Connie Hamilton is an author, speaker, and educational consultant known for helping educators make small instructional shifts that have a big impact on student thinking and learning. Drawing on her experience as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, and school administrator, Connie helps schools strengthen collaboration, questioning, feedback, and rigorous thinking. She is a coauthor with Julie Stern of Teaching Visual Thinking.

Julie Stern is a four-time bestselling author with over two decades of experience facilitating adult learning. Through keynotes, online courses, workshops, and writing, Julie teaches others how to become pattern seekers—recognizing the deeper patterns of the world—so that they can build the type of world they want to live in. She is a coauthor with Connie Hamilton of Teaching Visual Thinking.