--- title: Teachstone Blog | CLASS & Effective Teaching Strategies | Meghan Cornwell (3) description: Meghan Cornwell is Teachstone's Director of Content Marketing. She has worked as a marketer in the early education industry since 2015, where she has contributed to countless blog posts, reports, podcasts, and more. She graduated from Virginia Wesleyan University in 2007 with a BA in Communications and Theatre. You can find her in Richmond, Virginia and exploring parks and museums with her husband and son. Her cats prefer to stay home. 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She has worked as a marketer in the early education industry since 2015, where she has contributed to countless blog posts, reports, podcasts, and more. She graduated from Virginia Wesleyan University in 2007 with a BA in Communications and Theatre. You can find her in Richmond, Virginia and exploring parks and museums with her husband and son. Her cats prefer to stay home. 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If you didn't attend last year, you probably don't know what to expect or have a good idea of who you might meet. ... [![](https://info.teachstone.com/hubfs/InterAct43.jpg)](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/why-you-should-present-at-interact2017?hsLang=en-us) ## [Why You Should Present at InterAct2017](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/why-you-should-present-at-interact2017?hsLang=en-us) By [Meghan Cornwell](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/author/meghan-cornwell) InterAct: A CLASS Summit returns on April 24-25, 2017 to Austin, Texas. For those of who don’t know, InterAct is Teachstone’s annual CLASS-user ... 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