“Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning: A Simple Introduction” by Tom Billington, Nicoll Peracha 🔸
- Author
- EA Forum Team ([email protected])
- Published
- Thu 28 Aug 2025
- Episode Link
- https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/LvDThdsASP8MnvBR3/monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-a-simple-introduction-1
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Tl;DR
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) is a set of tools and practices that act like your organization's dashboard. It shows what's working, warns when something's off, and steers you toward maximum impact.
Running an organization is hard. You're constantly faced with important, complex questions like:
- Is our political advocacy making an impact?
- Why did we have fewer campaign wins last year?
- Are our documentaries reaching the right audience?
- Who should our vegan outreach be targeting?
How do we answer these questions?
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) is a set of tools and practices that help you make sense of your programs. It allows you to gather the right data, reflect on what [...]
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Outline:
(01:29) MEL Process
(02:22) Example en-US-AvaMultilingualNeural__ Vegan DE logo
(04:05) How The Mission Motor Can Help
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First published:
August 27th, 2025
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