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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...

  • Why I Love My Z-150 Made by Tandberg

    Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 08:50 in cisco, tandberg, videophones, z-150, zvrs

    Just a year ago, I was making phone calls mostly by text relay or a Captel phone and occasionally by webcam using video relay.  In January, I took a position as a Sales Manager for Zvrs and I was introduced to the Z-150 videophone which is made by ...

  • Z Ya Later!

    Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 16:22 in videophones, zvrs, the z

    Check out the sports section of the Chicago Tribune!  I had to laugh when I saw that, because my buddies at Zvrs.com are always saying to each other, “Z ya later!” Bookmark me! More »...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...