soft-skills-toolkit

MAMA (Meeting As An AMA)

• Run a meeting that is fully dedicated to an AMA (Ask Me Anything)
• During the meeting, the questioners only ask questions, and the responder only answers. No role switching.
• Roles:
  • Questioners: Ask the responder questions. N people.
  • Responder: Answer the questioners’ questions. 1 person.
• Benefits
  • Enables questioners to learn what they truly want to know at high density

Tools

Meeting minutes template:

## (Date/Time)

## Roles
- Questioners: (Name)
- Responder: (Name),(Name),(Name),

## AMA Log
- Q: (Question)
    - Ans: (Answer)
- Q: 
    - Ans: 
- Q: 
    - Ans: 
- Q: 
    - Ans: 

Question list for designing the MAMA flow (cycle-based):

- 1: How many minutes will this meeting run?
- 2: How many minutes is one cycle?
- 3: How many cycles will you run in this meeting?
- 4: Have you accounted for opening, closing, and intervals between cycles?
- 5: Will you facilitate? If so, can a questioner serve as the facilitator?

Pre-question list for the responder:

- 1: If a silent period happens (no questions from the questioners for 30+ seconds), what will you do?
- 2: If you can't answer or it's difficult to answer, how will you respond in a vague or softened way?

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