Client Story: OMBI
Kaptivate Helps Draft NTIA’s Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives Report to Congress
Project Highlights
Data Cleansing & Analysis
Market Research

"I feel fortunate to have be able to use my digital skills on this report. Helping tell OMBI's story about their great efforts to help people gain skills and find job opportunities through faster Internet has been so rewarding."
Marni Hotchkiss, Director
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The Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives (OMBI) is helping schools and colleges get faster Internet. They're giving money to schools, like Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), to make sure students can learn better, even in remote settings. These schools, called anchor institutions, are important because they invest in making the Internet better for everyone.
The government, through the Connecting Minority Communities (CMC) Pilot Program, is giving these schools money to help with education, especially when students need to learn from home. Even though some schools face challenges, they are strong and find ways to work with the community to fix problems. This helps not only the schools but also students, communities, businesses, and the country.
In today's world, having fast Internet is really important. Everyone, no matter where they live, needs fast Internet to learn and do things. So, the government is helping schools and colleges to make sure everyone has the Internet they need.
Kaptivate's comprehensive solution encompassed an array of objectives:
- Client strategy session
- Stakeholder interviews
- Data cleansing & analysis
- Market research
- Findings development and associated rough visualizations
- Content development
- Client comms
- Accessibility
By weaving together data, data visualization, and narrative, we successfully told the story ....