By the Numbers › Speakers › Bonnie L. Oscarson
General Conference speaker · October 2013 to April 2018
Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson
Recently Released Young Women General President
Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson gave 7 General Conference talks from October 2013 to April 2018. The main topics of these talks are Women and Relief Society, Testimony and Conversion and Family and Marriage. The verse cited most often is Mosiah 5:2. Footnotes in 2 later talks by other speakers cite these talks. Weak Things has 7 sketch notes of these talks.
01 · The timeline
Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026
Each dot is a conference where Sister Oscarson spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.
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.
- Women and Relief Society2 talks10.9× average
- Testimony and Conversion1 talk3.7× average
- Family and Marriage1 talk5.0× average
- Faith1 talk2.6× average
- Ministering and Service1 talk3.2× average
- Youth1 talk4.7× average
Key phrases from these talks
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
- Mosiah 5:2 2
- Moses 1:39 2
- Luke 22:32 1
- John 7:17 1
- Doctrine and Covenants 25:10 1
- Ether 12:6 1
- Joshua 24:15 1
- Joshua 24:31 1
- Doctrine and Covenants 38:27 1
- Luke 1:7 1
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
05 · Signature phrases
Words that sound like Sister Oscarson
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.
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
Speakers who cite these talks most
08 · Kindred voices
Speakers whose talks cover similar ground
Matched by the mix of main and secondary topics. 100 would be an identical mix.
The sketch notes
7 talks, one page each
Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
Young Women in the WorkApril 2018
The Needs before UsOctober 2017
Rise Up in Strength, Sisters in ZionOctober 2016
Do I Believe?April 2016
Defenders of the Family ProclamationApril 2015
Sisterhood: Oh, How We Need Each OtherApril 2014
Be Ye ConvertedOctober 2013
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Every talk
All 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Women in the Work | Apr 2018 | Youth | 1612 | 6 | 1 | Read ↗ |
| The Needs before Us | Oct 2017 | Ministering and Service | 1847 | 6 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Rise Up in Strength, Sisters in Zion | Oct 2016 | Women and Relief Society | 1922 | 12 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Do I Believe? | Apr 2016 | Faith | 1758 | 7 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Defenders of the Family Proclamation | Apr 2015 | Family and Marriage | 1743 | 3 | 1 | Read ↗ |
| Sisterhood: Oh, How We Need Each Other | Apr 2014 | Women and Relief Society | 1761 | 7 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Be Ye Converted | Oct 2013 | Testimony and Conversion | 1861 | 11 | 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.