It started on the street - in conversation with Joe Dyer, from Face to Face to Trust Fundraising.

Hot Take 1 — Luck matters more than skill in face-to-face fundraising "

It wasn't because I was good... about half of the signs that you get are just you finding the right person."

Hot Take 2 — Analytical, logical people often make horrendous face-to-face fundraisers  -

"You actually need to suspend some of that logic in order to be successful...whereas you actually need to suspend some of that logic in order to be successful."

Hot Take 3 — Street fundraising is looked down on precisely because it's the purest, most honest form of fundraising  -

"I think that's maybe why some people look down on it... it is essentially fundraising at its most pure —the least frilly. There's no corporate, no major donors, no meetings... youdidn't know you were going to be speaking to me 30 seconds ago, and now youare."