http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/public-speaking Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:57:30 -0400 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:57:30 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/733/ronald-reagans-presidential-radio-addresses-themes-of-unity By Alexander E. Hopkins - Ronald Reagan’s public speaking career began in 1932 at the age of 21. By this time, the recent Eureka College graduate was hired as a sports radio broadcaster. The following year, Franklin D. Roosevelt became President and began the Fireside Chats radio series. According to political historian J. Jeffrey Auer (1992): “Each listener received the impression that Roosevelt was talking directly to him. Millions of Americans sat at their radios and agreed that they “could practically feel him physically in the room.” His voice communicated his expansive personality; it registered... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:57 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/733/ronald-reagans-presidential-radio-addresses-themes-of-unity http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/699/a-rhetorical-examination-of-the-product-keynotes-of-steve-jobs By Alexander E. Hopkins - Upon Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ death in October 2011, he was mourned worldwide as an innovator who changed the landscape of the computing world. Ironically, Jobs rarely created technological-breakthroughs in computing by working hands-on with existing technology. Instead, he possessed a gifted eye for reading the “pulse” of the consumer electronics market as a whole. While much of Jobs’ marketing expertise was devised behind closed doors at Apple’s Cupertino, California headquarters, he showed the world his company’s new offerings during keynote addresses. These... Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/699/a-rhetorical-examination-of-the-product-keynotes-of-steve-jobs