Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Bootcamp
Empower yourself with knowledge and sharpen your Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning skills through our virtual MEL Bootcamp. We have designed this Bootcamp with the novice, intermediate and advanced practitioners in mind.
Course Description
The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning field is continuously advancing and it’s imperative to keep up with the movement, and we’ve got just the tools and skills to help you do that.
From the curious novice to the more seasoned monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) practitioner, our Bootcamp has a wide range of modules suited to your needs and level.
Course Level: Beginner – Intermediate – Advanced
Enjoy our classes from the comfort of your own environment, with the benefits of engaging and interactive sessions with your trainer and classmates as well as an opportunity to network.
Who Is This For?
This course is for monitoring, evaluation, and learning practitioners, people who want to enter the field, or program managers, communications officers, and fundraisers. It is targeted at people working in international development, government, or local non-governmental organisations or charities.
How Will This Help You?
Practical and easy to implement tips and skills that will strengthen the impact of your projects
Help you collect the most useful and insightful data, and learn from it
Help you with the essential collation and reporting of project data for stakeholders, funders and beneficiaries
Improve your career prospects with tangible skills and respected certification credentials
Our virtual training allows you the flexibility to learn from an environment that works best for you with the benefit of engaging content, practical solutions and is engineered for active participation.
Select the modules that interest you, including peer learning groups.
There are limited spaces for the peer learning groups and we suggest securing your spot when booking.
One-on-one coaching sessions with our experienced MEL practitioners are available upon request.
Our Bootcamp offers a modular learning approach that allows you to create your own learning journey and experience; bespoke to your needs.
Our trainers have over 150 collective years training experience and have trained over 2,000 people in 23 different countries.
The Southern Hemisphere Difference
8 full day intensive modules to choose from; pick and choose the modules best suited to you
Peer learning clinics
Actionable and practical tips that you can apply to your projects
Networking and connection opportunities
Flexible pricing and discounted rates for multiple modules and team bookings
A recording of the session, a resource pack with the presentation slides, tools and useful resource materials for further self-study
Those responsible for planning, monitoring, evaluating, managing and implementing programs
How will this help me?
Improve your understanding of the Theory of Change as an approach, process and product
Know how to design a theory of change and logic model in a participatory way
Learn how to design a theory of change that is strong, convincing, and measurable
Entry requirements: Basic understanding of key concepts in PMEL such as results chains and objectives. We suggest you take module 1 to catch up on this.
What’s covered:
Take a dive into a popular approach to program design – Theory of Change.
In this course we will explore:
The process of developing a theory of change
Defining your impact and outcomes
Designing pathways of change
Assumptions
Communicating your theory of change
Module 3: Developing Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plans
Trainers: Elena Mancebo & Danielle Lemmon (Southern Hemisphere)
Date: 25 May 2022 from 09h00 until 16h00 (CAT)
Level: Intermediate
Price: R2500 (USD 173) excluding VAT
Who should book:
Emerging evaluators
Evaluators
Learning facilitators
MEL coordinators
Analysts
Grantmakers
Those responsible for planning, monitoring, evaluating, managing and implementing programs
How will this help me:
Skills to design good indicators
Understand the difference between indicators, baselines, and targets
Skills to design and plan for improved MEL systems
Know how to develop a monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan
Entry requirements: Basic understanding of key concepts in PMEL such as results chains and objectives. We suggest you take module 1 to get up to speed on this.
What’s covered:
The objective of this model is to help you to systematize your MEL practice by:
Developing indicators, targets, and baselines
Plans for monitoring, evaluation, and learning (including plans for data collection, analysis, reporting, and learning)
Module 4: Measuring Change – Data Collection for Outcomes
Those responsible for planning, monitoring, evaluating managing and implementing programs
Analysts
Report writers
How will this help me:
Improved skills to design appropriate methods and tools for data collection, including remote data collection so that your MEL systems and evaluations are more robust, and achieve better program results
Entry requirements: An understanding of Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation, Indicators, data collection methods are needed. Modules 1, 2, and 3 would be a great foundation for this course
What this module will cover:
Sampling
Designing qualitative and quantitative tools for data collection
Interviewing hints and tips (including remote data collection)
Ethics of data collection
Module 5: Communicating Evaluation Results
Trainers: Louise Ball (OTT Consulting)
Date: 30 May 2020 from 09h00 until 16h00 (CAT)
Level: intermediate to advanced
Price: R2500 (USD 173) excluding VAT
Who should attend:
Evaluators and program implementers responsible for evaluating programs, communicating evaluation results to funders and other stakeholders
How will this course help me:
Improve the use and impact of your evaluation reports and enhance the uptake of your recommendations
Entry requirements: Curiosity
What’s covered:
This course will improve the use of your evaluation finding, and contribute to better development impacts
Why focus on communications
Planning communications
Keeping your stakeholders informed and engaged
Report writing hints and tips
Data visualization
Developing a user-friendly evaluation summary
Module 6: Beyond RCTs- Approaches for Evaluating Impact
Trainers: Cathy Chames & Brilliant Bhebe (Southern Hemisphere), & Ass. Prof Sarah Chapman (University of Cape Town)
Date: 31 May 2022 from 09h00 until 16h00 (CAT)
Level: Advanced
Price: R2500 (USD 173) excluding VAT
Who should attend:
Evaluators, those responsible for monitoring and evaluating programs, managing or commissioning evaluations.
How will this course help me:
This course will help you make better decisions about designing or commission evaluations that make a difference.
Entry requirements: An understanding of Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation, Indicators, and data collection methods. If you do not have this, we recommend modules 1, 3 and 4 as good foundations for this module.
What’s covered:
Evaluation design
Qualitative approaches to outcomes and impact evaluation – Most Significant Change Outcome Harvesting and Contribution Analysis
Experimental / quasi-experimental methods
Module 7: Building leadership buy-in and institutional support for MEL
Trainers: Mathodzi Amisi (CLEAR AA)
Date: 1 June 2022 from 09h00 until 16h00 (CAT)
Level: Advanced
Price: R2500 (USD 173) excluding VAT
Who should attend:
Leaders of organisations
MEL system designers
Learning facilitators
MEL coordinators
Grantmakers
Those responsible for planning, monitoring, evaluating managing and implementing programs
Entry requirements: An understanding of Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation, MEL planning
What this module will cover:
Elements of a monitoring, evaluation, and learning system
Organisational culture, leadership and its impact on MEL
Capacity strengthening for MEL
Organisational learning and reflective practices
Module 8: Gender transformative evaluation
Trainers: Tracey Phillips & Dena Lomofsky (Southern Hemisphere)
Date: 2 June 2022 from 09h00 until 16h00 (CAT)
Level: Intermediate
Price: R2500 (USD 173) excluding VAT
Who should attend:
Those responsible for monitoring and evaluating programs, managing or commissioning evaluations, users of evaluations, leaders of organisations.
Entry requirements: Need an understanding of Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation, planning approaches, MEL planning, managing, and designing evaluations. If you do not have this, modules 1, 2, 3 and 4 will bring you up to speed.
What this module will cover:
Key concepts related to gender, intersectionality, and gender transformative evaluation
How to design, implement and use gender transformative evaluations
A set of practical measures to inform your evaluation practice to enable gender transformative program assessments
One-on-one Coaching (1-hour session)
Our leading MEL practitioners will provide one-on-one support tailored to your MEL needs. Let’s find solutions together, bring us a challenge to work through with you. Sessions will be scheduled daily between 23rd May 2022 – 3rd June 2022 to suit your needs. You select your coach from our list of available consultants.
Peer Learning Clinics (2-hour sessions)
Facilitators: Clinic 1: Dr Mark Abrahams (Southern Hemisphere); Clinic 2: Dena Lomofsky (Southern Hemisphere)
In these sessions MEL practitioners will discuss real cases and identify solutions together. You can bring your own MEL challenge/case or learn from others. These dynamic peer learning clinics will help you think through how you can respond to MEL challenges, by applying the knowledge and skills learned in the training modules. We recommend you attend these sessions to concretize your learning.
Dates: Clinic 1 – 27 May 2022 & Clinic 2 – 3 June 2022
Time: 10.00 – 12.00 (CAT)
Price: R 1 500 (USD 104) per person
Who should attend: Everyone who values peer-to-peer interaction, and has some experience to contribute to a peer learning session.
Entry requirements: You should have MEL experience to share.
“I really loved the content and the approach to teaching it. The practical case study was a great way to tie in everything discussed in the training. There was also ample time and guidance for the case study activity to be very useful.”
Training client
Bootcamp Details
Choose and pay for your selected training modules, and sign up for a one-on-one coaching session.
How Much?
Per module: R2 500 (USD 173) excluding VAT (VAT is charged at 15% for South Africans only)
Coaching session costs: R2 000 (USD 138) per coaching session
Peer Learning Case clinics: R 1 500 (USD 104) per person
Discounts available if you sign up for 3 or more modules:
Number of modules (you can choose)
Discounted rate you will pay
USD$ (discount included in this amount)
DEAL
3 Modules
R 6 375,00
$440.00
Buy 3 and Save R1 125 (USD78)
4 modules
R 8 500,00
$587.00
Buy 4 and Save R1 500 (USD104)
5 Modules
R 10 000,00
$690.00
Save R 2 500,00 (USD173) and get free access to Peer learning Clinic
6 modules
R 12 500,00
$862.00
Save R 2 500,00 (USD 173) and get free access to Peer Learning Clinic
7 modules
R 14 500,00
$1 000.00
Save R 3 000,00 (USD207) and get free access to Peer Learning Clinic
8 Modules
R 15 000,00
$1 035.00
Save R 5 000,00 (USD345) and get free access to Peer Learning Clinic
Further 10% discount if: 3 or more people from same organisation sign up for 3 or more modules each.
Prices exclude VAT (there is no VAT for entities outside of South Africa).
Please contact Adéle at training@southernhemisphere.co.za for more information or registerhere
