How to Increase Stake Conference Attendance By 20%

Every six months stake conference is a symbolic mile marker for most stake presidencies. When one ends the next one is ready to be planned for. Having the experience of going through my first stake conference as a member of the stake presidency, I realized what a hectic time it is for stake presidencies as they plan each detail. Not to mention we had a visiting authority that makes you feel like you are being graded each step of the way. With so many items to consider when planning a stake conference, stake leaders can be left holding their breath when the weekend arrives, hoping that people actually show up. I'd like to share with you a strategy we used to assure that people showed up to stake conference. It's hard to say what works and what doesn't, but we were very pleased by the results and we calculated that we had about 20% more people in attendance then prior stake conferences.