Matthew Burnell, CEO & Founder of Clickbid

Matthew Burnell is the Founder and CEO of Clickbid, an event management software that provides nonprofits a "crazy simple" all-in-one platform for mobile bidding, ticketing, and donor engagement. On this episode of the pod, Matthew and I contrast the capabilities of AI with human-centered fundraising, re-emphasizing that fundraising is rooted in emotional truth and that in-person events create a specific moment to give, allow storytelling, and restore context for donors. Matthew delves into a few tips and tricks around AI and the power it has provided him for product exploration, prototyping, and agentic coding, and how he learned early in his career that the work he would pursue would be technical with a social benefit.Since 2002, Clickbid has raised over 200 million for over 2,000 clients across 5,000 events and they have played a central role in supporting my fundraising events over the years.To learn more about Clickbid, visit https://try.cbo.io