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title: "Membership Hack: Virtual Happy Hours"
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**How to hack it?**Bringing your members together for face-to-face networking can be a challenge. That’s especially true for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, which has a membership of self-employed authors spread throughout the country.

To make member-to-member interactions more routine and fun, WFWA hosts [virtual happy hours (opens in a new tab)](https://wfwa.memberclicks.net/author-happy-hour)
 every few months. These conversations are moderated but informal conversations with a handful of published authors. And in true happy-hour fashion, everyone is encouraged to BYOB, whether it’s an alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage.

**Why does it work?**The events allow for easy access and interactivity, and they provide greater visibility for WFWA published authors. Virtual happy hours are hosted on Zoom, broadcast live via [WFWA’s Facebook page (opens in a new tab)](https://www.facebook.com/WFWritersAssociation)
, and posted on YouTube. About six authors serve as panelists for the discussion, and viewers can submit their questions using Zoom’s chat feature. Here’s what last month’s happy hour looked like:

**What’s the bonus?**You don’t have to be a member to participate. Readers are encouraged to join the conversation, allowing authors to interact with fans. And it gives the association one more way to promote the value of membership.

(Robert/OJO Images/Getty Images Plus)

[Tim Ebner](https://associationsnow.com/author/tim-ebner/)

Tim Ebner is communications director and press secretary at the American Forest & Paper Association in Washington, DC. He is a member of ASAE’s Communication Professionals Advisory Council and a former Associations Now senior editor.

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