The YAI Network (YAI), one of America’s foremost non-profit organizations devoted to creating hope and opportunity for people with developmental and learning disabilities and their families, announced today the introduction of a new Web site at www.yai.org. The new site provides visitors with a crisp and clear presentation of the organization’s mission and opportunities to engage with the network to support people with disabilities as well as access services and information. The site is integrated with the organization’s online marketing, advocacy and fundraising system to provide visitors, volunteers, advocates and donors with a more personal and engaging experience. It also enables the organization to communicate more effectively with audiences based on their interest and level of involvement.
“The Internet and digital technology has changed the way our stakeholders communicate, access information and manage their most important relationships,” said Philip H. Levy, Ph.D., CEO and President, of the YAI Network. “The people who guide our mission and spread our message have high expectations for YAI and the valuable resources we offer. The new site will help us strengthen those relationships, provide greater access to information and messages of hope as well as allows us to use social media and digital technology such as video to better transform the public’s perception of people with developmental and learning disabilities.”
The new YAI Web site offers members and other visitors a more dynamic, effective and professional design. While YAI supporters and visitors have a common interest in learning about the organization or supporting the cause, the YAI site has a number of constituencies that come to the organization for information, thus the site must be easy for families, service providers, agency professionals and other stakeholders to easily find and access information. The flexibility and power of the system allows the organization to provide timely information such as the organization’s recent appearance on the YES Network with the New York Yankees and ABC-TV’s The View. Other features include the Developmental Disabilities in the News blog, the Spanish-language site, and the YAI Autism Center with information on the organization’s upcoming Autism Conference. The site also features YAI’s renowned training videos and provides numerous opportunities for individuals and families to become a Friend of YAI; subscribe to the innovative YAI Resource Center; learn about corporate volunteer opportunities; and much more.