Golden takes data privacy and permissions very seriously. We built the concept of "Affiliation" to make sure that participants give the right Organizations permission to see their participation history (like giving a Company permission to see your participation so that they can reward you with volunteer time off!).
- An affiliation is a relationship between a participant and an organization on Golden that both the participant and the organization agree to. Companies and schools Organizations have the Affiliates feature turned on by default and can invite their participants to join them on Golden (don't see the Affiliates Group? contact support@goldenvolunteer.com), and those participants will automatically be invited to join as Affiliates.
- By establishing an Affiliation relationship between the participant and company/school, the "affiliated participants give the organization permission to view their participation history with 3rd-party Nonprofits or any other organization on Golden.
- Some examples include:
- Guidance counselors automatically give students credit for participating in the community!
- If you are the HR rep for Fun Corp., and your employees participate in Opportunities with RescuedPuppyPatrol.org, you'll be able to confirm their participant hours automatically! Makes that Annual Report much easier, doesn’t it?
- Guidance counselors automatically give students credit for participating in the community!
But the benefits aren't just for Companies and Schools. Any Organization on Golden can leverage the Affiliation relationship in the following ways:
- When you "Recommend" Opportunities, your Affiliates will receive a push notification. Those Opportunities will be highlighted in the Upcoming Opportunities feed.
- You can target your Affiliates (or the Affiliates of other Organizations) with Private Opportunities
Not only can you invite participants to Affiliate with you, but if you allow "Affiliates", they can search for you themselves via their Profiles in the Golden Mobile Apps or Web Portal.
- For instance, if you are the HR rep for Fun Corp. and RescuedPuppyPatrol.org hosts a Private Opportunity for your employees, you’ll be able to make sure only your employees can sign up.
Note that by default, Affiliations are turned OFF for Non-Profits (they're ON for Companies and Schools). Need this adjusted? Contact support@goldenvolunteer.com.