Talks Now Online from Oct 2009 LDS General Conference

Talks Now Online from Oct 2009 LDS General Conference

The English text for all the talks from the October 2009 LDS general conference is now online at generalconference.lds.org. (Just click on the title of the talk, or click the icon in the “Read” column.) For the last several conferences, we have shown...
Tweets About LDS General Conference

Tweets About LDS General Conference

An article in the Daily Herald talks about the tweets (posts on Twitter) that were “coming fast and furious” during the recent LDS general conference. “Even as thousands of members stuffed the LDS conference center in Salt Lake City and hundreds of...

Materials from the October 2009 LDS General Conference

In addition to the live broadcasts of the LDS general conference over the Church satellite system, on the Internet, and through radio and television, the Church also makes conference materials available after the broadcasts. See the document When Conference Materials...
Watch or Listen to October 2009 LDS General Conference

Watch or Listen to October 2009 LDS General Conference

The 179th Semiannual General Conference of the Church will be held in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday and Sunday, October 3-4, 2009. The First Presidency has invited everyone to participate by attending, viewing, or listening via television, radio,...
General Conference Notebook for Children

General Conference Notebook for Children

Wondering how to get your children engaged in the upcoming general conference? The Friend magazine has published a General Conference Notebook of activities for children do before, during, and after general conference. You can access the notebook online and print it...

General Conference Highlights, April 2009

An 11-minute video of highlights of the April general conference is now online in English at the following locations: GeneralConference.lds.org Videos.lds.org Or just click the image below to watch it here. This video will be available in several other languages...
Word Cloud from April 2009 General Conference

Word Cloud from April 2009 General Conference

Last conference, we created a word cloud of the text from the conference, which shows the  frequency of use of words. Connor Boyack has created a new wordle for the April 2009 general conference, shown below. He has also made a PDF version available. Also check out...

General Conference April 2009

Beginning with the April 2009 General Conference, please note that the Church will discontinue the following products: English audiocassettes. ASL DVDs, since they are available online shortly after conference. A 16-language DVD set. Distribution of the Conference...
Stats on Watching LDS General Conference Online

Stats on Watching LDS General Conference Online

Unofficial, preliminary statistics show that a milestone occurred for the Saturday morning session of LDS General Conference: there were over 100,000 unique viewers across LDS.org, BYU.tv, and KSL.com for this morning’s session. Viewership is usually about 30%...
Watch or Listen to LDS General Conference

Watch or Listen to LDS General Conference

The 179th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will convene in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday and Sunday, April 4-5, 2009. The First Presidency invites everyone to participate by attending, viewing, or...

LDS.org Ranks Highest of All Religious Organization Sites

Jesse Stay at staynalive.com reported that the Church website LDS.org ranks at the top of all organizational Church websites on the Internet. It has a current Alexa rank of 3,095, and peaked at near 2,500 at the beginning of October. I know that Alexa ranking is not a...
Words from General Conference

Words from General Conference

Inputting the full text (except words like it, the, and and) of the recent General Conference into Wordle created the word cloud shown below. Frequency of use determines word size.
General Conference Materials Online

General Conference Materials Online

Video of all conference sessions (except the priesthood session) in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and American Sign Language was available online within hours of each session. These can be viewed using the new high-quality video player, which allows you to...

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