Why You Should Be Here
Rock star speakers, nationally and locally, want to share their inspiration with you.
We've had speakers from Human Right Campaign (HRC), Black Lives Matter, RAICES, and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as well as Girl Scouts, and Conservation Trust for North Carolina.
You can learn across issues areas, sectors, and disciplines
We believe that the different issues and sectors can learn from each others. So that's why we have nonprofit communicators from across interest areas and disciplines in the same room.
You can take real learnings and real skills home from Create Good.
One of our guiding principals when it comes to the conference has always been "what can attendees take back to their desk on Monday?"
Over the past four years there's been sessions on:
- Tips to have more successful media pitches
- Elements of storytelling and how to get started
- How to make your Facebook advertising campaign more effective
- Using pop culture to get your cause mainstream
- How to reach millennials
- Power of design in nonprofit communications
The jolt of inspiration you get at Create Good can drive you at work or in your personal life.
In addition to hard skills we aim to reignite passion of our fellow nonprofit communicators. This passion is what drives our organizations forward.
What Past Attendees Are Saying
There’s something deeply encouraging about being in a room with nonprofit communicators who are asking harder questions about consent, dignity, agency, and harm, and who are doing the work to tell stories with more care.
Maria Bryan
I had the chance to meet so many thoughtful, mission-driven folks. The kind of conversations that stick with you long after the event ends. That’s what stood out most about Create Good. It wasn’t surface-level. It was practical, honest, and rooted in the real challenges we’re all navigating.
Broc Baird
It’s a space created specifically for nonprofit communicators. The speakers are spot on, the attendees smart and kind, and the resources invaluable. I loved and benefitted from every minute!
Nessa Stoltzfus Barge
I am leaving this experience more motivated, inspired, and energized than ever to go out and create good!
Theresa Rizzuto
It was a great time meeting & learning from so many super cool nonprofit comms people telling such important stories at so many different nonprofits both here in NC & around the country.
Mimi Tomei
Grateful to be in community with nonprofit communicators doing this work with so much care. Thank you to Dawn A Crawford and Brian Crawford at BC/DC Ideas for creating such a thoughtful, welcoming conference year after year.
Ally Karsyn
This was my third year attending Create Good, and it continues to be my favorite conference. And thanks as always to Dawn A Crawford, Brian Crawford, and BC/DC Ideas for a stellar line-up of keynotes and sessions that really speak to the moment and what good comms are capable of!
Jessica Covil-Manset, Ph.D.
This is by far the most fun, creative, and relevant educational conference I’ve attended over the years.
Jennifer Clark
I’ve been to many conferences over the years, and I’m usually the only communications person in the room. Being in a space full of people who “just get it” felt really special.
