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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Well, I will attend the conference with Mariana Silva because it's about creativity and exploring which will help me and many others in the way the say or think about something and getting out from comfort zone while exploring, which lead our brain to new things, and that can help me improve my social life, reading and speaking skill

Hello,

All sessions are important, but I will attend the conflict management session, because I think it's difficult to work in a conflict-filled environment .

For me managing with change is the most important to attend, because we all have the fear of getting out from our confort zone , change for us bring doubts and fear of failure , so i think to be able to accept change and to adapte to it , will greatly reassure the team

I will attend the session of conflict management, because managing problems in the work is the first way to successful.

I think that the managet always need to knows new forms to work whith the work team.

I would like to join “Leading in uncertain times” with Omar Abboud because there are so many uncertainties in this world even we are preparing for the best.So we should learn and notice that it’s not meant to be hopeless.

i would like attend Using storytelling in leadership communication becauce i like it

I would like to attend Managing Change with Akira Yoshida, because everything is changing in this generation. Having a positive mindset to see the changes is an important way of thinking.

I totally agree with you.

I would like to attend the Antoine´s conference because storytelling is a crucial part of the communication, how we make the people fell and understand what we can say to them, also we can use other stories to express a messagge or an idea.