What is SEEN?
SEEN is a Dear World interactive keynote and portrait experience led by Robert X. Fogarty. Robert brings attendees on stage, interviews them about their values and the theme of the event, and photographs them while they answer, so what they say becomes the keynote. After the keynote, attendees sit for portraits instead of a book signing, and the portraits come back to the community as a shared record of who was in the room. Some clients add a closing session, How We See You, where Robert brings selected attendees back to the stage with their portraits. SEEN helps a room build trust, practice asking better questions, strengthen human connections, and create a sense of community.
Seen.
An interactive keynote and portrait experience. Robert interviews and photographs attendees, and the room gets to see and understand one another.
Bring It To Your Event
I haven’t met you
until I have
photographed you.
Robert X. Fogarty
SEEN is an interactive keynote and portrait experience where Robert X. Fogarty interviews and photographs attendees, using curiosity and meaningful conversations to help people see and understand one another.
Learning Outcomes
- 01Build trust
- 02Practice asking better questions
- 03Strengthen human connections
- 04Create a sense of community
How SEEN
works.
01 · Asked
Live on stage
Robert’s keynote shows that deep connection comes from shared experiences, shared values, and the curiosity to ask and the courage to answer. He brings attendees on stage, interviews them about their values and the theme of the conference, and photographs them while they answer. What they say becomes the keynote.
02 · Seen
The portrait session
After the keynote, it’s a portrait session instead of a book signing. Each attendee sits for a portrait and talks about what matters to them, so the conversation from the stage keeps going one person at a time. For large audiences, Robert’s team sets up several photo sets so everyone gets their turn.
03 · Remembered
The gallery
The portraits come back to the community as a shared record of who was in the room and what they stand for.
Optional closing session
How We See You
Some clients book the full SEEN experience. For the final session, Robert brings selected attendees back to the stage. They might be longtime employees, award winners, or people the organization wants to honor. He shows each one their portrait and asks how they see themselves in it, then asks the audience how they see that person. It’s a closing the room won’t forget.