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General Conference speaker · April 2017 to April 2023

President Bonnie H. Cordon

Young Women General President

President Bonnie H. Cordon gave 6 General Conference talks from April 2017 to April 2023. The main topics of these talks are Ministering and Service, Youth and Faith. The verse cited most often is Proverbs 3:5. Footnotes in 2 later talks by other speakers cite these talks. Weak Things has 6 sketch notes of these talks.

All speakers 6 sketch notes ↓

6talks since 2000 · No. 45 of 370

9kwords · about 69 minutes

13.0footnotes per talk (all speakers: 12.3)

133different verses cited

2later talks by others cite these talks

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

Each dot is a conference where President Cordon spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.

Callings listed with these talks: Second Counselor in the Primary General PresidencyYoung Women General President

02 · Topic fingerprint

What these talks are about

The main topic of each talk, shown as petals. Longer petals mean more talks. Gold petals are topics this speaker chooses at least 1.5 times as often as the average speaker.

Ministering and Service2 talks7.5× average
Youth2 talks11.0× average
Faith1 talk3.0× average
Testimony and Conversion1 talk4.3× average

Key phrases from these talks

Trust in the Lordlean not unto thine own understandingFeed my lambsdevelop a shepherd’s heartI am a beloved daughterdivine nature and eternal destinythat they may seelet your light so shine

03 · The measuring stick

How these talks compare with every talk since 2000

The bar is this speaker. The line marks the average across all 1,909 talks.

04 · The scripture shelf

Which scriptures these talks use

Share of all verse citations by volume of scripture, compared with every speaker. Counted once per talk from footnotes and links in the text.

Verses cited most

The number is how many of these talks cite the verse. Verses with their own page link to every conference talk that cites them.

Books cited most

John

Doctrine and Covenants

Matthew

3 Nephi

Romans

Alma

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like President Cordon

Phrases that appear in these talks far more often than in other speakers' talks. Bigger type means a bigger difference. The number is how many of these talks use the phrase.

next step forward²left the meeting²nothing can separate²enlighten our minds²blue eyes²still echoes²need jesus christ²center our lives²women and young³way forward²

06 · Who these talks quote

The voices in the footnotes

Leaders named in the footnotes, outside authors named in the text or footnotes, and the conference speakers whose talks are cited. Each counts talks, not mentions.

Church leaders quoted

Conference speakers cited

Outside authors

No outside authors on the Bookshelf list are named in these talks.

07 · Who quotes them

How later talks build on these talks

Most-cited talkBeloved DaughtersOctober 2019 · cited by 2 later talks

Speakers who cite these talks most

Dale G. Renlund

Emily Belle Freeman

08 · Kindred voices

Speakers whose talks cover similar ground

Matched by the mix of main and secondary topics. 100 would be an identical mix.

Elder Eduardo Gavarret80 topic match Elder Gary E. Stevenson76 topic match Elder Mervyn B. Arnold75 topic match Elder Gérald Caussé73 topic match

The sketch notes

6 talks, one page each

Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Sketch note of Never Give Up an Opportunity to Testify of Christ by Bonnie H. Cordon

Never Give Up an Opportunity to Testify of ChristApril 2023

Sketch note of Come unto Christ and Don't Come Alone by Bonnie H. Cordon

Come unto Christ and Don't Come AloneOctober 2021

Sketch note of That They May See by Bonnie H. Cordon

That They May SeeApril 2020

Sketch note of Beloved Daughters by Bonnie H. Cordon

Beloved DaughtersOctober 2019

Sketch note of Becoming a Shepherd by Bonnie H. Cordon

Becoming a ShepherdOctober 2018

Sketch note of Trust in the Lord and Lean Not by Bonnie H. Cordon

Trust in the Lord and Lean NotApril 2017

For teachers and families: each sketch note has a printable PDF. Browse all Conference Sketch Notes →

Every talk

All 6 talks, newest first

Titles open the Weak Things sketch note. "Read" opens the official talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the source for every number on this page.

Talk	Conference	Main topic	Words	Footnotes	Cited by	Source
Never Give Up an Opportunity to Testify of Christ	Apr 2023	Testimony and Conversion	1498	5	0	Read ↗
Come unto Christ and Don’t Come Alone	Oct 2021	Youth	1393	17	0	Read ↗
That They May See	Apr 2020	Ministering and Service	1467	12	0	Read ↗
Beloved Daughters	Oct 2019	Youth	1517	26	2	Read ↗
Becoming a Shepherd	Oct 2018	Ministering and Service	1648	10	0	Read ↗
Trust in the Lord and Lean Not	Apr 2017	Faith	1598	8	0	Read ↗

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

Talk text, footnotes and callings come from the official General Conference pages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Every talk above links to its source.
Coverage is April 2000 through April 2026: 1,909 talks by 370 speakers. Sustainings, audit and statistical reports, and videos are left out. October 2026 joins once its text is posted.
Verse counts use scripture links in footnotes and talk text, counted once per talk. "Cited by" counts later talks whose footnotes link to one of these talks.
Main topics are estimates assigned by a language model from each talk's opening and closing. Signature phrases compare how many of these talks use a phrase with how many other talks do.
Leaders quoted are found by name in footnotes. Outside authors are found by name in the text and footnotes. Sketch notes are Weak Things study aids, not official Church materials.