Indicators that survive review.
Most weak indicators do not fail when you write them — they fail at review. This course turns an activity count into a defensible indicator, then into a full matrix, using AI to draft and a human to verify.
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Write indicators a donor cannot send back — AI drafts, you verify.
A practical, narrated course in eight short modules. You rebuild one indicator against the four tests, write the means of verification first, set an honest baseline and a reasoned target, disaggregate by sex and disability, and assemble a six-column indicator matrix. A whole module puts AI to work — one prompt drafts the matrix, and the pitfalls (invented baselines, undisprovable wording, hidden gaps) are named and checked. Every lesson ends in a file: the matrix, reference sheets, a disaggregation grid and a reviewer checklist.
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Where reports fall down is the foundations.
Not the analysis — the thinking and the numbers underneath it.
The number nobody can defend
“% trained” counts an activity. No source, no baseline, nothing that could come back wrong.
The missing means of verification
A measure with no instrument, collector, frequency or source is a wish, not an indicator.
The average that hides who was missed
No disaggregation means the gap never shows in the main table.
The invented baseline
AI will produce a confident, wrong number. Without verification it reaches the donor.
- Tell a strong indicator from a weak one in one reading
- Write the means of verification first
- Set an honest baseline and a reasoned target
- Disaggregate core indicators by sex and disability
- Use AI to draft the matrix — and verify every number
- M&E and evaluation officers
- Programme and project managers
- Consultants writing proposals
- Anyone building a logframe or results framework
10 modules, one calm step at a time.
Welcome
What you will build, and the rule: every lesson ends in a file.
Why indicators fail review
The reviewer's three questions and the four tests every indicator must pass.
The evidence promise
Write the means of verification first; definitions that remove dispute.
Baselines & targets
A baseline is a measurement; four honest options when there is none.
Disaggregation & GEDSI
Split core indicators by sex and disability so the gap is visible.
Do it with AI
One prompt drafts the matrix; the pitfalls to catch before a donor sees it.
Assemble the matrix
Six columns, one row per indicator — the worked rows.
Worked examples
Education, WASH, livelihoods and health — the same structure, four sectors.
Review & certify
Run the reviewer's pass on your own matrix; certify the artifact.
Deep dives
Repeatability, proxies, cadence, leading vs lagging, qualitative indicators.
You leave with the indicator matrix.
Six columns, one row per indicator — plus the reference sheets and the reviewer checklist.
INDICATOR · one clean, specific measure DEFINITION · numerator, denominator, threshold, period BASELINE / TARGET · each with a source MEANS OF VERIFICATION · instrument, collector, frequency DISAGGREGATION · sex and disability ASSUMPTION · what must hold
The course ships the matrix CSV, reference sheets, the disaggregation grid and the reviewer checklist — plus the companion skill to produce them in your own AI.
The materials you keep.
Every lesson ends in a file. These are yours to download and reuse — included with the course and with membership.
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- 132 narrated slides · 62 min
- The templates and the worked example
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- The full ebook and template library
- The full skills library — 40 installable skills
Amara Okafor
Amara has written logframes, indicator sets and donor reports across dozens of evaluations. She built this course so that the documents every donor asks for take an hour — not a week.
Evaluator & M&E trainer. Every idea is shown on one real, worked programme you can copy.
The honest answers.
Who is this for?
Anyone who writes indicators or a logframe — M&E officers, programme managers and consultants. No prior statistics assumed.
How long does it take?
About 13 minutes of narrated teaching across 8 modules and 44 slides, plus the files you produce.
What do I get?
The full video, the per-module videos, the slide deck, the indicator matrix, reference sheets, a disaggregation grid and the reviewer checklist.
Is it included in membership?
Yes. Membership unlocks this course, the companion skill and the whole library.
Does it cover AI?
Yes — a full module on drafting the matrix with a prompt, and the verification pitfalls to avoid.
Make your next logframe defensible.
Apply it to your next proposal this week — build the theory of change, then the logframe, and sign it.