RDC SOLUTIONS
RDC Solutions provides personal communication training, group workshops and keynote speeches live or virtually. Rita Gallaway Williams is the Owner and Primary Coach for RDC Solutions.
MY SERVICES
The Cutting Edge
As a Communication Coach, Rita is committed to enhancing her clients' messaging. She is a powerful speaker and uses a broad variety of tools to heighten awareness in others. She offers immediate feedback on strengths and opportunities for improvement with clear and specific exercises to strengthen your communication presence. Whether your audience is 3 or 300, Rita can help you develop the skills to communicate in a way that resonates with your audience. She also enjoys sharing her passions as a keynote speaker at conferences, schools and team building off-sites.
Private Coaching
One to one coaching improves awareness, confidence and presence. Together we can focus on your greatest communication challenges/needs. Some need more work on delivery, others on staging, content or visuals, and some need a little bit of everything. With private coaching, I can tailor a session to your needs, including preparation for:
• Executive presentations
• Virtual presentations
• Job search
• Media interviews
• Wedding speeches
• Conference keynotes
• Community talks
• Fundraising/sales pitches
Sessions last 60-90 minutes and can be done at my home in San Francisco, your office or via Skype or Zoom.
Customized Workshops
We can focus on live or virtual communication skills, engagement techniques for high stakes presentations, content organization and development, value propositions or even negotiation. Planned live workshops in 2020 have been adapted for Zoom and can focus on your virtual delivery to improve the quality and outcome of your meetings. Sessions can be customized to any length.
Keynote Speeches
If you need a keynote speaker for a conference, offsite or industry function, I can deliver a 30-60 minute engaging talk and make it relevant for your audience. Since most of my work is interactive, my keynotes force participation and introspection. My most common topics are communication best practices, personal branding, and engagement in a technological world. Let's discuss your audience and goals to create a memorable event!
Do you need help distilling your message? Contact me today and let me put you back on track.
ABOUT
Rita Gallaway Williams
Rita is currently a Facilitator, Consultant and Instructional Designer for Power Speaking Inc., leading 1 and 2-day intensive presentation skills training courses. As a Senior Consultant she has led presentation training for DeFinis Communications since 2007 and media sales training for Noll & Associates since 2005. Those topics include Negotiation, Business Development, Presentation Skills, Conflict Management, Key Account Management and Time Management.
Prior to facilitating training and immersing herself in the communication arena, Rita spent 15 years selling in the broadcast industry. This includes 7 years as VP National Sales at Univision Television Group, and 7 years for Cox Communications TV Stations and Rep firms. She was focused on new business development and tapped her resourcefulness crafting creative marketing solutions. Her background in media and sales allowed her to learn about many other industries, and she now facilitates programs among many of them, including real estate, law, finance, engineering, hi-tech, medicine, art, travel and the public sector.
Rita is a Board Member on the Lincoln Park Homeowners Association, volunteers as a mentor for Women Unlimited, is a San Francisco City Guide, and runs a speech program for youth to build confidence in elementary and middle school. Rita is a Northern California native, graduated from UC Berkeley in Political Science and Economics, and lives in San Francisco with her husband and son.
TESTIMONIALS
Don’t Take My Word for It
Job Interview Preparation - Rita helped me prepare for job interviews and helped me present myself, in person and online, in the best light for prospective companies. The process helped me find a role that I enjoy and I have now begun to define my craft. Her guidance was extremely helpful and I would recommend her for anyone in a similar position.
Daniel H. Starr, Associate, Colton Commercial & Partners, Inc.
Media Coaching - I have hired Rita to work with high level executives at multiple companies for media coaching. Her method of coaching is efficient, effective, and reliable. Rita is able to quickly understand the needs of our clients (and the nuances of their industries and audiences) and raise their competency and awareness for appropriate media conversations
Marina Greenwood, Principal and Founder, Activa PR
Sales Training - I hired Rita to work with my staff of nurses in a medspa with upscale services. She helped them clarify their messaging to better represent and up sell my products and services. Although the staff was nervous initially, Rita made it fun to practice and improve!
Angelina Umansky, Owner, Spa Radiance
Presentation Skill Development-- “I have worked with Rita for 10+ years on a variety of programs for professional associations. She takes great care to understand each audience, consistently delivering a memorable, customized presentation that resonates with each unique group, ranging from students to young professionals to seasoned executives. Rita truly leads by example when it comes to communications, and her ability to captivate the participants has translated seamlessly as we’ve moved from an in-person to a virtual format.”
Alison Trajo, CAE, Holland Parlette
Small Groups -- "Those who can't do, teach" is a quote that sometimes comes to mind for me with coaches/teachers in the executive setting. Rita however, is an absolute pro at her craft and coaches from a position of her own personal mastery of how to effectively communicate and present and a passion for helping others to do the same. As a long-time sales professional, I have worked with and learned from several communication coaches and Rita is by far the best exemplar of the powerful, positive speaker I would like to be. I hired her to create a workshop for a group of my women clients and she was incredibly engaging, funny and in short period of time provided us with a wealth of skills. I am extremely grateful and would highly recommend her."
Julia Wilhelm, EVP, JLL
Fundraising - "My partner and I hired Rita to help us prepare for a presentation to VCs for a seed funding round for our start up. Rita was amazing. Every piece of advice she gave us was beyond helpful!"
Birke Reimnitz, CEO, WaterRev
Prepare for Keynote/Main Stage - "I hired Rita for one session to improve my delivery of a 7-minute speech about overcoming fear when I hit bottom. In that single session, she showed me how and where to use my body and hands to punctuate my message. She also corrected some hand gestures that were too subtle for people in the back row to notice. She even suggested a few jokes that got big laughs. And she filmed the whole thing so I could practice it all at home. When I gave my speech a week later, it was a big success. It was a very worthwhile investment for me!"
Trevor Justice, Author and Speaker
Wedding Speech — Simply put, Rita Williams is impressive. As an experienced trial lawyer (who thought he could speak quite well), I consulted Rita while preparing my father of the bride wedding speech for my only daughter. Rita introduced me to another level of communication that allowed a heartfelt connection with my audience. She not only helped refine what I thought to be a decent speech, she coached me on eliminating nervous repetitive gestures, softening my tone and smiling. Instead of giving a speech at her wedding, I was one with my daughter and her guests, more present and able to enjoy the moment. Although the words were clever, the audience only heard....the father of the bride's speech say "I love you”. Thanks to Rita, it was the best speech I have ever delivered.
Sam McCullagh, Attorney At Law
Customized Workshops - I have worked with Rita now for over 5 years and she has facilitated at least a dozen workshops for us on Public Speaking, Value Statement and Branding training here in the Bay Area and she has done an excellent job with each session. She is extremely professional, thoughtful and detail-oriented and clearly knows her stuff as a Communication Coach. I am actually trying to get her back in front of on of my clients right now. If you are looking for immediate results and a way to add value I would highly consider hiring Rita.
Mike Malik, VP, OppenheimerFunds
Customized Workshop - Rita is a great partner because she's ultra competent and fun to work with. She's articulate and has a talent for making excellent presentations that are both clear and interesting. I hired her to work with my staff, and they were all said it was the best training day they had ever had anywhere. Rita brings much enthusiasm and energy to her work, and she is highly motivated to make her engagements a win for her customers.
Kelly Konis, Director of Marketing and Communications at Mount View Hotel and Spa
CONTACT ME
Have a particular challenge you’re trying to deal with? Contact me today and see what I can do for you.
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