Let's Have Lunch Together
How to reach out and build more powerful relationships
“Buy this groundbreaking book!
Then go off and read it at lunch.
Then follow the steps and never
eat lunch alone again.”
T. Seiler, Ph.D.
Director, Public Service and
The Fundraising School
Center on Philanthropy at Indianana University
If you enjoy the thrill of uncovering treasure right in your own backyard, you’ll love what you’ll learn inside this book. Follow Oscar, a somewhat stressed and overworked, Executive Director as he employs his greatest development tool—himself—and fulfills every fundraiser’s dream. He’s never heavy-handed or manipulative. For the first time, people can’t do enough for him and the organization. Oscar’s successes are not fiction. They’re very real. Our clients actually made all of this happen, and much more.
Suddenly, one day at noon, Victoria, his new board chair, unexpectedly drops by his office. Oscar was having a bad week—an extremely bad week. She was the last person he wanted to lunch with. So it all began over a casual luncheon at Oscar’s favorite diner.
Follow his journey as he transforms a $500 donor into a $10,000 annual giver, strangers into $25,000 major gift donors, and a friend who donates sodas for events into a supporter who helps him raise $250,000 each and every year.
"Spending time with this book was
the most fun I've ever had being trained.
At first I resisted, then I realized, 'This is my story.'
I finally got the 'Ah ha.' This is a resource that I will use over and over."
Tim Reese
Executive Director,
California-Nevada Community Action Partnership
Those are only a few of the very real miracles Oscar performs. Step-by-step, you’ll see exactly how he converts his board into a powerful leadership team and turns an unhappy donor into his strongest community advocate—an advocate who subsequently helps him raise hundreds of thousands of dollars.
There’s probably a little bit of Oscar in all of us. He’s deeply committed, has a strong vision, and works extremely hard. Like most Executive Directors, he’s challenged by time, staff, and a tightening budget. He fears things will stay the same and he fears things will change.
If you’re a nonprofit president, executive director, a board member, or responsible for development, marketing or programs, sit back and enjoy this fun book. Experience what a whole new world fundraising and board development is with stronger more collaborative relationships.
