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I'm Karen, a deaf mom of three deaf and hard of hearing kiddos. Here's a peek into my world.

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  • Zvrs at DeafNation, The Z Sign, and Z4!

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 12:02 in z4, videophones, csdvrs, zvrs, deafnation expo

    I was browsing through my camera and came across a few photos taken at the Zvrs booth at the recent Deafnation Expo. I first joined Zvrs during last year’s Expo, and this year, I ended up running the booth with the local Z team. We had fun, de...

  • The Z Team in Vegas–What a Week!

    Posted on Saturday July 11th, 2009 at 11:38 in videophones, csdvrs, zvrs, the z team

    I finally sat down to upload pictures from the last several weeks and came across photos from my trip to Vegas with the Z Team.  I spent eight days in Vegas with my team– four days in team meetings and the other four days at the Deaf Seniors o...

  • Greetings from Vegas

    Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 13:53 in vegas, csdvrs, zvrs, deaf seniors of america

    Where in the world is Karen?  In Vegas.  Not exactly my favorite place in the U.S. but I’m learning to like it this week because I’m with a great bunch of people from the Z team and the Deaf Seniors of America.  I’m working the Z...

  • Z, The Next-Best-Thing to Being There

    Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 22:54 in friends, friendship, z, videophones, csdvrs, z-340

    “Impromptu gatherings are always the best,” said Karen Calvin on Saturday night.  It was nearly two a.m. and the last of our friends were about to head out the door.  It started out as one of those weekends where we planned to work on t...

  • Deaf Nation and SOBCon’09

    Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 11:51 in sobcon, csdvrs, deaf nation, sobcon'09, z team, zvrs

    Last week, I was scheduled to speak at SOBCon’09 with Glenda Watson Hyatt but I ended up working at Deaf Nation in Ponoma, California.  I drove down to Chicago on Thursday to meet with some customers and then headed over to Hotel 71 to find Gl...

  • The Midwest Academic Bowl, Z-party and Gallaudet Alumni event

    Posted on Saturday February 28th, 2009 at 06:48 in gallaudet, deaf clubs, csdvrs, midwest academic bowl

    I’m up in Delavan, Wisconsin with my friend Sue.  We’re watching our sons compete in the Midwest Academic Bowl hosted by Gallaudet and the Wisconsin School for the Deaf.  This is David’s second year competing for Hinsdale South an...

  • Why Has It Been So Quiet Around Here?

    Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 12:15 in z-100, csdvrs, z-150, z-340

    I’ve been out having fun and showing off some Z’s! Mike Finneran from CSDVRS, Karen Meyer from ABC News, dunno who, Julie Chavez from Dupage Center for Independent Living. Marion Dramin & Emma Danielson from Sprint, Karen Meyer, Jul...

  • The Newest Trend: A Z-phone Party

    Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 16:16 in z, vrs, videophones, csdvrs

    What better way to kick off a new job than to throw a party to show off some new toys?  On Saturday, I invited a few people over to see the new Z videophones from CSDVRS: In the photo below, Roberta explains her experience with the Z-150 that she u...

  • Back Home Again…and, Onward with the Z-Phones!

    Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 09:17 in vrs, video relay, videophones, csdvrs, phone access

    I’m back! Last week Tuesday, I headed down to Clearwater, Florida, to meet the Z-Team from CSDVRS.  It turned out to be an overwhelming, intense, exciting, fun, brain-jamming week.  I teamed up with Lori Koch from South Dakota, who took the p...

  • Moving in a New Direction With CSDVRS

    Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 07:03 in vco, videophones, csdvrs

    Today, I’m heading over to Harper College for the Deaf Nation Expo.  I’ll be at the CSDVRS booth, where we have an exciting line of new “Z” videophone products and services. You may recall that I worked previously for Hands ...