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title: "Membership Hack: Coffee Break Webinars"
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**How to hack it?**To add buzz and brevity to virtual learning, the American Evaluation Association hosts routine [“coffee break” webinars (opens in a new tab)](https://comm.eval.org/coffee_break_webinars/coffeebreak)
 that last just 20 minutes—about the time it takes to finish your cuppa joe.

The format keeps presenters on their toes, and each session delivers a bite-sized amount of information on niche topics, including evaluation tools and practices. Here’s an example of what [an AEA coffee break looks like (opens in a new tab)](http://comm.eval.org/communities/community-home/librarydocuments/viewdocument?DocumentKey=9f8fc93a-3714-435a-b56c-14c50f377a5e)
.

**Why does it work?** Each session is a microlearning opportunity for members to advance their professional development. After the webinar, the recording is made available to members only for playback in AEA’s [Digital Knowledge Hub (opens in a new tab)](https://www.pathlms.com/aea/courses?category_ids%5b%5d=1238)
, an on-demand library.

**What’s the bonus?** If a topic is too complex to explore in a single session, AEA compiles several webinars into a coffee break series that can be [sponsored by a partner (opens in a new tab)](http://comm.eval.org/coffee_break_webinars/coffeebreak/betterevalseries)
.

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[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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