "Using storytelling in leadership communication" will be the most attractive workshop to me in this conference. First of all, I will be sober after 1045 coffee break. Secondly, everyone likes story time. Last but not the least, I have been spending my whole life practicing story telling skill. It's a classical topic in human world. Keeping UP!

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i would like to attend managing changes with akira yoshida because everything is changing even as humans we are also changing so we need to adapt these daily changes in order to succeed in this life

I would attend Developing creative thinking in your team with Mariana Silva. if you learn how to have positive and creative mindset, you will explore new ideas can bring about development.

i would like to attend leading in uncertain times with omar abboud because i believe security with yourself is the key to the sucess business

I would like to attend Leading small business conference with Cheng Wein. Because I want to learn how to lead my small business and thrive in the process.

I want to attend all programs from this conference. I think I will get different perspectives, knowledge and problem solving skill from each program.