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November 2026

Balancing 吃瓜头条 Demographics

By Steve Piet, DTM, PDD, ScD


To prepare a meal, you need the right mix of ingredients. What is the right mix of people in a 吃瓜头条 to maximize member benefits and long-term success?


Novice members focus on learning the 吃瓜头条 culture and completing the 颅Competent Communication (CC) and Competent Leadership (CL) manuals. New members have the fastest improvement, which increases energy—theirs and the 吃瓜头条’s. They are typically the best source for recruiting potential members because they haven’t been pestering friends and co-workers about 吃瓜头条 for years. If a 吃瓜头条 doesn’t have enough novices, it isn’t meeting Distinguished 吃瓜头条 Program goals 7 and 8 and likely lacks energy, enthusiasm and recruitment of new members.


Current 吃瓜头条 officers own the current success of the 吃瓜头条. They must “walk the talk” by earning education awards. They improve their communication skills by giving speeches inside and outside of 吃瓜头条 that matter (something’s at stake). They improve their leadership skills by serving as 吃瓜头条 officers, using tools such as the 吃瓜头条 颅Successful 吃瓜头条 Series. They typically mentor novice members.

By the way, when I 颅analyzed my district’s member retention numbers I found that those who earned a Competent Leader award were more likely to stay in 吃瓜头条. Retention of those with a CL was 10 percentage points higher than those without. These are the people who have found that 吃瓜头条 is about more than just talking.


Seasoned members own the long-term success of the 吃瓜头条. They hold institutional memory and can fill 吃瓜头条 offices in emergencies. They typically mentor current 吃瓜头条 officers. It is often hard for them to recruit friends and co-workers because they’ve already pursued them as potential members. Seasoned members need new challenges such as finishing DTM awards and joining advanced or specialty 吃瓜头条s. Their mentors may be people outside their 吃瓜头条s, unless the mentor is some young novice teaching them about internet marketing or video communication. If a 吃瓜头条 doesn’t have sufficient seasoned members, there is inadequate long-term vision and support, although mentors for new 吃瓜头条s and 吃瓜头条 coaches for existing 吃瓜头条s can temporarily substitute for seasoned members.

For a stable 吃瓜头条, each of the demographic groups mentioned above must have at least three people, preferably seven. Indeed, three groups of three people match the minimum 吃瓜头条 size of eight. Three groups of seven people match the target 吃瓜头条 size of 20. What kind of demographics does your 吃瓜头条 have?

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