TriCon 2022
Rotary International Districts 6220, 6250, & 6270 - Elkhart Lake, WI
April 28 & 29, 2022
Videos of select sessions are available. Scroll-down and watch at your leisure.
As the COVID-19 pandemic waned, Rotarians from three districts gathered together again for the first in-person conference in three years.
Conference Highlights
Plenary Speakers
- Tom Gump
- Kyle Haugen
- Karen Kendrick-Hands
- Dr. Richard Kyte
Select Breakout Topics
- World Affairs Seminar – Creating Leaders
- Rotary's Role In Global Health
- Braver Angels Debate (Part 1 of 2): Is Health Care a Human Right?
- Global Scholars & Peace Fellows Session 1
- Rotary Youth Leadership Academy - RYLA
- Rotary Youth Exchange - Meet The Families, Students and Leaders
- Interact – Meet Members and Learn About How To Support A Club
- Action Oriented Clubs: Projects From Inception to Completions
- Braver Angels Debate (Part 2 of 2): Is Health Care a Human Right?
- A Paradigm for Sustainable International Projects
- Polio Plus Fundraising Idea-Sharing and Coaching On How To Present The Story Of Polio Plus And What It Takes To Finish The Job
- Using ClubRunner and DACdb
- Public Image – High School Journalist Promote Rotary and Civility
- Future Of Rotary – Incorporating The Vision of Young Rotarians
- Greening Vocational Service – Leveraging Rotarians' Vocational Networks To Foster Green Jobs
- Global Scholars & Peace Fellows Session 2
- Creating Peaceful Spaces
Session Details & Videos
Not all sessions were recorded. We hope you enjoy revisiting (or seeing for the first time) those that were!
Welcome Session
The conference gets under-way with the 4-Way Test and introduction of the three district governors.
Plenary Session 1 - Richard Kyte
Richard Kyte is the Endowed Professor and Director of the D. B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin where he teaches a variety of ethics courses dealing with issues in business, leadership, and the environment. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University in 1994.
He is the author of several books, co-hosts a podcast titled “The Ethical Life,” and writes a biweekly column appearing in 75 newspapers across the country.
Plenary Session 4 - Tom Gump
Tom Gump is passionate about growing Rotary Membership through forming new and innovative, cause-based Rotary, Rotaract and satellite clubs. He founded, among other clubs, the first ever Rotary Club to serve veterans and co-founded the world’s first Rotary club to end human trafficking. He helped form the Rotary Club of Network for Empowering Women and The Kaleidoscope Rotaract Club, to serve those with Autism and their families. He also helped form the Rotaract eClub for the Environment - the first ever cause-based, international, Rotaract eClub focusing on the environment, which was the innovative club example used by Rotary International General Secretary and CEO John Hewko in his closing remarks at the 2021 Rotary Virtual Convention. Tom is now helping form The Rotary Club of Minnesota Pride.
Tom was one of only 20 North American Rotary leaders selected by Rotary International Past President Mark Maloney and Rotary International Membership Staff to participate in a New Club Development Summit and was subsequently named as a Zone 29 Innovative Club Advocate. Tom is also one of only 500 Rotarians in the world to be named to The Membership Society for New Member Sponsors for bringing in more than 50 active members into his club, which puts him at the Gold Level of the Society, and that does not include the members he has referred to other clubs he has formed. He also serves as a Zone 29 Assistant Rotary Coordinator for membership.
Tom now inspires others around the world and helps them form their own new and innovative Rotary clubs. He speaks regularly on the topic of membership at Rotary club, district, multi-district and zone events and as a breakout panelist at Rotary International Virtual Conventions. He is on the PETS Alliance’s list of “Popular Speakers” and will be speaking at the 2022 International Assembly.
The North American Rotary magazine and other Rotary regional magazines have written about Tom and the new and innovative clubs he has formed and his membership techniques and published articles by him. Tom’s tips for attracting and retaining members and some of the clubs he has started have also been featured as part of cover stories.