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

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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 think I would like to attend Developing creative thinking in your team with Mariana Silva. As a leader of a team, I sometimes find it difficult to motivate my team to think creatively. The result of this is the team performance will decrease significantly if the member only rely on the leader's ideas.

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I would attend the storytelling session because I believe a great leader can really inspire people with a good story. I'm a social media manager, so I can use the ideas from the workshop to create catchy content and communicate better with my clients.

I would attend a conflict management session with Tracy Edwards because it teaches how to handle disputes effectively and turn problems into advantages that drive development. Learning problem-solving is the main reason I want to attend, as I always prefer to look at the glass half-full.

I would attend giving feedback with Amelia Novak because it's quite important to incorporate the feedback of team members.That action would help the team to manage risks and to collect creative ideas.

I would attend the "Giving Feedback" session because it is very important to check in with your team about things that happen during a process or task, whether they go well or not. This helps reinforce knowledge and identify opportunities for improvement.

I'd like attend Mariana Silva's programme on Developing creative thinking because it will help me to develop new perspectives, improve my problem-solving skills, and support my personal growth also seeing what's popular trend today.

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The conference I'd attend is on management styles because by thinking deeply about them, we can adopt a style that best fits our team's abilities.

I would attend the section before the afternoon because i want to have lunch and i`m not interested in this conference.