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@Nationalrep said in How to Have a Career in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with No Prior:

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@Nationalrep said in How to Have a Career in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with No Prior:

How to Have a Career in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with No Prior Experience
May 23, 2017

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Ann-Murray Brown

Over the last several months my inbox has been exploding with questions related to having a successful career in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). The queries include ‘How can I land a M&E job if prospective employers keep asking for direct M&E specific experience? The question continues, 'I have only worked in programme management (or I have no prior in experience in development work at all)?’ and ‘Which M&E training course is the best one on the market for me to pursue?’

I thought it better to pen a blog article so everyone can benefit from the information I am about to share on my own professional progression. First of all, my disclaimer is that ‘many roads lead to Rome’. In other words, there is no one, guaranteed track or path to ‘M&E Career Bliss’. My own path has been a bit unorthodox.

With this said though, whichever path you choose, before you embark on your journey, it is paramount to:

Acquire formal certification in Monitoring and Evaluation

I personally believe that no single institution is the holy grail of M&E instruction. The course of study only needs to be accredited, recognised and the trainers experienced. No need to chase after a prestigious, ‘brand name learning institution’. Of far more importance is how the curriculum aligns with the stage and goals of your career.

For example, if your knowledge and experience in M&E is absolutely zero and you have made up your mind that M&E is exactly what you want to be doing with your life, then it behoves you to pursue a course that covers the fundamentals (such as a longer academic programme).

However, if you have worked for many years in project management and involved in numerous evaluations but lack the official ‘M&E’ job title and what to make a career shift, then perhaps you could opt for shorter professional development courses (pitched at either ‘introductory’, intermediate’ or ‘advanced’ levels) rather than pursue a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme.

None of my undergraduate or postgraduate degrees specialised in ‘Monitoring and Evaluation”. Instead I majored in Sociology, Psychology and International Development. However, under these academic programmes I took courses related to social research methods, survey design, statistics etc.

These are all skills that came in handy in the M&E assignments that increasingly came my way on previous jobs. This became such a recurring thing that at a certain point I decided to complement my formal education with different short professional development courses in M&E (think 2-5 day workshops). After this I segued into being a M&E practitioner. I cannot stress enough the importance of getting some form of training before branding yourself a ‘M&E expert’.

Once you have acquired the ‘papers’ to feel confident to talk and work on M&E matters, the next step is to gather the relevant experience. This is the problem that a lot of persons new to the field are currently facing. Most M&E job vacancy ads for entry level positions insist that the ideal applicant has at least 2-3 years of direct M&E experience. However, how will you ever get the M&E experience if most employers don’t even want to hire you in the first place?

Luckily, there are several ways to get around this

Using your actual job as a springboard

If you are currently employed in development work, you may be able to create the opportunities to gain the M&E experience you seek. For example, if your project has been implemented for a time now, perhaps you could push for a Mid-Term or End Evaluation. Then you get involved in drafting the Terms of Reference for the consultant conducting the evaluation, try and be a part of the Inception Meetings, make yourself available to be the focal point within the programme team for the evaluators, make sure you also get a chance to review the draft evaluation reports, ask the evaluators questions on their methods, observe, take notes etc. You get the picture! Do this a few times and you will gather some M&E experience.

Volunteer to assist experienced evaluators

If you are unemployed or your current job does not allow for the opportunity to get M&E experience (maybe you work in the banking sector at the moment), you can volunteer to assist a more seasoned evaluator.

Many professional evaluators I know simply detest entering data into long Excel sheets and other statistical software. As such, they would be happy to have this mundane task done by someone else. Why not let that someone be you? There is nothing wrong in being humble and starting at the bottom of the M&E totem pole. Believe me, an evaluator is far more likely to mentor you and take you on as an apprentice if you actually bring some value to the table to make their lives easier. This is crucial to remember. Next time you think of contacting someone out the blue to mentor you, keep in mind that they probably receive dozens of similar requests on a regular basis. As such, set yourself apart from others by actually demonstrating how you can be an asset to them.

Volunteering and mentorship gives you invaluable M&E experience and at the same time help you make professional connections that may eventually land you a paid job.

Perhaps you are now wondering, ‘how do I even get to volunteer or get a prospective mentor if I never meet these evaluators?’ No worries. See my next point for suggestions on how to come in contact with these professionals.

Join evaluation networks and associations

It is vital for all serious M&E professionals (aspiring and seasoned) to be part of an evaluation association. This is a good way to network and learn of opportunities such as jobs that may never get widely advertised or mentorship programmes like the one from DME for Peace. This interactive map gives an overview of the evaluation societies and associations worldwide.

Let go of your preoccupation with job titles

Now say you have formal training in M&E (professional development course(s) and/or a degree programme) and you have acquired experience on your job, through volunteering or a mentorship.

You feel confident that you can execute the functions of M&E specialist, (heck, some of you have been doing M&E tasks for years already though their official title is ‘Programme Manager’ or ‘Social Officer’). However, you see a job vacancy ad that states that the successful candidate should have held the post of “M&E Manager” in the past etc.

Doubt may start to creep into your head where you tell yourself that you don’t have direct M&E experience because your official job titles did not say this. Nonetheless, you have been a lead researcher on many studies in the past, trained in participatory methodologies and you are a statistics guru. These are relevant skillsets that you should highlight in a job interview and stop fixating that your current or past the job titles were not ‘M&E Manager’.

Having said this, my last advice is just to;

Apply for the job

Bear in mind that employers rarely get the ideal or perfect candidate for any job. They often settle for the best from the pool of applicants. Furthermore, a well experienced M&E professional with more than 5 years experience mostly likely will not apply for an entry level M&E post of a certain salary. Chances are you are competing with persons with the same amount (or absence of) experience like yourself. The playing field is level, as such, JUST DO IT!

I hope you found this article helpful. Please feel free to share any other tips or useful information for aspiring M&E professionals (or how to improve this article) in the Comments section below.

If you liked what you read, remember sharing is caring, so spread the word on social media so others may benefit from the information.

Tags:

career in M&E

@Nationalrep said in How to Have a Career in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with No Prior:

How to Have a Career in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with No Prior Experience
May 23, 2017

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Ann-Murray Brown

Over the last several months my inbox has been exploding with questions related to having a successful career in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). The queries include ‘How can I land a M&E job if prospective employers keep asking for direct M&E specific experience? The question continues, 'I have only worked in programme management (or I have no prior in experience in development work at all)?’ and ‘Which M&E training course is the best one on the market for me to pursue?’

I thought it better to pen a blog article so everyone can benefit from the information I am about to share on my own professional progression. First of all, my disclaimer is that ‘many roads lead to Rome’. In other words, there is no one, guaranteed track or path to ‘M&E Career Bliss’. My own path has been a bit unorthodox.

With this said though, whichever path you choose, before you embark on your journey, it is paramount to:

Acquire formal certification in Monitoring and Evaluation

I personally believe that no single institution is the holy grail of M&E instruction. The course of study only needs to be accredited, recognised and the trainers experienced. No need to chase after a prestigious, ‘brand name learning institution’. Of far more importance is how the curriculum aligns with the stage and goals of your career.

For example, if your knowledge and experience in M&E is absolutely zero and you have made up your mind that M&E is exactly what you want to be doing with your life, then it behoves you to pursue a course that covers the fundamentals (such as a longer academic programme).

However, if you have worked for many years in project management and involved in numerous evaluations but lack the official ‘M&E’ job title and what to make a career shift, then perhaps you could opt for shorter professional development courses (pitched at either ‘introductory’, intermediate’ or ‘advanced’ levels) rather than pursue a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme.

None of my undergraduate or postgraduate degrees specialised in ‘Monitoring and Evaluation”. Instead I majored in Sociology, Psychology and International Development. However, under these academic programmes I took courses related to social research methods, survey design, statistics etc.

These are all skills that came in handy in the M&E assignments that increasingly came my way on previous jobs. This became such a recurring thing that at a certain point I decided to complement my formal education with different short professional development courses in M&E (think 2-5 day workshops). After this I segued into being a M&E practitioner. I cannot stress enough the importance of getting some form of training before branding yourself a ‘M&E expert’.

Once you have acquired the ‘papers’ to feel confident to talk and work on M&E matters, the next step is to gather the relevant experience. This is the problem that a lot of persons new to the field are currently facing. Most M&E job vacancy ads for entry level positions insist that the ideal applicant has at least 2-3 years of direct M&E experience. However, how will you ever get the M&E experience if most employers don’t even want to hire you in the first place?

Luckily, there are several ways to get around this

Using your actual job as a springboard

If you are currently employed in development work, you may be able to create the opportunities to gain the M&E experience you seek. For example, if your project has been implemented for a time now, perhaps you could push for a Mid-Term or End Evaluation. Then you get involved in drafting the Terms of Reference for the consultant conducting the evaluation, try and be a part of the Inception Meetings, make yourself available to be the focal point within the programme team for the evaluators, make sure you also get a chance to review the draft evaluation reports, ask the evaluators questions on their methods, observe, take notes etc. You get the picture! Do this a few times and you will gather some M&E experience.

Volunteer to assist experienced evaluators

If you are unemployed or your current job does not allow for the opportunity to get M&E experience (maybe you work in the banking sector at the moment), you can volunteer to assist a more seasoned evaluator.

Many professional evaluators I know simply detest entering data into long Excel sheets and other statistical software. As such, they would be happy to have this mundane task done by someone else. Why not let that someone be you? There is nothing wrong in being humble and starting at the bottom of the M&E totem pole. Believe me, an evaluator is far more likely to mentor you and take you on as an apprentice if you actually bring some value to the table to make their lives easier. This is crucial to remember. Next time you think of contacting someone out the blue to mentor you, keep in mind that they probably receive dozens of similar requests on a regular basis. As such, set yourself apart from others by actually demonstrating how you can be an asset to them.

Volunteering and mentorship gives you invaluable M&E experience and at the same time help you make professional connections that may eventually land you a paid job.

Perhaps you are now wondering, ‘how do I even get to volunteer or get a prospective mentor if I never meet these evaluators?’ No worries. See my next point for suggestions on how to come in contact with these professionals.

Join evaluation networks and associations

It is vital for all serious M&E professionals (aspiring and seasoned) to be part of an evaluation association. This is a good way to network and learn of opportunities such as jobs that may never get widely advertised or mentorship programmes like the one from DME for Peace. This interactive map gives an overview of the evaluation societies and associations worldwide.

Let go of your preoccupation with job titles

Now say you have formal training in M&E (professional development course(s) and/or a degree programme) and you have acquired experience on your job, through volunteering or a mentorship.

You feel confident that you can execute the functions of M&E specialist, (heck, some of you have been doing M&E tasks for years already though their official title is ‘Programme Manager’ or ‘Social Officer’). However, you see a job vacancy ad that states that the successful candidate should have held the post of “M&E Manager” in the past etc.

Doubt may start to creep into your head where you tell yourself that you don’t have direct M&E experience because your official job titles did not say this. Nonetheless, you have been a lead researcher on many studies in the past, trained in participatory methodologies and you are a statistics guru. These are relevant skillsets that you should highlight in a job interview and stop fixating that your current or past the job titles were not ‘M&E Manager’.

Having said this, my last advice is just to;

Apply for the job

Bear in mind that employers rarely get the ideal or perfect candidate for any job. They often settle for the best from the pool of applicants. Furthermore, a well experienced M&E professional with more than 5 years experience mostly likely will not apply for an entry level M&E post of a certain salary. Chances are you are competing with persons with the same amount (or absence of) experience like yourself. The playing field is level, as such, JUST DO IT!

I hope you found this article helpful. Please feel free to share any other tips or useful information for aspiring M&E professionals (or how to improve this article) in the Comments section below.

If you liked what you read, remember sharing is caring, so spread the word on social media so others may benefit from the information.

Tags:

career in M&E

@Nationalrep said in How to Have a Career in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with No Prior:

How to Have a Career in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with No Prior Experience
May 23, 2017

|

Ann-Murray Brown

Over the last several months my inbox has been exploding with questions related to having a successful career in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). The queries include ‘How can I land a M&E job if prospective employers keep asking for direct M&E specific experience? The question continues, 'I have only worked in programme management (or I have no prior in experience in development work at all)?’ and ‘Which M&E training course is the best one on the market for me to pursue?’

I thought it better to pen a blog article so everyone can benefit from the information I am about to share on my own professional progression. First of all, my disclaimer is that ‘many roads lead to Rome’. In other words, there is no one, guaranteed track or path to ‘M&E Career Bliss’. My own path has been a bit unorthodox.

With this said though, whichever path you choose, before you embark on your journey, it is paramount to:

Acquire formal certification in Monitoring and Evaluation

I personally believe that no single institution is the holy grail of M&E instruction. The course of study only needs to be accredited, recognised and the trainers experienced. No need to chase after a prestigious, ‘brand name learning institution’. Of far more importance is how the curriculum aligns with the stage and goals of your career.

For example, if your knowledge and experience in M&E is absolutely zero and you have made up your mind that M&E is exactly what you want to be doing with your life, then it behoves you to pursue a course that covers the fundamentals (such as a longer academic programme).

However, if you have worked for many years in project management and involved in numerous evaluations but lack the official ‘M&E’ job title and what to make a career shift, then perhaps you could opt for shorter professional development courses (pitched at either ‘introductory’, intermediate’ or ‘advanced’ levels) rather than pursue a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programme.

None of my undergraduate or postgraduate degrees specialised in ‘Monitoring and Evaluation”. Instead I majored in Sociology, Psychology and International Development. However, under these academic programmes I took courses related to social research methods, survey design, statistics etc.

These are all skills that came in handy in the M&E assignments that increasingly came my way on previous jobs. This became such a recurring thing that at a certain point I decided to complement my formal education with different short professional development courses in M&E (think 2-5 day workshops). After this I segued into being a M&E practitioner. I cannot stress enough the importance of getting some form of training before branding yourself a ‘M&E expert’.

Once you have acquired the ‘papers’ to feel confident to talk and work on M&E matters, the next step is to gather the relevant experience. This is the problem that a lot of persons new to the field are currently facing. Most M&E job vacancy ads for entry level positions insist that the ideal applicant has at least 2-3 years of direct M&E experience. However, how will you ever get the M&E experience if most employers don’t even want to hire you in the first place?

Luckily, there are several ways to get around this

Using your actual job as a springboard

If you are currently employed in development work, you may be able to create the opportunities to gain the M&E experience you seek. For example, if your project has been implemented for a time now, perhaps you could push for a Mid-Term or End Evaluation. Then you get involved in drafting the Terms of Reference for the consultant conducting the evaluation, try and be a part of the Inception Meetings, make yourself available to be the focal point within the programme team for the evaluators, make sure you also get a chance to review the draft evaluation reports, ask the evaluators questions on their methods, observe, take notes etc. You get the picture! Do this a few times and you will gather some M&E experience.

Volunteer to assist experienced evaluators

If you are unemployed or your current job does not allow for the opportunity to get M&E experience (maybe you work in the banking sector at the moment), you can volunteer to assist a more seasoned evaluator.

Many professional evaluators I know simply detest entering data into long Excel sheets and other statistical software. As such, they would be happy to have this mundane task done by someone else. Why not let that someone be you? There is nothing wrong in being humble and starting at the bottom of the M&E totem pole. Believe me, an evaluator is far more likely to mentor you and take you on as an apprentice if you actually bring some value to the table to make their lives easier. This is crucial to remember. Next time you think of contacting someone out the blue to mentor you, keep in mind that they probably receive dozens of similar requests on a regular basis. As such, set yourself apart from others by actually demonstrating how you can be an asset to them.

Volunteering and mentorship gives you invaluable M&E experience and at the same time help you make professional connections that may eventually land you a paid job.

Perhaps you are now wondering, ‘how do I even get to volunteer or get a prospective mentor if I never meet these evaluators?’ No worries. See my next point for suggestions on how to come in contact with these professionals.

Join evaluation networks and associations

It is vital for all serious M&E professionals (aspiring and seasoned) to be part of an evaluation association. This is a good way to network and learn of opportunities such as jobs that may never get widely advertised or mentorship programmes like the one from DME for Peace. This interactive map gives an overview of the evaluation societies and associations worldwide.

Let go of your preoccupation with job titles

Now say you have formal training in M&E (professional development course(s) and/or a degree programme) and you have acquired experience on your job, through volunteering or a mentorship.

You feel confident that you can execute the functions of M&E specialist, (heck, some of you have been doing M&E tasks for years already though their official title is ‘Programme Manager’ or ‘Social Officer’). However, you see a job vacancy ad that states that the successful candidate should have held the post of “M&E Manager” in the past etc.

Doubt may start to creep into your head where you tell yourself that you don’t have direct M&E experience because your official job titles did not say this. Nonetheless, you have been a lead researcher on many studies in the past, trained in participatory methodologies and you are a statistics guru. These are relevant skillsets that you should highlight in a job interview and stop fixating that your current or past the job titles were not ‘M&E Manager’.

Having said this, my last advice is just to;

Apply for the job

Bear in mind that employers rarely get the ideal or perfect candidate for any job. They often settle for the best from the pool of applicants. Furthermore, a well experienced M&E professional with more than 5 years experience mostly likely will not apply for an entry level M&E post of a certain salary. Chances are you are competing with persons with the same amount (or absence of) experience like yourself. The playing field is level, as such, JUST DO IT!

I hope you found this article helpful. Please feel free to share any other tips or useful information for aspiring M&E professionals (or how to improve this article) in the Comments section below.

If you liked what you read, remember sharing is caring, so spread the word on social media so others may benefit from the information.

Tags:

career in M&E

I WILL LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, BUT HOW DO I GET THROUGH IT.

Great! In will make available a list of volunteering opportunities. Hope this would help.

yes. Thank you.

Hi everyone, am happy to be here. Am currently not M & E officer, but am hoping to get an organization to join. I like M & E and will continue to learn M & E for my personal development and the growth and development of my community.

@Susanyome said in difficulty in combining all documents for the final assignment?:

how do i combine all the documents into 1 document for the last assignment. any tips?

I used MS Word 2016 to convert the PDF documents. This helped me to copy and paste them in a single document fine in MS Word 2016. Bear in mind that the contents of the tables in the PDf documents would have to be filled in again after conversion.
Hope this helps. Thank you.

Hi everyone,
My name is Benjamin Orjime, I am Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. I live in Nigeria and I work currently NDEC. I chose to join this community in order to learn more about Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and apply them in my daily work.

@Mawusi said in Weekly Welcome: Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning – 8 OCT 2018:

@manasgr8 said in Weekly Welcome: Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning – 8 OCT 2018:

Thanks a lot Mark
@mark_g said in Weekly Welcome: Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning – 8 OCT 2018:

Hello everyone!

Let's continue our weekly tradition of welcoming all of our new members in the Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning Community of Practice! We have 176 new members!

Welcome new members! We are thrilled that you have joined us. We hope that you use this space to connect with some of the people doing tremendous work in Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning around the world and help each other collaborate on important ideas!

Please respond and introduce yourselves to the Community! Please also tell us:

1: Why are you interested in Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning?

2: What is one thing you would like to discuss with the Community?

3: Anything else you would like to share :)

All other members ( @all ) : Please welcome our new members by replying to their posts and starting conversations around the topics they would like to discuss. Let's make sure everyone feels welcome and let's start collaborating!

Welcome all!

You are welcome @manasgr8 .

Thanks for your welcoming. I am Abdiaziz Mohamed From somalia, i am M&E Officer. I expect i will benefit much from this course. Especially planning,logfram, Results based matrix ,indicator trucking,so on.
+252612443733 email.Abdiaziz Mohamed168@gmail.com

@Tangwe said in How To Design Mobile Data Collection Tool:

@ogah2018 ,

What if such mobile designed forms are not specific to the data you want to collect? What happens if there are not tailored to suit your needs?

@Tangwe : A data collection form is usually designed based on project logframe and there is always room for data collector to specify (open ended) when necessary. A mobile data collection form can be modified even when enumerators/ data collectors are in the field. You can email me at ogah.ig@gmail.com if you need more information on mobile data collection for your project.

@NICKSAM said in introduction:

I am Nicksam from Nigeria.measurement and evaluation is a great knowledge

Welcome to Philanthropy University @NICKSAM!

Damey. Bonjour. Je suis nouveau dans le Cours.Peut être qu'entre temps vous avez trouvé une réponse à votre préoccupation. Si votre organisation n'a pas un projet sur lequel il travaille actuellemen, demandez si elle a au moins un plan stratégique et regardez.

@Ufedo said in Assignment:

@PHOENIXE said in Assignment:

@Ufedo said in Assignment:

Please house am new here I just started the course M&E how do I go with my assignment on weekly basis please

Hello Ufedo, have you started with the first assignment?

Thats where i need help, am new to it, i downloaded the assignment, please any idea will help and needful please

I also have the same sentiment, how do I down load the assignment

@didavis2002 said in Can I be a M&E professional, just only by taking philanthropy University course?:

Even without taking a course you can join the sector. Within the CARIBBEAN we have a group of M&E professionals who are at varying levels of competencies and training, we don’t have a formal certification in the region at this time but the leadership of CEI is focused in 2019 on building the capacity of its membership.

I. good question. I'm also in this situation, my training area is   the environment, more to very interested / passionate in M & E.   I would love to gain more experience in this area.

@manal_makram-4m said in The course provided useful and valuable information on M & E and on the use of data but I would like different methitalicised textods of analysis and interpretation for the purpose of decision making.:

Re: INTRODUCTION
@manal_makram-4m, it is wonderful worry you are posing but data interpretation and analysis will depend on the method you use in acquiring your data. If you decide to used structured questionnaires, it would require you to use some statistics to interpret the data but semi-structured questionnaires will require a qualitative approach of coding it and making some sense out of it.

@Norbert said in M&E career:

Hello !
I have been in Design Monitoring and Evaluation for more than 7 years. If you're starting from scratch, I recommend you also to take courses on Project Management which will give you overview of the project cycle and then you will understand where M&E fits and then as others suggested , you can do internship or volunteering like others have suggested for learning by doing because M&E is a lifelong learning career

Hi
I am new to all this and i kind of started a bit late, but i am so excited and ready to learn.
If there is a group discussion i will be glad to join. And thanks for the advise.

Depending on the nature of the conflict and how long it last, if conflict is just for a short period of time waiting for things to cool off will be a better idea.

dear i am Abdirahman isak from Somalia.
how can we share our thoughts in a single room.
it is easy we live with loneless internet

hi my friends i would like to share with you as M&E learners in this Philanthropy U comminity.
we must share our knowledges to those who did not get this opportunity or don.t know how to search the education .
i my self want to desciminate this course the environment i am staying right now.
thank you .

@willoetal said in Monitoring and evaluation processes:

Hello..I am Willard from Zimbabwe. My submission is that -Monitoring happens on a daily basis, to confirm whether we are on course to achieve set goals, take corrective action on identified challenges. Evaluation builds on data collected routinely but over a long period . Whilst monitoring focuses of effectiveness-doing things right in a project .,Evaluation measure efficiency. It measures the cost effectiveness-looking at resources put in an intervention and results generated. Evaluation measures doing right things right.

I would also like to add that the main criteria of distinction between monitoring and evaluation is the moment of data collecting. While data are collected regularly to make decision in the monitoring, Évaluation use data at the en of the process.

@osydiala said in New course:

@nuria said in New course:

Dear community,
Nice to e-meet you.
I am new in the Philanthropy University, so still getting used to the platform.
I was looking for a course in Evaluation and I fall here. My question is: when does the new M&E course start? I feel a bit confused. Thank you!

Thanks Nuria for your email. The next M&E starts on Monday 13 2019. I Wish you a happy resumption.

Thank you!

@nbs said in Hello everybody.:

HI ALL, I am from Niger Republic, West Africa. I am Mathematician & Computer scientist but converted in commercial analyst since 14 years. Since 10 years am doing M&E but in telcoms which very different from NGOs ones. So i wanted to learn more on M&E as i did not read it in University.
Best regards

Welcome @NBS, it is wonderful to have you here at Philanthropy University!