The workshop rarely starts
exactly as planned.
Fewer people show up.
Some arrive late.
The energy feels different.
And suddenly,
you are not in the room
you prepared for.
This is where many facilitators
make a mistake.
They keep performing
for the room they imagined.
Same tone.
Same distance.
Same structure.
As if nothing changed.
But the room has changed.
And your facilitation
should change with it.
A small group
is not a big group.
And a half-empty room
does not need projection.
It needs connection.
Think like a host.
With a few people,
you don’t stand on stage.
You sit.
You talk.
You listen.
You adapt.
When the group is small,
drop the performance.
Make it conversational.
Go deeper.
Use the proximity.
When the group grows,
structure matters more.
You speak louder.
You guide more.
You control the flow.
The size of the room
changes everything:
Your tone.
Your posture.
Your tools.
Good facilitation
is not about executing a plan.
It is about reading the room.
And responding to it.
The workshop is not
what you designed yesterday.
It is what is happening now.
With these people.
In this room.
At this moment.
Don’t perform
for empty chairs.
Play the room you have.
Thank you.
And Free Palestine.