By the Numbers › Speakers › Susan W. Tanner
General Conference speaker · April 2003 to April 2008
Sister Susan W. Tanner
Young Women General President
Sister Susan W. Tanner gave 9 General Conference talks from April 2003 to April 2008. The main topics of these talks are Family and Marriage, Covenants and Ordinances and Trials, Adversity and Healing. The verse cited most often is Isaiah 49:16. Weak Things has 9 sketch notes of these talks.
01 · The timeline
Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026
Each dot is a conference where Sister Tanner 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.
- Family and Marriage1 talk3.9× average
- Covenants and Ordinances1 talk4.8× average
- Trials, Adversity and Healing1 talk2.9× average
- Restoration and Church History1 talk4.6× average
- Plan of Salvation1 talk3.5× average
- Parenting and Children1 talk3.8× average
- Youth1 talk3.7× average
- Hope, Joy and Peace1 talk4.1× 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
- Isaiah 49:16 2
- 3 John 1:4 1
- Doctrine and Covenants 109:8 1
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 1
- Luke 15:17 1
- Psalms 127:3 1
- Doctrine and Covenants 93:40 1
- Jeremiah 31:33 1
- Doctrine and Covenants 98:2 1
- Doctrine and Covenants 20:77 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 Tanner
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
No leaders named in footnotes.
Conference speakers cited
These talks do not link to earlier conference talks in their footnotes.
Outside authors
07 · Who quotes them
How later talks build on these talks
Footnotes in later talks do not yet link to these talks. Newer talks often take a few conferences to be cited.
Speakers who cite these talks most
None yet.
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
9 talks, one page each
Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
Stand as a WitnessApril 2008
My Soul Delighteth in the Things of the LordApril 2008
Daughters of Heavenly FatherApril 2007
“I Am the Light Which Ye Shall Hold Up”April 2006
The Sanctity of the BodyOctober 2005
Glad Tidings from CumorahApril 2005
All Things Shall Work Together for Your GoodApril 2004
Steadfast in Our CovenantsApril 2003
Did I Tell You … ?April 2003
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Every talk
All 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stand as a Witness | Apr 2008 | Testimony and Conversion | 1853 | 12 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| My Soul Delighteth in the Things of the Lord | Apr 2008 | Hope, Joy and Peace | 1301 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Daughters of Heavenly Father | Apr 2007 | Youth | 2172 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| “I Am the Light Which Ye Shall Hold Up” | Apr 2006 | Parenting and Children | 1802 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| The Sanctity of the Body | Oct 2005 | Plan of Salvation | 1958 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Glad Tidings from Cumorah | Apr 2005 | Restoration and Church History | 1897 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| All Things Shall Work Together for Your Good | Apr 2004 | Trials, Adversity and Healing | 1970 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Steadfast in Our Covenants | Apr 2003 | Covenants and Ordinances | 1770 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Did I Tell You … ? | Apr 2003 | Family and Marriage | 1394 | 0 | 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.