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NPcatalyst adds YourVolunteers to its network of preferred vendors

by peteLatest News September 2, 2011November 18, 2011No Comments

On the heels of its very successful community engagement campaign, entitled “Summer of Service – Northern Nevada”, NPcatalyst announces that it has added YourVolunteers to its network of preferred vendors. “YourVolunteers is a powerful tool for volunteer management and offers non-profit organizations with an outstanding resource to succeed,” says Pete Parker, managing director of …

Washoe County volunteerism increases in 2010

by peteLatest News August 19, 2011April 11, 2014No Comments

The results are in. Volunteerism in Washoe County is on the rise! The federal Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) released the agency’s annual Volunteering in America research. The stats can be found below. In fact, we took the liberty of illustrating the increases in volunteerism over the years. Washoe County Volunteerism 2007 2008 …

Sparks Tribune cover story on NPcatalyst

by peteLatest News August 9, 2011August 9, 2011No Comments

If you missed it, the Daily Sparks Tribune covered a story about our Summer Of Service campaign and featured it as the cover story in the Sunday, August 7, 2011 issue. It was written by Jessica Carner, who was introduced to the idea of the campaign prior to its launch. Like Jessica, we had no …

Creating an employee volunteer program

by peteLatest News August 1, 2011June 7, 2012No Comments

Businesses, large and small, have made financial contributions to non-profit, or community-benefit organizations, for many years. It wasn’t until recently that they began to increase their engagement…through volunteerism. Employee volunteer programs are becoming increasingly popular not just with large corporations, but small-to-mid-sized businesses seeking to enhance local communities and embark upon innovative business development …

NPcatalyst’s volunteerism campaign an award finalist

by peteLatest News July 13, 2011July 19, 2011No Comments

A campaign to spark community volunteerism in northern Nevada has received national recognition. The campaign’s organizer, NPcatalyst, is a finalist in the Philanthropic Small Business of the Year category. StayClassy, a San Diego-based online fundraising company, hosts The CLASSY Awards, which recognizes the top philanthropic achievements by charities, businesses, fundraisers and volunteers from across the …

NPcatalyst launches community volunteerism campaign

by peteLatest News June 1, 2011June 1, 2011No Comments

NPcatalyst launches community volunteerism campaign Reno, Nev.— In an effort to increase volunteerism during the summer months, locally-based company NPcatalyst, has launched “Summer Of Service – Northern Nevada.” Running from June through August, this campaign provides local residents with direct access to hundreds of volunteer opportunities through a specially-designed website, http://www.summerofservicenv.com/. The campaign is the …

Voluntourism – to the power of northern Nevada

by peteLatest News May 30, 2011May 30, 2011No Comments

Voluntourism is a term which describes the combination of travel with volunteering at the destination traveled. The term was originally created in 1998 by the Nevada Board of Tourism to recognize individuals that volunteered and supported tourism. “Today, we create the term “VoluntourismNN”, announces Pete Parker of NPcatalyst, which represents “Voluntourism to the power of …

Corporate giving-a business can do well by doing good

by peteLatest News April 11, 2011April 11, 2011No Comments

As an executive of a small to large business, you likely receive many requests for charitable support, either seeking volunteer leadership, in-kind or product contributions, or financial donations. Whichever the case (or all), it is quite possible that a formal giving process or strategy is not in place…or underutilized (or not leveraged). As a …

What are you celebrating today? We’re celebrating our first 2 months of connecting our community.

by peteLatest News April 8, 2011No Comments

We’re celebrating the two month anniversary of NPcatalyst’s public launching and excited to report that we’ve: Developed a wildly popular media partnership resource Delivered opportunities to 104 community organizations, businesses and business leaders Generated dozens of new donors and thousands of dollars within a 24-hour period to a local non-profit organization Reached thousands of connections, including current …

NPcatalyst introduce a “Community Connection Map” to bolster business sales and community alliances

by peteLatest News March 30, 2011March 30, 2011No Comments

Do you wonder where your staff members volunteer in the community? What about the professional membership and affiliations or the places they network? Do you recognized employees for their community involvement? Have you ever considered volunteerism as an avenue of corporate growth? Have you leveraged your company’s community engagement for positive brand awareness? The NPcatalyst team has …