September 10, 2022 - National TV Dinner Day | National Swap Ideas Day

Welcome to September 10th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate big ideas and a dinner flashback. 20 years ago the Ewing Marion Kauffman foundation developed a big idea. They believed in the power of sharing business advice over a simple cup of coffee and from this concept 1 Million Cups was born. Today more than 160 communities meet once a week in a Town Hall style gathering to give feedback to entrepreneurs with big ideas. How does this benefit people without a chapter in their community? Just ask Edie Ramstad from Ada, Minnesota. Edie’s online business, Weave Got Maille, was floundering and a week before closing the doors on her chain maille business she decided to take a trip. Attending 1 Million Cups in a different community not only gave her some encouragement it saved her business, which today earns millions! On National Swap Ideas Day, check out what’s possible in your neck of the woods and leverage the power of a meeting of the minds. While the first aluminum tv dinner tray was added to the Smithsonian Museum in 1986, the origins of this meal are hotly contested. Maxon Food Systems manufactured the first frozen meal in 1945 for military and civilian air travel. The concept was further developed by Jack Fisher, who sold FridgiDinners to restaurants and taverns in the late 1940s. But it was Swanson and Sons, whose Thanksgiving meal was first sold in 1953 for 98 cents. Packaged in aluminum, this dinner could be baked in the oven in under 30 minutes. That’s pretty good for a meal that normally takes all day to make. And judging by the more than 10 million sold in the very first year, Americans were truly grateful. On National TV Dinner Day, celebrate this modern convenience that still holds a place at the dinner table. I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices