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Jonathan Catherman

Sociologist, Author
Catherman Ink, LLC
Country or state 
United States (North Carolina)
Available to 
Global
City 
Charlotte
Fee 
Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes
Timezone 
America/New_York

Personal Details

Bio

Jonathan Catherman is a sociologist, educator, and international bestselling author. He has dedicated his career to developing confidence, capabilities, and kindness in youth, families, educators, and community leaders. Jonathan has been honored with The President's Volunteer Service Award, Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Service Award, National Alliance of Faith and Justice Award, and multiple Parents' Choice and Community Partnership Awards. He has authored seven #1 new release and three #1 bestselling books and has spoken over 2,000 times worldwide to diverse audiences of all ages. From professional development keynotes to student leadership symposiums, military family resilience seminars to parent enrichment workshops, Jonathan’s message of thriving in the practice of stewardship before leadership entertains, educates, and inspires people to discover and become their very best.

Current position (1)

Sociologist, Author

Catherman Ink, LLC

Degrees (1)
Sociology
Seattle Pacific University
1996 to 2000

Presentations

Presentations (3)
Raising Them Ready - Practical ways to prepare your kids for life on their own.

Raising Them Ready is a parent enrichment that provides relatable and highly relevant insights into raising confident, capable, and kind kids who are prepared to launch in life. Based on bestselling authors Jonathan & Erica Catherman's book Raising Them Ready, the event is designed for parents, grandparents, and guardians in families with children ages 2 to 22. This engaging experience introduces three invaluable parenting practices that prepares kids to thrive in the demands of life.

1. READY introduces parents to an easy-to-understand Readiness Assessment of how kids often view the everyday demands of life as challenges to thrive or threats to survive.

2. SET provides parents with an age-and-ability appropriate Launch List of more than 300 life-ready skills and tools kids should know before flying solo.

3. GO guides parents through the importance of following a Release Plan that celebrates the phases and adventures of letting their kids go a little at a time, over time.

Layers To Leadership

Audience: Professional organizations, athletic teams, student leadership groups.

Objective: Provide audience with a relevant, multi-generational model of why and how people qualify for leadership through the practice of stewardship. Teaching your next generation of leaders to first be stewards should be one of an organization’s top priorities and exactly what employers are seeking.

Overview: Over half of all business managers report frustration with the lack of “leadership” skills employees possess. Skills needed to steward the organization’s people, services, products, and reputation. The solution to the problem is not found in offering early, more, or better training on leadership. The answer comes prior, in the teaching and practice of stewardship as the responsible management, supervision, and protection of something entrusted to one’s care.

Transform Raw Talents Into Valued Strengths

Audience: Professional organizations, athletic teams, youth and student groups.

Objective: Introduce audience to a better understanding of how there is absolutely no lack of talent in the workforce, education, organization, or yourself. What is lacking are strengths. With the stewardship of talent, training, timing, and treasures we can all transform raw talents into the valued strengths that separates the best from the rest.

Past talks (6)
Layers to Leadership
Men's Retreat, Journey Church
Black Mountain, NC
September 15, 2023
5 Changes Deployment Demands of Teens
Army National Guard, Youth Symposium
Region 9
August 26, 2023
Raising Them Ready - Parent Enrichment
Parent Enrichment
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Tucker Elementary School
August 1, 2023
Resilience vs. Vulnerability
Ready & Resilient, Educator Professional Development
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Tucker Elementary School
July 31, 2023
Jr. Leadership Development
CASE Space School
Houston, TX
July 3, 2023
Jr. Leadership Development
CASE Space School
Houston, TX
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Books & Articles (13)

Raising Them Ready, Practical Ways to Prepare Your Kids for Life on Their Own
Revell,
2022
Guiding The Next Great Generation
Revell,
2020
Becoming The Next great Generation
Revell,
2020
The Manual To Middle School
Revell,
2017
The Girls' Guide to Conquering Middle School
Revell,
2018
The Manual To Manhood
Revell,
2014
The Girls' Guide to Conquering Life
Revell,
2018
The Ultimate Middle School Survival Guide
Revell,
2024
The life skills teens should know before leaving home
Guiding the Next Great Generation
How to Lead Like a Giraffe
Raising Them Ready: Preparing kids to handle life on their own
Mission to Manhood

Expertise (18)

Family & Parenting
Education
Leadership
Skills & Trades
Parenting Challenges in Parenting Raising Responsible Teens Raising Resourceful Kids raising kids leadership skills of students Life Skills Education LIFE SKILL DEVELOEMENT Critical Life Skills for Success Empowering Teens Youth Mentoring Student Mentoring family resilience Change Readiness

Clients

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
California Association for STEAM Education (CASE) Space School
Army National Guard, Child and Youth Services
Mercer County Technical Schools
Highland County School District
The Leader In Me, FranklinCovey Education
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
Bailey Middle School
Hough High School
Huntersville Elementary School
ResponsiveEd
Alamo College
Harvard University
Kansas State University
Longwood University
North Carolina A&T University
Princeton University
Stanford University
TechWerks, LLC
F.I.G., Financial Independence Group
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Louisiana, Lafayette
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
University of North Florida
Taylor Leadership Institute, UNF
University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
Utah Valley University, The Center for the Advancement of Leadership
Wingate University
Bob Jones University
Bishop Financial Partners
VN Graphics
MEDRIX
Northern Oklahoma Regional Alliance
Sambuco’s Social Club
Ferguson-Florissant School District
GEAR UP
PTA
Duke University
YPO (Young President’s Organization)
1M Mentoring Foundation
Bermuda Sloop Foundation (Bermuda)
Boys to Men Foundation
CPSI Conference
Heart for Monroe
National Alliance of Faith and Justice
People to People
Rotary International
The Boy Scouts of America, Troop 200
United Way
YMCA

Awards & certifications (5)

The President's Volunteer Service Award
The White House, United States of America
2016
Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Service Award
MLK Celebration Committee of Brazoria County
2016
National Alliance of Faith and Justice Award
National Alliance of Faith and Justice
2016
Parent's Choice Award
Parent's Choice Foundation
2020
Parent's Choice Award
Parent's Choice Foundation
2021
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Why choose me? 

Because a child's, a parent's, and a family's greatness tomorrow begins with good guidance today.

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