Ernie Smith is the editor of The Mixer, a monthly newsletter covering hot topics in the event world that’s sponsored by EventMobi. A longtime follower of the world of associations and nonprofits, he was previously a senior editor at ASAE’s Associations Now. He has contributed to a wide variety of outlets over his two-decade-plus career, including Fast Company, Vice’s Motherboard, IEEE Spectrum, and his own long-running newsletter Tedium.