Affiliations are used to tag constituents with information that can be used to create audiences. For example, you may want to have a teacher affiliation in the system that has K-8 or 9-12 "children" as part of the affiliation tree. It is a good practice to tag constituents with affiliations so that you can have a good base for sending proactive mailings in the future.
You can add affiliation codes at any time if you have permission to do so in the platform. Please follow the instructions below.
Add Affiliation Codes to Fireside:
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Go to Settings > Affiliations
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If you do not have access to this link and believe you should, please contact one of your office’s Account Owner(s) or contact us for a list of your office’s Account Owner(s).
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You should be on the Affiliations page, and there you will see a list of affiliations. You can double-click on any of the existing affiliation codes to update the name.
2. If you want to merge two affiliations, you should change the "Move" dropdown at the top of the page to "Merge." You can drag and drop the affiliation codes you want to merge.
3.If you want to move one affiliation to be the "child" of another affiliation, you should change the "Merge" dropdown to say "Move." You can drag and drop the affiliation code you want to add as a child of another code.
4. If you want to add a new affiliation code, select the "Add a new affiliation" link on the left-hand side
of the page. Type in the affiliation name. If this affiliation should be the "child" of another affiliation (meaning listed under a certain other affiliation for organization purposes), select that other affiliation from the list by clicking on it once. When you click the "Save" button, the newly created affiliation will be added as a "child" of the highlighted affiliation on the right (also known as a "parent").
Tag Individuals with Affiliation Codes:
Now, you can tag people with affiliations either when logging their correspondence or visiting their profile pages.
1.Search for the person
2. If you find the person, click on the their name.
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If you cannot find the person (i.e. they are not in the database) you should add them.
3. On the right hand side bar there is a section for affiliations. Click on the edit button
4. Start typing and your affiliations will appear in a dropdown. Once you've found the one you're looking for, click on it to add it to the box. The affiliation will move into the box where you entered it.
5. Select the "Save" button when done to lock in the change.
Tag Full Audiences with Affiliation Codes Based on Previously Received Form Letters:
If you would like to go back and add affiliation tags to constituents who have already received form letters from your office, you can do that as well.
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Go to Outreach > Audiences, and find the audience you wish to update.
2. Find the audience and click the action button on the right hand side and choose "Modify people matching criteria"
3. On the next screen, you will be given a box where you can enter the affiliation you wish to add (the affiliation must be created in Settings before coming to this page). After the affiliation has been placed in the box, click "Update." Your audience has been updated!
IMPORTANT NOTE: This action CANNOT be undone (even by our savvy developers). The one exception to this caveat would be if the affiliation code you just tagged was just newly created and had not been tagged to any other people records prior to your mass tag. If this is the case, simply delete the affiliation code Settings > Affiliations. Warning: This will remove the code from Fireside completely.