A super agency giving you design, messaging, research & strategy to help you make high-impact decisions, grow your brand & seize opportunities.

A super agency giving you design, messaging, research & strategy to help you make high-impact decisions, grow your brand & seize opportunities.

A super agency giving you design, messaging, research & strategy to help you make high-impact decisions, grow your brand & seize opportunities.

We use big data, deep research, and stories of what’s working to identify solutions.

We use big data, deep research, and stories of what’s working to identify solutions.

We use big data, deep research, and stories of what’s working to identify solutions.

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What We Do

Strategic services at your fingertips

It's a bespoke service giving you the skills and data we use to curate best practices and forecast trends.

Team Building

Executive search leads, board member & job candidate vetting

Strategy

On-call advisement, strategic roadmaps, business strategy, and marketing strategy.

Research

We use big data, deep research, and stories of what’s working to vet opportunities, uncover hidden insights, and identify solutions.

Our Data Set

Millions of data points charting Christian influencers, initiatives, and subcultures. This helps us match you with hidden opportunities.

What We Do

Strategic services at your fingertips

It's a bespoke service giving you the skills and data we use to curate best practices and forecast trends.

Team Building

Executive search leads, board member & job candidate vetting

Strategy

On-call advisement, strategic roadmaps, business strategy, and marketing strategy.

Research

We use big data, deep research, and stories of what’s working to vet opportunities, uncover hidden insights, and identify solutions.

Our Data Set

Millions of data points charting Christian influencers, initiatives, and subcultures. This helps us match you with hidden opportunities.

Our Team

Streamlined expertise

You’ll have affordable, unlimited access to an experienced team that serves leading nonprofits, brands, investors, and donors.

Our Team

Streamlined expertise

You’ll have affordable, unlimited access to an experienced team that serves leading nonprofits, brands, investors, and donors.

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Kent Shaffer

Kent is a creative strategist, who has given strategic counsel to some of the largest publishers, churches, nonprofits, and software companies including charity:water, Compassion International, and Cru. For the past decade, Kent has been exploring how to turn data into actionable impact by connecting nonprofits, funders, and specialists around some of today’s biggest needs. Previously, Kent launched and sold a few tech startups and ran a boutique creative agency. He also spent a decade writing about ministry best practices on one of the top 100 faith-based blogs.

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Ryan Derfler

Ryan is a philanthropy strategist with a passion for systems change. He helped donors and nonprofits collaborate while serving as a director for Geneva Global, a performance philanthropy firm whose work in 100 countries has influenced $1 billion in giving. In Silicon Valley, Ryan was part of a team that raised $10 million annually for homelessness. And in Philadelphia, he spearheaded the growth of the Mural Arts Program.

As an event facilitator, he’s orchestrated hackathons, thought leader convenings, and high-end donor experiences. Ryan oversaw 200 events for a Fortune 500 company, which included partnerships with The Today Show, NFL Films, and NASCAR. Ryan cofounded Create Good to turn data into missional impact for cities or sectors.

Testimonials

What our clients are saying

Testimonials

What our clients are saying

  • Create Good gives us confidence in making informed and strategic choices. I wish we had started using your services years ago!

    Brian Sytsma

    Executive Director of the President’s Office World Vision USA



  • Sometimes you need an outsider to point out big picture changes and small things.

    Jay Kranda

    Online Community Pastor, Saddleback Church

  • Knowing how we fit into the larger ecosystem and having empirical confirmation has been invaluable to our strategic planning.

    Greg Enas

    President, Trinity Fellows Academy



  • Create Good gives us confidence in making informed and strategic choices. I wish we had started using your services years ago!

    Brian Sytsma

    Executive Director of the President’s Office World Vision USA



  • Sometimes you need an outsider to point out big picture changes and small things.

    Jay Kranda

    Online Community Pastor, Saddleback Church

  • Knowing how we fit into the larger ecosystem and having empirical confirmation has been invaluable to our strategic planning.

    Greg Enas

    President, Trinity Fellows Academy



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