Conference tips

Tips from the pros

At Hooks Herrgård, we have 60 years of experience in conferences and meetings. We want to share that experience with you through more tips and ideas that you can benefit from before you book your conference, during the course of the meeting, or when we wrap things up and evaluate your conference days.

4 things to consider when choosing a conference venue

It's not always an obvious choice when it's time to select a venue for the conference. There are a long list of options for spaces and venues, and the choices are endless. In other words, it can easily become tricky to make a decision, which is also completely understandable.

Win increased engagement and success through participation during the conference

More and more are realizing that there are significant advantages to co-creative conferences and meetings. Surveys consistently show that participants tend to understand, as well as remember, more and do more at work after a conference where they have been active, compared to a conference where they have been passive and merely listened to various presentations for most of the day.

How to plan and choose the perfect activities during the conference

Are you sitting and planning the next conference and wondering what to fill the day's agenda with, what to talk about, and especially what to do between meetings and to wrap up the day?

Capture participants' attention with an external speaker at the conference

All companies, in all industries, regularly organize conferences and different types of events where the ambition is to develop the business in some way. But capturing participants' attention and engaging them can sometimes be easier said than done.

10 tips to make it easier for you when speaking in front of a group

Spiders? That's okay. Flying? No problem. Dying? It feels very far away. Speaking in front of a group? Panic. Shaking hands. Sweating. Blackout!

15 tips for how to create a successful conference

Meetings and conferences are probably the strongest interactions within the organization, but if you want to optimize the experience for the group, good preparation is required. It's the details that together create the whole.

Maximize the company's investment through smarter meeting strategies already at the next meeting

We Swedes sit in meetings for about two days a week. Even more often if you are a manager. Half of all this time is used inefficiently where as many as two out of three meetings are considered unsuccessful, and 92% do other things than participate in the meeting.

The importance of analog meetings in a digital world

As today's companies strive to become more digital, the significance and importance of analog meetings between people also increase. Being able to build a network and make connections is very important for people as individual individuals, but also for companies.

Your optimal guide and checklist for planning conferences and meetings

A checklist with points on what you should consider when booking a conference venue, when the right time is to make any changes to the booking, and what is important during and after the conference is completed. Following such a list will make it much easier to extract as much as possible and the very best from the meeting, regardless of whether it involves long negotiations, tough decisions, or fun activities.

Golfer's – the perfect combination for team building and a nice time with colleagues and customers

A conference is synonymous for most with presentations and meetings featuring team-building activities, where the purpose is to work with other participants on tasks aimed at strengthening team spirit and collaboration. The various exercises and activities, in turn, are often associated with tricky tasks that one should figure out using each other's intelligence, cooking classes that involve preparing food with and for each other, or perhaps fun quizzes about 80s songs or sports legends throughout history. Many of them are often recurring as most are familiar with...