The Americas Lab

Courses & Training

Building the skills that outlast the project. Live workshops, tailored training, and embedded coaching — in English and Spanish.

We transfer real design, MEL, AI, and facilitation skills to local teams, governments, and practitioners. Everything we teach comes from work we actually do — in the field, with communities, across the Americas.

The Americas Lab — Crash Courses

Crash Course

Human-Centred Design for Development

Learn the fundamentals of HCD applied to social programs. From research framing to rapid prototyping — practice the full design cycle in one session.

3–6 hours Max 25 people $150–$250/person
Crash Course

Qualitative MEL That Moves Decision-Makers

Go beyond logframes. Learn to build adaptive monitoring systems that capture human stories, feed learning loops, and produce evidence donors actually read.

3–6 hours Max 25 people $150–$250/person
Crash Course

Design for Governments

Applying design thinking inside public institutions. How to navigate bureaucracy, facilitate across silos, and design services citizens actually use.

3–6 hours Max 25 people $150–$250/person
Crash Course

AI for Development Practitioners

Demystify AI for your team. Hands-on session covering practical tools, responsible use, and real workflows for research, MEL, and program design.

3–6 hours Max 25 people $150–$250/person

Not a lecture. A working session.

Every course is facilitated by practitioners who do this work daily. You leave with frameworks, tools, and confidence you can apply the next day — not a certificate that gathers dust.

EN/ES
Delivered in both languages
25
Max per cohort
100%
Practical — no slides-only
Live
Online or in-person

Tailored Training & Embedded Coaching

Custom

Tailored Organisational Training

Bespoke training programs designed around your team's specific context, challenges, and skill gaps. We diagnose first, then design. Delivered in-person or virtually.

Multi-day Custom pricing
Embedded

Coaching & Innovation Labs

Longer-term engagements where our designers work alongside your team, transferring skills through real project work. Learning by doing, not by watching.

3–6 months Custom pricing
Skill Building

Facilitation Training

Build your team's capacity to design and run participatory processes, workshops, and co-design sessions independently. The goal: you don't need us anymore.

2–5 days Custom pricing

Topics We Cover

Human-Centred Design
Qualitative MEL
AI for Development
Behaviour Change
Strategic Facilitation
Systems Thinking
Research Methods
Design for Governments
Co-Design & Participation

Who It's For

MEL officers and program managers at NGOs
Program managers and technical leads at UN agencies
Government policy teams and public sector innovators
Independent development consultants
Junior and mid-career staff at INGOs

Ready to build real skills?

Whether you need a one-day crash course or a multi-month embedded program, let's design it together.

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