Most nonprofits aren’t short on data — they’re short on time to read it. Qualitative feedback is often the first thing a stretched team abandons, and the evidence that does get read usually arrives after the decision window has closed. This practical workshop gives NGO and SPO leaders one map of the MEL lifecycle, shows exactly where AI can help and where it must stay out, and puts a real qualitative analysis workflow in their hands — from a practitioner who has run it on hundreds of schools.