FY22 Annual Report: COMMUNICATIONS

Expanding Our Reach

At the beginning of FY 2022, we welcomed a new Communications Coordinator: Audrey Homan. From there, the year saw CDCI drastically expand its communications program. In addition to the 105 products we created this year, we:

  • Launched a series of short videos, showcasing CDCI service projects.
  • Built a prototype database for projects to better curate online resources.
  • Expanded our social media presence, including renewed focus on video stories.
  • Revived the CDCI monthly newsletter, which then doubled in subscribers.
  • Completely redesigned our website, with input from the Community Advisory Council. Portions of the new site design were adopted by the UVM Web Team for inclusion in UVM website templates.

CDCI Connects

Finally, we launched a new video podcast featuring conversations about disability by and with Vermonters with disabilities: “CDCI Connects”. 68% of the guests in the eight-episode first season were Vermonters with disabilities or their family members. Additionally, the racial and ethnic diversity of the guests was equal to that of Vermont as a whole.

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CDCI Connects is a series of conversations between self-advocates, educators, medical professionals and family members of people with disabilities. We publish one episode per month, in video, audio, and transcript formats.

A quintet of thumbnails: podcast episode, video stills, informative posters.