Keynotes • Workshops • Private Sessions

Anese Cavanaugh’s Contagious Culture, Contagious You workshop was a transformative highlight of our GAWDA (Gases and Welding Distributors Association) Seven Springs Regional Meeting. Teaching her IEP Method® provided an energizing, actionable framework to kick off our two-day event focused on industry education and supply chain networking. From the moment she arrived—early, engaged, and fully present—Anese didn’t just teach leadership presence, she embodied it.

We first connected with Anese at a family business seminar hosted by Pittsburgh’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence. We invited her to speak because her message around intentional energy, cultural influence, and personal accountability so deeply aligns with GAWDA’s leadership development goals, especially for our Young and Emerging Professionals, whose Committee co-hosted the session.

Anese delivered a four-hour interactive workshop to a highly engaged group of 70 participants, followed by a keynote address that inspired our full audience of 250 industry leaders. What stood out most was how real and participatory the experience felt—attendees weren’t just learning a model, they were experiencing a mindset shift in real time.

What truly set Anese apart was her full immersion in the event. She stayed for the entire conference, joined networking activities, built genuine connections, and modeled exactly what she teaches: being fully present. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Attendees repeatedly described her as “authentic” and “energizing.” More than once, I heard: “Where did you find her?!”

Anese didn’t just speak at our event—she became part of our GAWDA community.

Anese gave the opening keynote during our DEI week at Ford Motor Company. Having the IEP Method® shared across our company and skill teams shows how multifaceted it is, and how it can help us realize that we have more similarities than differences.

I have used many different frameworks for leadership coaching and training throughout my life. The IEP Method framework is one that I continually use, day to day to set my intention and do an energy check — even on vacation! It has helped me navigate through difficult situations, meetings and conversations both professionally as well as personally. Working with Anese and her team was an absolute delight.

Anese Cavanaugh captivated a group of managers and line level employees at my company with her talk about the infectious nature of energy in an organization. She’s any company’s secret weapon for achieving profound, permanent results from the inside out.

Anese on a stage is the embodiment of her message: intentional, energetic and completely present. She is leadership personified. Captivated and inspired, you will leave thinking ‘I can do that!’

Anese’s contribution to our main annual event was unusual, and it’s the unusual part that really made it stand out. Her presentation included a captivating performance of a soliloquy that captured our attention, first, because it was a unique form of delivery, but also because of how transparently it captured our shared humanity. Our event was so much more meaningful because of her keynote presentation.

Anese spoke to our community of CEOs in 2022. She was wise and wonderful! Her talk resonated deeply with an audience whose precise challenges, when it comes to balancing personal and professional success, she understood perfectly. Her talk and her IEP method offered both deep understanding of and specific, actionable ideas for the audience.

Our team at EOS Worldwide recently had the privilege of participating in a live and experiential session of Anese’s IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®) conducted virtually for our team. This session was transformative! It provided our team members with an immediate and practical understanding of the core components of the IEP Method® that they could apply in their daily lives, not just professionally but personally, too.

Throughout the session, participants learned how to reboot their energy and presence, and walked away equipped with tools to enhance their well-being, leadership, and relationships. The time together was customized to our group, ensuring that the content was relevant and impactful.

Two keynote themes we explored were Contagious Culture and Positive Energy Workplace, each resonating deeply with our team. Anese and Jenny carefully and thoughtfully worked with our team through pre-planning calls to help us ‘put the love into it’ and ensure genuine care and concern for the wellbeing of our team members.

If you’re looking to boost your team’s energy, presence, and overall effectiveness, I highly recommend the IEP Method® virtual session. It is an invaluable investment in your people and your organization.

We’ve experienced Anese’s keynote at our Executive Summit as well as working privately with our executive team, and I highly recommend her. Anese brings to any stage a blend of effervescence combined with tangible impact and immediately actionable principles and frameworks. She authentically creates safeness and intimacy in the room — no matter how large or small the audience.

Anese is the person to bring in if you want to create an immediate shift in the field of your experience and create a greater level of impact that will carry forward way beyond the event. Her presence on stage and with our audience members throughout our event brought an extra level of energy, intentionality, and care, and inspired a greater level of presence in the room for the entire day. And even from her short time with our executive team, we are already seeing the ripple effects in our workforce. Her devotion to her work, her commitment to the audience, and ensuring that the event is not just a ‘motivational talk’ or a ‘quick fix’ is impressive and deeply appreciated.

Anese Cavanaugh’s session and the IEP Method® proved to be an exceptional fit for our needs, and the experience surpassed our expectations in several significant ways.

We are intentional about fostering interactivity and self-reflection in our meetings, encouraging full team participation. Anese’s engaging style and the IEP 5-step model seamlessly aligned with our approach, creating a highly interactive and introspective environment. As a people-first culture, we prioritize tools and concepts that promote holistic growth, and the IEP Method® did just that, resonating deeply with our team members.

Anese facilitated an atmosphere where our group felt comfortable being vulnerable, which significantly strengthened our connections.

During the session, our group was highly engaged, displaying a keen interest in the content. Following the session, numerous team members expressed their enthusiasm for the material, particularly noting its applicability in their personal lives.

The most impactful part of the meeting was Anese’s use of real-life examples to illustrate the concepts. This approach made the material relatable and actionable. Overall, Anese Cavanaugh’s keynote session was transformative for our team. Her energy, expertise, and the practical insights provided by the IEP Method® have left a lasting impression, equipping our workforce with valuable tools for personal and professional growth.

ClubVMSA contracted with Anese Cavanaugh to present her IEP Method® to a group of over 60 Global Procurement and Talent Acquisition professionals on March 30, 2023 in Ft. Lauderdale.

Prior to the event, Anese and her staff were extremely professional in taking the time to understand our membership audience and their specific needs and mindsets. She graciously interacted with our members in a professional manner to gain insights into how she could fine-tune her presentation to the audience. During the event and her presentation, Anese captivated the audience and engaged them in full participation. The feedback we received has been positive and moving for many of the attendees, especially the realization that their leadership skills were in their hands and that they had the power to ‘step up their game’

I highly recommend Anese and the IEP Method to any organization that desires strong leadership and action from their executives.

Anese’s keynote session for the Los Angeles County Office of Education was in the morning on day 2 of our convening. The prior day, our group addressed areas of need each district had via low performance. Although the point was improvement, looking at this data can be a little depressing, so the energy coming into the second day was solemn. Despite the initial somberness of the group, Anese soon had everyone up and excited and the room was a buzz! Plus, the energy did not leave when Anese was finished, it carried through the day and the conversations around the room were full of ideas and hopefulness. Our leaders were ready to go back and share with the staff and focus the energy on possibilities!

Anese’s presentation teaching the IEP Method® really brings to light the need to take the steps needed to focus your energy in a positive and purposeful way. Leading schools is extremely complex and often overwhelming, and leaders often feel the weight of the entire school on their shoulders. If you don’t take care of yourself or focus on the energy you bring, leaders can become almost paralyzed under the pressure. In working on yourself through the IEP framework, you become a more effective leader and the weight is lifted.

Anese’s message brought us out of the darkness and gave everyone the motivation and a sense of “we can do this” by bringing up the energy.

We had been following Anese’s work for years and were impressed with her positive energy and charismatic ability to motivate and lead others. Learning about Intentional Energetic Presence® (IEP) and the IEP Method® was a really different topic the Institute For Entrepreneurial Excellence had not experienced before, and her session was refreshing to business leaders who have grown tired at the same old seminars!

After the session, my customers started to have more awareness of their energy, and how it impacts others. We saw how leaders were bringing IEP to their entire teams and experiencing more positivity in their company cultures. They saw first-hand how a positive, engaged, energetic attitude can be contagious to others, and to be mindful in concentrating on how you feel and your energy level. Practicing self awareness and keeping yourself at your best really can have a positive influence on others!