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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is releasing two additional videos to its “Behind the Scenes of General Conference” series that highlights a few of the countless tasks that thousands of employees and volunteers on various teams perform every six months to ensure the worldwide general conference is executed successfully.
A new video released on Saturday, September 20, focuses on the broadcast team. A second video to be released on Saturday, September 27, will highlight the work of publishing the general conference editions of the Church’s magazines.
The main purpose of the “Behind the Scenes of General Conference” series is “to thank the many hands and hearts for whom general conference is a labor of love,” said Elder Robert M. Daines, General Authority Seventy in March, when the Church released three videos before the April 2025 general conference on the work of the staging crew, guest services and interpreters.
By highlighting individual and personal stories, the series seeks to demonstrate the colossal efforts, volume, and large numbers needed to execute each conference.
Behind the Scenes of General Conference — Broadcast
From rehearsing individually with each speaker to wrapping cables and putting tape on the floor, the entire production of certain elements of general conference are highly coordinated, tested and rehearsed. Redundancies are built into the process, and every role on the broadcast team is significant.
“We’re just nothing but instruments in the Lord’s hand,” said Paul, director of broadcast and events. “There are no small roles because every person has a unique role to play and that all contributes to the greater whole, so this goes out as one powerful message to the world.”
“It’s because we love the Lord and we want to make His message shine so that people can focus on what the message is and what is being delivered,” said Jackson, broadcast production coordinator.
General conference is “an opportunity for all of our Heavenly Father’s children to … see and understand the gospel,” said Paul.
“Three weeks after general conference is over, we start working on the next conference,” said Alan, broadcast producer.
“Obviously, it’s the most important event we do every year,” said Phil, broadcast production coordinator.
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