Monitoring and Evaluation Boost

Godfrey Senkaba
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Monitoring and Evaluation Boost Podcast

Godfrey Senkaba shares career tips and good practice stories to help you master the monitoring and evaluation job and perform it to your best. In addition, I profile guests from the evaluation field to share their journeys to success.

  1. APR 30

    E24 - Beyond the Basics: How Understanding Global Trends Can Propel Your M&E Career Forward

    In this podcast, Godfrey Senkaba explores key global issues that profoundly impact the field of monitoring and evaluation (M&E). These issues include technological advancements, climate change, conflict and fragility, and the changing political and geopolitical contexts. Each of these issues presents unique challenges and complexities for M&E practitioners, ranging from assessing the effectiveness of humanitarian assistance in conflict-affected areas to adapting to the chang...

    30 min

  2. MAR 23

    E23 - Persuasion Tactics: Winning Stakeholders in Monitoring & Evaluation Data Challenges

    Unlock the secrets to resolving conflicts over Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) data with expert persuasion tactics in the latest episode of the monitoring and evaluation boost podcast with Godfrey Senkaba! Learn the essential persuasion tactics to navigate conflicts over M&E data with stakeholders. From active listening to evidence-based reasoning and collaborative problem-solving, discover strategies to achieve consensus and drive better outcomes in your M&E activities. Tune...

    35 min

  3. MAR 5

    E22 - Gaining Stakeholder Support for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Activities

    Gaining stakeholder support is key to implementing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities effectively. In this episode, Godfrey Senkaba, discusses the vital role of stakeholder analysis, utilizing a matrix tool to identify, understand, and engage stakeholders for optimal success in M&E activities.Follow along as Godfrey discusses how stakeholders and stakeholder analysis serve as a cornerstone for driving M&E initiatives forward effectively.Below is the discussion outline:[00:...

    27 min

  4. FEB 16

    E21 - Mastering M&E Training Workshops: 10 Tips to Plan Them Better

    Mastering M&E training workshops requires thorough planning and consideration of various factors, including the facilitator, participants, logistics, and context. Godfrey Senkaba discusses the top 10 tips for you or your organizations to ensure the success of their workshops and empower participants to become more effective in monitoring and evaluating their projects. Follow along as Godfrey defines M&E training workshops, workshop formats, purposes, benefits, and how to better p...

    25 min

  5. FEB 8

    E20 - Exploring Sajilu Kamwendo's Evaluation Career: Curiosity, Patterns, and the "Made in Africa" Narratives

    Godfrey Senkaba chats with Sajilu Kamwendo, the Director, Outcome, and Impact Evaluation at Mastercard Foundation. Sajilu has over 20 years of experience in program evaluation which includes work with international organizations, implementing or funding relief and development programs. Sajilu elaborates on how his passion for curiosity and patterns propelled his journey in evaluation, ultimately leading him from a novice to the position of directing impact evaluation at the MasterCard Fo...

    46 min

  6. 06/26/2023

    E19 - From Evaluation Volunteer to Chief Executive Officer. The Katherine Haugh Evaluation Career Path Story

    Godfrey Senkaba chats with Katherine Haugh, the CEO, and founder of The Convive Collective. Katherine has over 10 years of experience in program evaluation which includes work with both local and international development organizations including USAID and United Nations. Katherine’s story is interesting, and motivating, particularly in how she turned complexity into clarity, setting forth a successful evaluation career. From doing intern and volunteer roles to monitoring and evaluation s...

    32 min

  7. 01/13/2023

    E18 - Professional Development of M&E Staff. 10 Factors Every Manager Should Know

    Godfrey Senkaba discusses his personal strategy for supporting the professional development of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) employees. Based on his nearly 20 years of experience in the M&E field, Godfrey has developed the 3-10 Framework for M&E Staff Professional Development. This framework identifies three key focal areas and 10 factors to consider in supporting M&E staff professional development. They include: External M&E environment which impacts the M&...

    29 min

  8. 12/31/2022

    E17 - Onboarding New M&E Staff: 10 Things to Do in the First 2 Weeks

    Godfrey Senkaba discusses 10 must-dos for every hiring manager to successfully onboard new employees, particularly those who will perform monitoring and evaluation jobs. The tips are intended to improve the onboarding practices of hiring managers. Already 9 in 10 employees disagree that their organization does a good job onboarding new employees (Gallup.com). Tip #1. Develop and complete a pre-onboarding checklist Tip #2. Scope the issues to address during onboarding Tip #3. D...

    23 min
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Godfrey Senkaba shares career tips and good practice stories to help you master the monitoring and evaluation job and perform it to your best. In addition, I profile guests from the evaluation field to share their journeys to success.

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  • Creator
    Godfrey Senkaba
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Monitoring and Evaluation Boost
  • Show Website
    Monitoring and Evaluation Boost

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