LOWELL — Doug Sheadel, a Westford resident who owns environmental firm Modeling Specialties in Westford, has spent the past 24 years brushing up on his public speaking and leadership skills as a ...

The Nobel Peace Prize has become a political tool, much like journalism's Pulitzer Prize. If a murderer like Yassir Arafat can win it, then anyone is a potential winner. President Obama is more ...

The definition goes way beyond that when it comes to the International Toastmasters organization. Most people shy away from anything that might put them in the spotlight when people anxiously are ...

A Dunmore lawyer will be the toastmaster at the 114th annual dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Lackawanna County. John T. “Jack” McGrath Jr. will offer remarks and manage the program ...

Dana LaMon was crowned the Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking in 1992. Since then, the retired administrative law judge, who is blind, has been speaking professionally to ...

Check it out on Google. In many studies, the fear of public speaking ranks above the fear of dying. Semi-retired York businessman Carl Jacobs learned the value of personal communication when he joined ...

He was awash with basketball knowledge and a well-recognized sense of humor. The late Toastmaster Jerry Molloy had a Catskills wit from places like Grossingers, Concord and Brown’s. He borrowed and ...

The abandoned Toastmaster factory in Algonquin slated for demolition to pave the way for a bypass around the village's downtown burned to the ground early this morning. “The walls are the only thing ...