Coached Program: Results-Based Management and M&E Planning: 1 - 29 October 2025
Design measurable programs with clear indicators, logical frameworks, and monitoring systems that demonstrate impact.
Enroll NowCoached Online Learning Program
- Format: 5 Coached live sessions plus self-study
- Dates: 1 - 29 October 2025
- Live Sessions: Wednesdays at 13:00-14:30 UTC
- Time Commitment: 4-5 hours per week over 5 weeks
- Investment: $495 (or $395 for limited budgets)
When Activities Don't Lead to Impact
In humanitarian and development work, projects can sometimes focus on operations and compliance without tracking progress toward meaningful change. When projects lack results-based thinking, you face:
- Resources spent on activities that don't achieve meaningful outcomes
- Inability to demonstrate impact to donors and communities
- Reduced community benefit when programs can't learn what works
- Missed opportunities to improve program effectiveness
- Communities left behind when programs fail to measure and adapt
This coached program equips you with Results-Based Management principles and practical M&E planning skills to design, monitor, and evaluate projects that deliver measurable change. Through effective RBM implementation, you can:
- Focus on outcomes and impact, not just activities
- Build accountability through clear objectives, indicators, and targets
- Use real-time monitoring data to adapt and improve programs
- Align objectives with community and stakeholder priorities
- Demonstrate measurable results to all stakeholders
What You'll Learn
Week 1: RBM Foundations and Context Analysis
Understand what Results-Based Management is and master the results chain from inputs to impact. Learn the Logical Framework Approach and how to conduct context analysis using focus groups, surveys, and other data collection methods.
Week 2: Problem Analysis and Stakeholder Engagement
Learn Problem Tree analysis to identify root causes and avoid circular reasoning. Conduct stakeholder analysis and develop stakeholder engagement strategies to align community needs and donor priorities.
Week 3: Strategy Development and Project Planning
Develop project strategies using SWOT analysis and build your Logical Framework. Define impact, outcomes, outputs, and activities while establishing clear indicators and means of verification for tracking results.
Week 4: M&E Planning and Systems
Design detailed M&E plans with data collection methods and tools. Learn to group indicators, create data collection toolkits, and establish systems for data flow and management that support results-based decision-making.
Week 5: Apply and Perfect
In the final meeting, we consolidate your learning through review and action planning. You then have one week to submit your assignment for personalized feedback.
How You'll Learn: Coached Interactive Workshops
Small-group coaching sessions where you work directly with an expert to solve your actual RBM challenges—not just theory, but hands-on practice with your real projects.
What makes this different:
- Active problem-solving - Work through your specific RBM challenges with expert guidance, not generic examples
- Maximum 8 participants - Get personalized attention and learn from peers facing similar challenges
- Build as you learn - Create your RBM framework during sessions, not afterwards
- Immediate application - Everything you develop can be used in your work right away
Program Structure:
- 90-minute weekly live workshops
- Self-paced materials between sessions (videos, templates, tools)
- Submit your RBM assignment for personalized video feedback
- Ongoing support through the Impact Community
Impact Stories
9.2/10 Rating based on 236 reviews
"The course content, methods and materials are super. It is very practical and I found it very useful to understand and apply at the workplace. At this point, I highly highly highly recommend this course."
— Ola Abdelmonem Husein
"As a result of the training, RBM is now our in-house tool for project evaluation and appraisal. Neil opened my eyes to critical issues of linking activities to results and impacts."
— Dr Steve Ogidan, National Coordinating Consultant, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending
"The training helped me to improve my knowledge on how to develop social projects more efficiently with better performance and greater accountability by applying a clear logical framework to plan, manage and measure an intervention with a focus on results."
— Elçin Demirel, Regional Coordinator, TAMEB (German-Turkish Partnership for Vocational Skills Development)
Who This Is For
This coached program is for people working in relief, development, or humanitarian contexts who need to design and manage projects that deliver measurable results. It's ideal for:
- Project managers and officers designing programs for measurable impact
- M&E specialists building results-based monitoring systems
- Field staff integrating community feedback into program design and M&E
- Program teams connecting strategic objectives with tangible outcomes
- Field staff ensuring RBM systems capture community-level change
- Professionals transitioning to results-focused management approaches
- Anyone responsible for demonstrating project effectiveness
No prior formal training needed—the course delivers clear, practical guidance for newcomers while providing strategic insights and advanced applications for seasoned practitioners.
Your Instructor
With over 25 years of expertise, Neil Kendrick, founder of ELD Impact, specializes in Professional Writing, Reporting Skills, Proposal Writing, Results-Based Management, and Monitoring & Evaluation. Originally from the UK and now based in Turkey, Neil has trained and coached humanitarian and development professionals across more than 20 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Regularly praised for his ability to demystify complex topics, Neil makes challenging concepts accessible to practitioners at any level - from field staff in rural NGOs to program managers in multilateral organizations.
Course Details
Start: 1 October 2025
Duration: 5 weeks (4-5 hours per week: 90-minute live session + 3 hours self-study)
Investment: $495 (or $395 for limited budgets)
Group Size: Maximum 8 participants
Includes:
- Lifetime access to all course materials (videos, handouts, templates, transcripts)
- Five 90-minute live coaching sessions with expert facilitator
- Personalized video feedback on your assignment (72-hour turnaround)
- End-of-module assessments
- Certificate of completion and letter of achievement
- Post-training access to RBM & M&E Impact Community
Payment Options: To enroll, pay by credit card below. Choose the standard fee or reduced fee based on your budget.
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