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Thomsen Young January 14, 2017

Should VRS companies stop announcing calls for their clients?

Thomsen Young January 14, 2017

Since the conception of videophones in the Deaf Community, VRS users have always announced calls for their clients. “Announcing” calls is when the VRS interpreters let the person on the other side…

Thomsen Young June 24, 2015

CODA Brothers pokes fun of Interpreters Fashion etiquette

Thomsen Young June 24, 2015

Written by Thomsen Young and you can follow him @ The CODA brothers uploaded a new video recently that pokes fun of interpreters. Or rather, interpreters lack of fashion. They call it…

Thomsen Young June 20, 2015

Cheat Sheet for Open Chat with Jeff Rosen on New Requirements for 2015

Thomsen Young June 20, 2015

Written by Thomsen Young and you can follow him @ For those of you that missed out, Jeff Rosen, General Counsel for Convo, hosted “Open Chat with Jeff: New Personal Information Requirements…

Thomsen Young May 31, 2015

Beyoutiful – Kary Kuo – Convo

Thomsen Young May 31, 2015

Written by Thomsen Young and you can follow him @ Who is Kary Kuo? Watch the video to find out why Convo picked him as the Beyoutiful person this month. Kary Kuo…

Thomsen Young August 17, 2014

Jarrod Musano, Convo CEO, accepts the ice bucket challenge

Thomsen Young August 17, 2014

Jarrod Musano, Convo CEO, accepts the ice bucket challenge and now challenging Greg Hlibok at FCC, Ed Bosson aka Father of VRS & Howard Rosenbaum at NAD! Who will be next!?!? Thomsen…

Thomsen Young April 11, 2014

Open Chat with Jeff: What Came After VRS Fraud?

Thomsen Young April 11, 2014

Streamed live on Apr 9, 2014 Thomsen YoungFounder of SG http://thomsenyoung.com/

Thomsen Young March 7, 2014

Upcoming: Open Dialogue with Convo Relay about FCC and VRS industry

Thomsen Young March 7, 2014

The Silent Grapevine is committed to bringing you more information about what’s happening within the VRS industries and we have just learned that Jeff Rosen of Convo will be having an open…