01. Connect
Identify opportunities to engage fathers more intentionally.
02. Equip
Provide staff, families, and fathers with practical tools and resources.
03. Impact
Build meaningful father engagement that lasts beyond a single event.
The DadIQ Process
From Contact to Impact
15+ Years
Education, leadership, and
family services
Community Impact
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15 schools across Northwest Georgia
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Community & Faith Partnerships
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Regional Family Engagement Initiatives
Built where father engagement actually happens
DadIQ was built from more than two decades of work across education, childcare, family engagement, leadership, and fatherhood programming.
10+ Years
Advocacy, childcare, and family engagement
Why DadIQ?
National Presenter
National, regional, and state conferences & workshops
Featured At
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NHSA Leadership Summits
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NHSA National Conferences
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NHSA Region IV & GA HS Conferences
6 Counties - 15 schools
Supporting father engagement across Northwest Georgia
How We Help
Practical support for organizations that want stronger father engagement.
Father Engagement in Practice
Real work. Real dads.
Real outcomes.
Program Reach
15 Schools | 6 Counties
Father Participation
20,000+ In-Kind Hours
Community Impact
20+ Family Stability Outcomes
Generated through fatherhood initiatives led at Tallatoona CAP.
“Practical, real-world strategies for building sustainable fatherhood programs that strengthen collaboration and parent participation.”
— K. Pettway, ERSEA/Family Engagement Manager Coastal Plain EOA; GA Head Start Board Member
dadIQ LABS
An 8-week
fatherhood experience built for real dads.
DadIQ Labs is an 8-week small-group experience combining research, conversation, and practical tools dads can use everyday.
Reflect
Recognize the patterns shaping how you show up.
Practice
Use simple protocols for the situations dads actually face.
Understand
Connect research to real fatherhood moments.
Grow
Build stronger habits, connection, and consistency.
DadIQ Labs Preview
See how the experience moves from ideas to practical action.
WHY IT MATTERS
8-WEEK JOURNEY
See It In Practice
EXPERTISE IN ACTION
Practical ideas people can use the next day.
Practical training to help teams engage fathers with confidence—clear, human, and ready to use.
Customized Keynotes & Workshops
Practical sessions built for educators, leaders, and community teams.
Tools People Can Use
Clear strategies designed for real father-engagement challenges.
Built for the Room
Training shaped around the audience, setting, and goals.
What I Talk About
Practical topics built around stronger father engagement, family partnerships, and sustainable programs.
01. Father Engagement
- From Contact to Impact: A Data-Driven Approach
- Beyond Donuts with Dad
02. Leadership & Program Growth
- Building Father Friendly Systems
- A Community Strategy for Engaging Fathers
04. Data Driven Engagement
- Measuring What Matters in Family Services
- Building an Audit-Ready Engagement Program
- Fatherhood: A Community Solution
05. Innovative Family Engagement
- Sustainable Gardens & Collaboration
- Building Family Partnerships Through Community
- Creative Engagement Beyond Traditional Events
03. Faith & Fatherhood
- DadIQ Labs: Small Group Design for Churches
- Jesus, Men, & Fatherhood
"The session provided practical, real-world examples of creating sustainable fatherhood programs that foster collaboration, accountability, and parent participation. I left with new approaches I can apply within our Head Start program's father-engagement initiatives."
— Kelvin Pettway, ERSEA/Family Engagement Manager Coastal Plain EOA Head Start/Early Head Start
Georgia Head Start Board Member
“Great training!
You truly opened my eyes on how to grow our fatherhood program.”
— NHSA National Leadership Summit Attendee
"Best presentation so far for me! I learned a lot that I can take back to use at my school."
— NHSA National Conference Attendee
Contact to Impact: Building a Data-Driven Fatherhood Program
2026 National Head Start Leadership Summit
Sustainable Gardens:
A Collaborative Approach to Fatherhood Programming
2025 National Head Start Family Engagement Conference
Fatherhood as a Community Solution
2026 Regional Community Leadership & Redemption Church
Collaborative Fatherhood Programs
2024 National Head Start Regional Conference
Featured Presentations
John Gunnells
Dad. Educator. Storyteller.
Meet the Founder & CEO
John is a father, educator, and advocate who believes the best ideas are practical, engaging, and useful the next day.
Outside of work, you can find him with his girls, on a golf course, or cheering on Atlanta sports.