Despite Richard Bacon's best efforts I think that face to face canvassers came out on top last night on Radio 5 Live. Actually Mansfield's third most well know personality admitted that he has indeed signed up with four charities through street canvassers.
The main criticism seemed to be around the "guilt" that canvassers engender - both in people who don't stop (and feel guilty) and those who do and then get sucked into what they describe as a sob story. I pointed out that people give for a variety of reasons but mostly because they are asked.
Couldn't resist the dig that if people feel guilty about saying "no thank you" with a smile, they really do need to review their existing charitable giving, or, go and see my wife. SWMBO is, some of you may know, a psychotherapist and rather good and helping people with guilt complexes.
Go to:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nhv0x/Richard_Bacon_29_10_2009/ and listen between 1.39 and 2.00 for the full story. Be really interested to hear what you think.
Good that you got in the key bit about the demographics and role in recruiting the hard to get generation Y. Pity you didn't get the opportunity to more about self-regulation
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