Among the hundreds of speaking engagements that Ross has booked over the years, there were a couple that he was especially proud of this past year. The first took place in the Summer of 2010, at the National Speakers Association’s Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla., where Ross was honored by being chosen to present a program to his industry peers. The second came during the Fall of 2010, when Ross was asked to present to the Minnesota MPI chapter at the McNamara Alumni Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota. And the third took place in January of 2011, when Ross was honored by being asked to give the opening keynote address at his college fraternity’s national leadership conference in Memphis, Tenn. The two previous opening keynote speakers for the 500+ attendee event were Jeff Taylor (Founder/CEO of Monster.com) and Kevin Turner (Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft) — so he certainly felt like he was in some pretty amazing company.