Martin Gilbraith

Certified Professional Facilitator, Trainer & Consultant. ICA:UK Associate & ICAI webmaster. FRSA. Passionate about participation & leadership.

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Cornwall Gay Outdoor Club from Callum Leyden on Vimeo.

A short documentary around the Cornwall Gay Outdoor and what they do. With thanks to Simon Hill and the team.

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Care and Consent in Facilitation from Cynara on Vimeo.

Presentation by Lindsey Jones-Renaud at Feminist Action Week, hosted by Yarrow Global Consulting in May 2022

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Join me for IAF-endorsed ToP facilitation training in Lisbon, 11-12 July!

Join me for IAF-endorsed ToP facilitation training in Lisbon, 11-12 July!

I am excited to announce this new addition to my regular schedule of open ToP facilitation training, in partnership with IAF Portugal.

Register now on Eventbrite, and please share with others who may be interested.  Please ask for the promotional code to enter in order to enjoy a special discounted rate for IAF members.

Group Facilitation Methods

Introducing the foundations of the ToP…

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Free facilitation webinar - Facilitating Authentic Participation: Transformative steps to empower groups

Free facilitation webinar – Facilitating Authentic Participation: Transformative steps to empower groups

Are you interested to learn more about facilitation, and ICA’s Technology of Participation (ToP) in particular – in a free, one-hour, interactive online session that offers an experience of virtual facilitation as well? Register now on Eventbrite for this latest addition to my series of free facilitation webinars.

Facilitating Authentic Participation: Transformative Steps to Empower Groups

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Join our monthly facilitation networking & learning meetups, now throughout England & Wales and online!

Join our monthly facilitation networking & learning meetups, now throughout England & Wales and online!

There have never been more opportunities to network with other facilitators and learn about facilitation, near you – now in more than a dozen towns & cities throughout England & Wales and online as well.

If you are a facilitator or use facilitation in your work, or if you are just interested to know more, do take a moment to join one of our 5 regional groupsand RSVP now for a free facilitation…

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Nimble - free facilitation webinar recording & resources

Nimble – free facilitation webinar recording & resources

  Thank you again to everyone who participated in today’s free facilitation webinar Nimble: off script but still on track, and especially to today’s guest presenter Rebecca Sutherns. Here below you will find the session recording, presentation slides and other resources shared.

In this sessionwe explored how to be nimble and responsive in facilitation, how to improvise and stay on track – even…

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Free facilitation webinar - Nimble: off script but still on track

Free facilitation webinar – Nimble: off script but still on track

Are you interested to learn more about facilitation, and ICA’s Technology of Participation (ToP) in particular – in a free, one-hour, interactive online session that offers an experience of virtual facilitation as well? Register now on Eventbrite for this latest addition to my series of free facilitation webinars.

Nimble: off script but still on track

Thursday 11 April 2019, 15.00 UK time 

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The Power of Facilitation and Communication in partnership - your insights!

The Power of Facilitation and Communication in partnership – your insights!

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this week’s free facilitation webinar The Power of Facilitation and Communication in partnership – here below you will find the session recording, presentation slides and other resources shared.

If you did not attend, and even if you did, please do share something of your own experience and insights in a comment below:

Where & how have you used…

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Free facilitation webinar - the Power of Facilitation and Communication in partnership

Free facilitation webinar – the Power of Facilitation and Communication in partnership

Are you interested to learn more about facilitation, and ICA’s Technology of Participation (ToP) in particular – in a free, one-hour, interactive online session that offers an experience of virtual facilitation as well? Register now on Eventbrite for this latest addition to my series of free facilitation webinars.

The Power of Facilitation and Communication in partnership

Tuesday 26 February…

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Join me for ToP facilitation training in Brussels & London in 2019!

Join me for ToP facilitation training in Brussels & London in 2019!

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Register now on Eventbrite, and please share these details with friends, colleagues and networks who might be interested.

I am an ICA Certified ToP Facilitator (CTF), and a licensed provider and experienced lead trainer of ICA ToP facilitation training. I offer these courses in partnership with ICA:UK and ICA Associates Inc, and in Brussels with Social Platform

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The power facilitation and communications in partnership

The power facilitation and communications in partnership

I am working with Michael Ambjorn of AlignYourOrg on a book project, as part of a wider team of expert facilitators from around the world. The shorthand for the project is #FacPower and each chapter of the book will have a different focus. In combination the aim is to show the power of facilitation in various fields and contexts.

In our chapter we’ll be focusing on the intersect between…

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Join us in Birmingham for International Facilitation Week, and where you are! #FacWeek

Join us in Birmingham for International Facilitation Week, and where you are! #FacWeek

We are excited to announce the draft programme for our annual all-day networking & learning Meetup of all four of our regional facilitation meetup groups, for International Facilitation Week #FacWeek – join us on Saturday 20 October in Birmingham!

This will be a participant-led, peer sharing event – an opportunity for you to network, share and learn with up to 50 or more other facilitators and…

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How engaging can a virtual meeting be? Join us to share and learn!

How engaging can a virtual meeting be? Join us to share and learn!

Our world and our client groups are increasingly moving online, so as facilitators we must be prepared move with them.  Virtual meetings can have advantages over face-to-face, but disadvantages too – not least, shorter attention spans and greater potential for distractions. How can we keep people engaged and focused when meeting online?

In this highly participatory, facilitated webinar hosted by

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Another summer, another year of freelance facilitation

Another summer, another year of freelance facilitation

Another summer means another opportunity to pause and reflect, as in June I completed my fifth year in business as Martin Gilbraith Associates Ltd.  The image from last year’s IAF India conference in Chennai is of my plenary session subtitled “Reviewing the past to prepare for the future“. Like every good ORID process, a reflection or review must start with Objective level data.

The data tell me…

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Join IAF facilitators & friends - 20 October in Birmingham for International Facilitation Week, and more!

Join IAF facilitators & friends – 20 October in Birmingham for International Facilitation Week, and more!

It’s the middle of summer holiday season in England & Wales so, if you’re not on holiday, what better time to be making plans for the autumn?

Our annual all-day Networking & Learning Meetup of all four of our regional facilitation meetup groups is now open for bookings – RSVP now, all welcome!

This will be a participant-led, peer sharing event – an opportunity for you to network, share and…

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A Compassionate Civilization: The Urgency of Sustainable Development and Mindful Activism'.

A Compassionate Civilization: The Urgency of Sustainable Development and Mindful Activism’.

Thank you again to everyone who participated in yesterday’s free facilitation webinar A Compassionate Civilization: The Urgency of Sustainable Development and Mindful Activism’, and for the feedback shared on twitter!

In this session we explored the role of facilitation in sustainable development and ‘mindful activism’ for social change. I was joined by Robertson Work, author of the 2017 book of…

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Facilitating a culture of participation in organizations: reviewing the past to prepare for the future with IAF Jordan

Facilitating a culture of participation in organizations: reviewing the past to prepare for the future with IAF Jordan

Thank you to everyone who participated in my session with IAF Jordan in Amman today – Facilitating a culture of participation in organizations: reviewing the past to prepare for the future.

In the session I demonstrated a participatory approach for a group to review the past, to prepare for the future, by applying the ToP (Technology of Participation) Historical Scan method to reflect and learn…

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