Wow! A veritable whirlwind of accusation and counter-punching has blown up over the last week or so following the publication of Intelligent Giving's research on face-to-face fundraising and the subsequent media coverage recommending that the public should avoid all chuggers.
A couple of weeks ago, Adam Rothwell, director of ‘donor advice website’ Intelligent Giving, accused Joe Saxton of “sexing up” nfpSynergy’s research. The delicious irony here is that, while he was making those comments, Adam knew full well that he’d shortly be dressing up his own research in fishnet stockings and a peep-hole bra.
Charity-advisory website Intelligent Giving claims that many of the face-to-face fundraisers (or "chuggers" as it refers to them on its blog) that its researchers met in a mystery shopper exercise in
A couple of months ago, creative agency Bluefrog produced a report into the state of charity donor care/relationship fundraising/stewardship (choose your own term according to preference).
