Through 2020 we have all had to devise new ways to solve problems we've never faced before, and nonprofits are showing the way.

In 2004 human speech turned to a new and deeper journey. Software developer Dave Winer and Adam Curry, a former MTV video jockey (yes, back when MTV still ran music videos), created a program for making audio presentations for download to the iPod. Today podcasts are everywhere, and best of all, most of the content is available online for free.

There's a moment in a recent episode of Grey's Anatomy where the irrepressibly positive Link has an argument with his dark and twisty girlfriend. What he needs, he tells her, is to focus on the positive, not wallow in misery. Then he turns to play his guitar. "Whatcha playing?" she asks him. "Just a little something I made up," he replies. “It's called ‘The If-the-Virus-Doesn't-End-Us-Then-Climate-Change-Probably-Will Blues.’”

The Center for the Future in Prescott promises to help create jobs and raise wages in the area.