{"id":1924,"date":"2009-09-13T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azaroff.com\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2025-09-21T11:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:42:04","slug":"tim-mcalpines-30-things-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/?p=1924","title":{"rendered":"Tim McAlpine&#8217;s 30 things."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CurrencyTim\" title=\"Tim McAlpine on Twitter\">Tim<\/a> has decided to create an advent calendar in September for credit unions.<\/p>\n<p>Every day he is publishing one thing  for credit union leaders to ponder or implement. Here&#8217;s how he puts it: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Since September has 30 days, I am going to present 30 things that I would implement or consider implementing at my credit union if I was a credit union leader.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have been remiss in commenting much on his blog lately, but this series has brought me back. So many good ideas, so much good dialogue amongst his commenters.<\/p>\n<p>What is striking to me is the diversity of information he presents. Here&#8217;s a sample:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240110220255\/https:\/\/www.currencymarketing.ca\/blog\/thing-2-of-30-develop-an-iphone-app.html\" title=\"Thing 2 of 30: develop an iPhone app\">Thing 2 of 30: develop an iPhone app<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240117222353\/https:\/\/www.currencymarketing.ca\/blog\/thing-4-of-30-strengthen-the-board-of-directors.html\" title=\"Thing 4 of 30: strengthen the board of directors\">Thing 4 of 30: strengthen the board of directors<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240110220920\/https:\/\/www.currencymarketing.ca\/blog\/thing-6-of-30-make-membership-mean-something.html\" title=\"Thing 6 of 30: make membership mean something\">Thing 6 of 30: make membership mean something<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240117222351\/https:\/\/www.currencymarketing.ca\/blog\/thing-8-of-30-send-a-bunch-of-staff-to-an-unconference.html\" title=\"Thing 8 of 30: send a bunch of staff to an unconference\">Thing 8 of 30: send a bunch of staff to an unconference<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240117222858\/https:\/\/www.currencymarketing.ca\/blog\/thing-9-of-30-proudly-display-and-live-the-7-cooperative-pri.html\" title=\"Thing 9 of 30: proudly display and live the 7 cooperative principles\">Thing 9 of 30: proudly display and live the 7 cooperative principles<\/a><\/ul>\n<p>You can see all his different posts here.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Tim!<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s worth pointing out that Tim is one my partners in crime in planning <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250622080833\/http:\/\/barcamp.org\/w\/page\/400324\/BarCampBankBC2\" title=\"BarCampBankBC2\">BarCampBankBC2<\/a>. Join in the conversation by coming down to join us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Tim has decided to create an advent calendar in September for credit unions. Every day he is publishing one thing for credit union leaders to ponder or implement. 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