In Practice: MEAL Under Pressure: 25 November 2025
An Interactive Workshop for MEAL Practitioners | Learn adaptive MEAL management through real-world crisis scenarios | Zoom
Enroll NowMEAL Under Pressure
An Interactive Workshop for MEAL Practitioners
25 November 2025 | 13:00-15:00 UTC | Zoom | $59 USD
(Reduced rate: $39 for self-funded individuals and smaller organizations)
You spent weeks building the perfect MEAL plan.
Then Month 6 hits. Attendance collapses. Results are off-target. Your donor emails: "Concerns about progress."
Now what do you do?
Most MEAL training teaches you to build the plan.
This workshop teaches you what to do when your plan meets reality.
What Happens in This Workshop
You ARE the MEAL Manager for a women's economic empowerment program. 2,000 women. 15 villages. Rural Kenya.
- For 120 minutes, you'll face the decisions that separate good MEAL practitioners from great ones:
- Data arrives that contradicts your assumptions. What do you investigate first?
- Results show patterns you didn't expect. Do you adapt immediately or dig deeper?
- Stakeholders push back. How do you navigate without compromising learning?
You vote. You discuss. You see what happens next.
This is more than theory. You're in the hot seat making decisions with incomplete information, stakeholder pressure, and time running out.
This Workshop Is For You If:
✅ You've built MEAL plans that collided with reality
✅ You've explained disappointing results to a donor
✅ You understand indicators but struggle with "now what?"
✅ You want confidence to make decisions with incomplete data
✅ You're tired of theory—you want practical experience
New to MEAL? Our "Planning for MEAL" webinar recording is included—it covers the fundamentals you'll need.
What You Walk Away With
- Experience making real MEAL decisions under pressure - 18 months of program challenges compressed into 120 minutes
- Tools you can use when crisis happens - templates for rapid assessment, stakeholder communication, and adaptive management documentation
- Ability to read signals that tell you when to adapt the program vs. investigate deeper
- Confidence to make decisions under pressure without second-guessing yourself
- BONUS: Recording of "Planning for MEAL" webinar (covers fundamentals if you're new to MEAL)
Session Details
Investment: $59 USD (Standard) | $39 USD (Reduced rate for self-funded individuals and smaller organizations)
Date: 25 November 2025
Time: 13:00-15:00 UTC (2 hours)
Platform: Zoom
Recording: Full access included - rewatch anytime
Ready to Handle Whatever Your Program Throws at You?
Perfect MEAL plans don't exist. What exists are practitioners who can think clearly under pressure, read data critically, adapt intelligently, and communicate honestly when things don't go as planned.
Those skills aren't taught in most MEAL trainings. They're developed through experience—or through workshops like this one.
This is your chance to practice the hard parts without the real-world stakes.
Instructor Profile
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.
