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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B1 Intermediate

All conference Sessions are interesting for me, I will attend them all. As a team leader, I face different challenges at work; the session would be a good addition.

In my point of view, all the topic's conference is relevant for a company. Also, I really learnt how the sentences of different topics are structured and the level of the vocabulary. I really enjoyed this first reading course. I hold this, to thank British online English course, my favorite.

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Using storytelling in leadership communication

I would attend this conference because I would like to learn how to use stories in my communication. I believe storytelling would help me explain my ideas better, motivate my team, and make them feel more connected.

I'm really interested in attending a conflict management session. Conflict may lead our team members to a negative way, however when we manage it well, it can bring about development.

I think this activity is poorly written because it's difficult to for students to know how to describe the programme using future tenses at a B1 level. The sentences are rather challenging as well

There are three interesting topics for me. Leading in uncertain times, Developing creative thinking in your team, and Conflict management. It seems that the topics can bring us as a leader of our businesses to be able adapt in any situation.

I would attend the conflict management class because I want to learn how to manage problems in my future team at work and contribute to the development of my company.

Well, that is really good question. Honestly, I would like to attend a Conflict management session
with Tracy Edwards. I will be pretty useful and helpful for me due to my conflictology study. This lecture will broaden my knowledge about this science and raise up my skills for future career.

I'm really interested in attending a conflict management session. Conflict may lead our team member to a negative way; however, when we manage it well, it will help us think more creatively.