Write Creations Group

Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor are nationally recognized trainers, speakers, authors and consultants in the youth and community development field. As co-founders of Write Creations Group LLC and the Center for Asset Development at the YMCA of Middle Tennessee, they have coached and trained numerous youth-serving agencies and schools on developing and empowering youth leaders, team building, service-learning, program strategies, and youth development best practices. They are best-selling authors of Great Group Games: 175 Boredom-Busting, Zero-Prep Team Builders for All Ages and 7 other books for educators and youth workers. Their latest creation is Brain Boosters for Groups in a Jar. They have a passion for empowering youth to succeed and sustaining professionals in the youth development field. Susan Ragsdale has been doing youth and community development work with the YMCA of Middle Tennessee since 1992. Her work includes a variety of teen leadership and inner-city outreach programs, both locally and nationally with the YMCA of USA, ranging from directing a regional youth environmental service-learning program to helping coach the “Bulldawgs” inner-city team. Susan lives in Nashville with her husband Pete and their two dogs. Ann Saylor has taught at CHET Homeschool Tutorial, Harpeth Hall School, and as an intern at West High School and the University of TN. She has developed and directed service-learning programs for multiple schools and organizations since 1994, including Points of Light Institute, Tennessee 4-H, and Volunteer Tennessee. She has published more than 150 articles about youth leadership, service-learning, developmental assets and personal balance as well as putting her theories to work both in the classroom and in the community. Ann and her husband Dan have 4 children in Pleasant View, TN.