by Larry Richman | Apr 10, 2012
For the last several conferences, I have shown wordles (word clouds) of the text from general conference, which show the frequency of use of words (except words like it, the, and and). Frequency of use determines the word size. Below is a wordle showing an analysis...
by Larry Richman | Apr 9, 2012
A choir of missionaries from the Missionary Training Center sang at the Saturday March 31 session of LDS General Conference. Among the missionaries was David Archuleta, an internationally-known singer who recently began a full-time mission. Just a year ago, David...
by Larry Richman | Apr 4, 2012
The English text of the April 2012 LDS General Conference is now available on the conference section of LDS.org and on the Gospel Library mobile application. This is a day early and in record time! Translated texts are also expected to be posted in record time to both...
by Larry Richman | Apr 4, 2012
The youth website (youth.lds.org) has selected messages for youth from the April 2012 general conference and has published highlights from those messages that would apply to the youth of the Church. These messages include short video clips from talks given during...
by Larry Richman | Apr 1, 2012
Highlights from yesterday’s LDS General Conference: 14 highlights were published last night on youth.lds.org. Public Affairs’ Mormon Newsroom had prominently displayed their conference article that contains various sub articles including one about the...
by Larry Richman | Mar 31, 2012
If you tweet about LDS General Conference, remember to use the hashtag #ldsconf. Learn about the #ldsconf hashtag. And remember the words of President Dieter F. Uchtdorf from the April 2011 General Conference: With so many social media resources and a multitude of...
by Larry Richman | Mar 30, 2012
For updated information on how to access LDS General Conference, see “8 Ways to Access LDS General Conference.” General Conference is this Saturday, March31, and Sunday, April 1. Watch it live at conference.lds.org. The First Presidency invites the world...
by Larry Richman | Mar 29, 2012
Below is an infographic that may help you to invite your friends to listen to living prophets. Download the full size infographic and share it with your friends through social networking sites, your blog, your website, or by e-mail (you can give people the link...
by Larry Richman | Mar 29, 2012
The Church provides several General Conference activities for children (see ConferenceGames.lds.org) in multiple languages to help them enjoy and learn more from listening to general conference: A General Conference Notebook for children to write or draw about...
by Larry Richman | Mar 28, 2012
Monday, I wrote about ways to invite others to listen to LDS General Conference, such as putting banners and widgets on your website or blog and also sharing an introductory YouTube video with your friends through social networking sites. Please consider inviting all...
by Larry Richman | Mar 26, 2012
A new resource is now available to help you invite other people to watch or listen to LDS General Conference. See the “Invite Others” page on the general conference page of LDS.org or on the Church’s Facebook page to get the following: A widget to...
by Larry Richman | Mar 24, 2012
Today was the General Young Women Meeting of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Live During the meeting, you could watch live in 32 languages on LDS.org. English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and American Sign Language had HD enabled; the other 27...
by Larry Richman | Feb 28, 2012
The Friend magazine has released a new video “Pass it On,” based on a general conference address given by President Thomas S. Monson. Ideas and scriptures related to the message are also available on the video’s webpage and can be used for lessons at...
by Larry Richman | Jan 26, 2012
The new Conference Notebook section in the Ensign and Liahona magazines will help you study and apply teachings from recent conference addresses. This new section will appear in 10 issues throughout the year (excluding the May and November issues, which have all the...
by Larry Richman | Jan 23, 2012
Closed captioning in English has been added to the October 2011 general conference videos on LDS.org. This is the first time that videos on LDS.org have offered closed captioning. This new feature will allow deaf or hard-of-hearing members to enjoy their conference...