The popular TV Minute “Destination Celebration,” which he created and hosts, is featured in 75 million households via 24/7 headline news channel NewsNet and America’s largest local television media company NexStar. Anderson and cohost Anna Devere collaborated to develop 2:30 second radio shorts featuring National Days. The Show is broadcast on 300 radio stations across the country and also available digitally on the National Day Calendar app.
Anderson has founded and co-founded several businesses including Awesome 2 Productions, Zoovio, and world-class media company Q1 Network, just to name a few.
He also started the radio talk show known as “The Tech Ranch”. In addition to the weekly talk show, The Tech Ranch covers events such as CES. Anderson who is also known as the “Guru of Geek” is a frequent contributor to regional and National news stories in the technology space. His holiday top tech gifts are an annual favorite and are featured far and wide.
Anderson is also an Advocate for Autonomous Vehicles – most notably the Autonomous Friendly Corridor. This idea came about in response to the lack of north–south avenues to move commercial goods in the middle part of the U.S.
Anderson is a past Central North American Trade Corridor Director. In his capacity as a CNATCA Director, he is often quoted for his optimism about the future and the current technologies that are revolutionizing the transportation industry. While hosting the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Roadshow, he said, “It gets people thinking ‘what if.’ It opens eyes and minds to the possibility of what is going to be available in a couple of years.”
Anderson is highly sought after for his knowledge and experience with autonomous vehicles, by companies such as Microsoft, Delphi, Peterbilt, Volvo, EHang, and many others. As of 2022, Anderson has ridden in over 41 different autonomous vehicles.
His zeal for the future is balanced with his propensity to preserve the past. This is evident in his TedX UMary talk of 2017 entitled “Our Bright Future,” in which he discusses the lessons we can learn from our early 20th century ancestors as they grappled with the issue of horse manure. Wasting astronomical resources on a problem that was soon solved through the technological advancement of the “horseless carriage” is a parallel to our present-day transportation issues at the dawn of the autonomous age.
The visionary has also spoken at Tedx Fargo on the topic for which he is best known, his National Day Calendar motto of “Celebrate Every Day.”
As former chairperson of the Mandan Independence Day Parade for nearly 30 years, Anderson has seen such distinctions as the World’s Longest Chicken Dance, World’s Longest “Twist” Dance, World’s Longest Y.M.C.A. Dance, and was a finalist in the Rand McNally Most Patriotic City competition.
Anderson was instrumental in the initiation of the Talking Trail: A self-guided, expert-lead tour that takes guests beyond a line or two of a sign by connecting them with audio or visual to tell the full story.
As acting president of the North Dakota Music Hall of Fame, Anderson oversaw the creation and installation of the public art display at Dykshoorn park in downtown Mandan, ND, entitled “North Dakota Music Lane” which celebrates four North Dakota Music Hall of Fame inductees including Lawrence Welk, Bobby Vee, Peggy Lee and Lynn Anderson.
Anderson is one of the founders of the 1 Million Cups chapter in North Dakota – A free, weekly event that engages, educates, and connects entrepreneurs to the community over a complimentary cup of coffee.
He is also a founding committee member and past moderator for the DisruptWell Summit in Bismarck, ND; A conference featuring disruptive technologies in the fields of transportation, healthcare, energy, and education.
Anderson serves on several boards in his own community of Mandan, ND as well as on a National level.
When Anderson isn’t in the studio or creating new National Days, you can find him somewhere in the world visiting with people in coffee shops, appearing at a National Day event or speaking to groups small and large about his slogan “Celebrate Every Day!”
