Making WAVES: Grow Your Influence and Maximize Your Impact!
June 25, 2026
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Barton Malow
340 N. Primrose Drive
Orlando, FL 32803
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This session will explore the opportunity professionals have to create long-term impact and influence, introduce the Energy Leadership Model and its implications, and provide an overview of Daphne’s W.A.V.E.S.™️approach to increasing effectiveness in the workplace. Attendees will reflect on their “why,” identify the actions that matter most in their roles, strengthen how their voice is perceived by others, consider how they shape their work environment, and build on their unique strengths to increase their impact. Participants will enhance their leadership style, personal brand, create a lasting ripple effect within their organizations, and increase their ability to influence up.
Key Takeaways:
• Understand how the W.A.V.E.S. framework can help you expand your influence and create lasting impact
• Strengthen your leadership style, personal brand, and ability to contribute strategically within your organization
• Explore practical ways to influence up, enhance team culture, and improve workplace effectiveness
• Leave with three clear action steps to apply immediately in your role
Speaker Information:
Daphne Valcin, MCC; Chief Executive Officer, Valcin Strategic Solutions
As a Master Certified Coach (MCC) through the International Coach Federation (ICF), Daphne Valcin holds the highest designation for ICF-certified coaches and has personally coached hundreds of rising and senior leaders in 4 countries toward their career advancement, leadership development goals, and team development goals. She has also supported over 200 organizations through talks and training sessions associated with conflict resolution, difficult conversations, giving and receiving feedback, customer service, resilience, and more.
Through research-driven strategies and a focus on personal and professional leadership, Daphne empowers individuals and organizations striving to be mission and purpose-driven. Daphne is passionate about helping individual and organizational clients put systems in place to greater reflect their mission and purpose daily. She works to ensure that individuals and organizations have a clear strategy to produce results.
Daphne holds a public relations degree from the University of Florida and a Master of Secondary Education degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Past roles as a project manager, director, and public affairs manager have given her a deeper-level understanding of how internal and external communications impact customer experience, company profitability, branding, and company culture.
Daphne Valcin is the best-selling author of Becoming the Ripple: Your Guide To Exponentially Increasing Your Professional Success and Influence, as well as another book on the best-sellers list: The Becoming the Ripple Workbook: Your Guide To Exponentially Increasing Your Professional Success and Influence.
Tickets
$35.00 Member Registration
$45.00 Guest Registration
$35.00 Other SMPS Chapter Member