The private sector can take a larger, more strategic role in disaster preparedness for communities through skilled volunteerism, according to research and disaster response programming launched by Common Impact, a nationally recognized leader in skills-based volunteerism.

According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, nonprofits are taking steps to keep their workers safe in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus. 

Nonprofits are holding back on some services, limiting employee travel, expanding work-at-home opportunities, and taking other steps to protect workers and volunteers as the threat of the coronavirus continues to spread worldwide.

Wisconsin based MadDesignWorks creates adaptive technology that helps artists with disabilities create their art, reports Wisconsin Public Radio.

Jeanne Grosse wanted to be a painter in the style of Jackson Pollock, but her disability left her with only limited use of her left arm. To achieve that abstract, splashed paint pattern, the Madison-based artist was using a small catapult to throw paint against a canvas. But she didn't have much control over the direction and angle of force.