This is useful in many situations.  When I'm trying to understand a scripture better, I can get more context and explanation of it by reading a talk by someone who thought it was an important scripture.  If I'm giving a talk on a scripture or a topic, I can look at other talks discussing it.  If I can remember that scripture reference and what the talk was about two conferences ago, but can't remember who said it, I can look it up here. 

Check it out because it's really an awesome tool for anyone giving a talk or trying to enhance their study of the scriptures or a spiritual topic.

All of these could be helpful if you're trying to figure out how much you need to read daily if you have a goal to finish reading the Book of Mormon by the end of the year.  Or if you're teaching a lesson in church and trying to help your students memorize a scripture.  Or if you're giving a talk and want to memorize it.  Or if you're a missionary or seminary student with tons of scriptures to memorize.  There are lots of applications. 

1. Prepare.  No one falls asleep when they're having a massive spiritual experience. 
2. Watch with specific questions or problems in mind and pray for the Spirit to help you find answers during Conference.
3. Conference Bingo– either use the grid from the Friend here, or make a Bingo grid with pictures or words that you might hear in Conference.  Then each time you hear something that's on your Bingo card, mark it off.  First person to get a Bingo wins a prize!
4. Play other Conference games.  Do a search for "general conference game" of the Friend, or click here, and pick one.
5. Take copious notes and have some sort of notes system.  My sister said she heard someone suggest dividing your note paper into two columns–one for what the speaker said, the other for what the Spirit said.  My uncle once drew caricatures of each speaker in my journal next to my notes, so that might help some artistic people stay interested.
6. Food.  My aunt had grapes out during Conference yesterday and that kept Degen in the room and quiet.  He might have absorbed something while he was quiet…
7. Plan to talk about Conference afterward.  Have a quiz with a prize for the best memory.  Writing a quiz will help you stay involved.
8. Imagine how it must feel for the speakers to talk to millions of people and allow yourself to become extremely sympathetic.  Become each speaker's cheerleader in your head.
9. Try to come up with the scripture reference to each scripture mentioned before the speaker says it.  Write down all the scripture references mentioned.  Keep track and try to find out which scripture is used most in General Conference.
10. Force yourself to sit in a really hard seat.  You may have noticed yesterday that they said they didn't make the Tabernacle seats any softer. 
11. Go to Conference in person if you can.  Live with all those people in the room it can be electrifying.
12. Get plenty of sleep the night before and make sure you eat something and use the bathroom before the session starts.
13. Shower and get dressed before Conference.  Wear something that makes you feel reverent.
14. Start getting in the mood before Conference starts by listening to reverent music, saying a prayer, and/or reading your scriptures.
15. Agree with the person next to you to punch each other if you fall asleep.  Or just wake up the person next to you to set the tone of waking each other up.
16. Splash yourself with water.  Or give a water gun to the person next to you.
17. Keep your hands busy.  Doodle, knit, or do anything else that doesn't require the use of the listening parts of your brain.
18. Watch Conference in more than one format at a time.  Meaning, turn on the closed captions, stream it on the internet, picture in a picture, listen on the radio at the same time as you are watching. 
19. Put picture in a picture on the TV with a cartoon with no volume in the small picture for the kids to get their bright colors while they listen to the words of Conference on the big picture (untested).
20. Invite a neighbor or a stranger to watch with you so that you are concentrated on setting a good example or excited to introduce someone to Conference.

The YW General President, Sis. Tanner, gave a talk about how we need to understand our identities as daughters of God and how much he loves us.  Her First Counselor talked about learning to repent and how we don't have to change ourselves alone–the Savior changes us as we humble ourselves.  Her Second Counselor talked about "staying on the path" of righteousness and not trying to see how close to the edge we can get.  I can't remember which speaker it was who emphasized modesty.  Maybe it was a couple of them, but they brought it up a couple of times in the meeting.

President Hinckley spoke next.  I was surprised at how frail and thin he looked, but I admire his ability to keep at it even though he's obviously not feeling well.  He gave a Napoleon Dynamite Pedro-like "your wildest dreams will come true" sort of promise tonight.  If you will 1) pray, 2) study, 3) pay an honest tithe, and 4) attend your church meetings, then your success will be beyond what you could ever expect was the jist of it. I felt sure that his promise applied to me, as well as the young women. 

It seemed like the theme of the meeting was helping the young women understand that they are daughters of God and need to act like it in order to be happy.  Thanks to everyone who participated for the inspirational meeting!