# AMA

Concept · [Programs and community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/community)

Also called: ask me anything, expert AMA, Q and A, Q&A, question and answer session

Short for 'ask me anything'. A [session](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/session) where one person with experience answers questions from the audience, in person or in a chat channel.

**For example:** A community invites an [engineer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) from a large tech company for a monthly AMA. [Founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) ask how that engineer would choose a [database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database).

## Connects to (5)

- [Office hours](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/office-hours): A set time when founders can bring questions to an expert, a mentor or program staff, usually in short one-on-one or small group sessions.
- [Meetup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meetup): An informal, recurring gathering of people with a shared interest.
- [User group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/user-group): A club of people who use or study the same technology and meet regularly to share what they learn.
- [Mentor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mentor): An experienced person who gives a founder guidance.
- [Techlahoma Expert AMA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/techlahoma-expert-ama): Techlahoma's online question-and-answer series.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ama