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

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 position of Assistant Director of Sales.  The two of us spent three days getting to know all the employees and soaking up the nuts and bolts of our jobs.  Lori did a much better job of remembering who was who, but she had a head start, as she knew nearly half of the employees from her former job.

On Sunday, the Sales Managers from all over flew in and there were even more names to place with faces.  On Monday night, we played a fun, team-building activity and then headed over to an employee’s house for dinner and a swim.  We fired up the Z-340 videophones and took turns using them.  I called home and connected with my kids.  It was so neat to walk around in the backyard and introduce everyone to my family, including the ones in the pool.  Wi-fi access rocks!

I was able to test out the new Z-100 software for PCs on my laptop at the airport.  I called my mother-in-law and chatted with her using VCO (Voice Carry Over, using my own voice to speak directly).  Just before boarding, I talked with CSDVRS Outreach Specialist, Dennis O’Brien (whom you might remember from his Obama vote) via my built-in laptop webcam.  I closed the laptop to board, but once I sat down, I called him again.  You should have seen the look on his face when he realized that I was calling from the airplane before take-off.

The year ahead promises to be an exciting one with the Z-Team and I look forward to connecting with deaf and hard of hearing customers from all over.   I will be covering Illinois and Wisconsin, plus nationwide with those who use VCO.  I’m teaming up with Mike Finneran and Hope Turpin on the nationwide level.

I will be hiring Outreach Specialists in Illinois and Wisconsin and looking for VCO and Spanish Outreach Specialists as well. 

For more information about the Z products or to learn more about our services, I would be happy to chat with you. If you, or someone you know is struggling with phone access at work or at home, let me know.  I will help work to find a solution to your phone needs.

kputz@csdvrs.com

VP: karenputz.myvp.tv

Voice callers can reach me at: 888-657-8492

Twitter:  DeafMom