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Is your public speaking or Toastmasters progression stalled? Do you feel that you are not giving many speeches? Has it been awhile since you did anything leadership related?

You my friend are in a rut.

Looking through one of my Toastmasters manuals today, I realized that there were a lot of areas where people can get stuck in a rut, and I hope that I can provide some suggestions to jump start your speaking and get out of the rut that many of us fall into after a few years.

• Ask struggling clubs if they need speakers
• Mentor a new club
• Coach a struggling club
• Do a Better Speaker Series, The Successful Club Series, or The Leadership Excellence Series modules at your club or a struggling club
• Try to get a new club started
• Mentor a new member
• E-mail other service organizations and ask if you can speak about Toastmasters at their upcoming meetings
• Go to a local NSA chapter meeting to get ideas on marketing your club or speaking career
• Attend a speaking Boot Camp
• Ask your District Governor if you can serve as a district officer
• Host a speakers networking breakfast
• Host a happy hour event for local speakers
• Mentor youth in your community
• Join a service organization
• Join a professional organization
• Listen to better speaking/motivational CDs

Any of the above an more can hopefully get you out of a rut and get you back into speaking, leadership, and the passion for Public Speaking that we all bring to our clubs, careers, and lives.

What suggestions do you have to get out of a rut?

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