Monthly Archives: December 2014

Between two Water Coolers.

I recently sat down with Matthew Hawkins for the weirdest interview I’ve ever done.

Between Two Coolers: William Azaroff from Tim McAlpine on Vimeo.

Every year I go to the CU Water Cooler Symposium, and every year it is hands-down the best event I go to. And every year people say to me that they were so sorry to miss the Symposium, and that they’ll definitely go next year. Well people, 2015 is your year! Come to Kansas City in October for a great event.

If you have a few extra dollars in your professional development budget that you need to allocate before the end of the year, check out the CU Water Cooler Symposium Credit Union Multi Pack.

It’s a special price for credit union employees and board members interested in attending next year’s Symposium in Kansas City on October 1 and 2, 2015. If you buy two or more tickets at the same time, the price is just $249 each. Check out the Symposium page and snap up the deal before it’s too late.

My experience with Filene.

Today, Filene published a blog post I co-wrote called Failure, Future and Cooperative Finance. Here’s the story…

In August of 2012, I was so excited to be invited to participate in the Filene i3 program, focused on ideas, innovation and implementation within credit unions. It was a real honour, and I was lucky enough to get to work with the amazing David Klavitter of Dupaco Credit Union.

He and I worked together on something called the Credit Union Well-Being Incentive Program.

Along the way, although we loved all the people we met at Filene and what they stand for, we discovered what worked, and what didn’t work for us, about this prestigious program.

David and I wrote a blog post about our experience and what sprung from it at our credit unions. Filene was kind and supportive enough to run that blog post. It’s called Failure, Future and Cooperative Finance.

Check it out…