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Network TwentyOne, also known as N21 or Network 21, is an education and training company supplying Professional Development Programs to Independent Business Owners (IBOs) working with the Quixtar and Amway network marketing business opportunities. Network TwentyOne operates in more than 36 countries.[1] It was founded in 1989 by Americans Jim and Nancy Dornan, IBOs in Amway and Quixtar.[2] The Dornans were Founders Crown Ambassadors in Amway as of 2006[citation needed].

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[edit] History

Jim Dornan recounts in his book The Power of Partnership [5] that he is a graduate of Purdue University and was an aerospace engineer and Nancy Dornan a speech therapist when they joined Amway in 1970. He states that they retired from conventional employment while in their 20s, having built a large Amway network. The financial burdens caused by the birth of their son, Eric, with spina bifida was one of the reasons why the Dornans started building their business seriously. Later on he started his own training and motivation organization, and named it Network 21. Most IBOs in the Amway/Quixtar business are affiliated to some such IBO organization which are typically started by successful IBOs after having grown their business significantly.

[edit] People and Culture

Jim Dornan has also coauthored the book Becoming A Person Of Influence with John C. Maxwell. Jim Dornan has been a committee member of National Charity Awards [6] organized by Doug Wead. Maxwell and Wead are among frequent speakers at seminars organized by N21[citation needed]. As of 1995, Jim Dornan was one of the several Amway business leaders on the board of Gospel Films[citation needed]. As of 2007, Jim Dornan was on the board of directors of Equip Foundation[3] founded by John C. Maxwell.

[edit] Business Methodology

Network 21 provides training and motivation to help IBOs grow their Amway/Quixtar businesses. This includes supplying books, tapes and CDs, and organizing seminars where successful business persons and motivational speakers, from within and from outside Network 21, speak. Other activities include providing counseling.

[edit] Philanthropy

World Vision, an international "Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children", has recognized Network TwentyOne's members as their largest corporate network of child sponsors.[citation needed] On September 1, 2006, Jim and Nancy Dornan, founders of Network TwentyOne, accepted an achievement award from World Vision President, Richard Stearns, on behalf of Network of Caring. Network 21 IBOs from around the world have donated over $20,000,000 to World Vision's child sponsorship programme over the previous 20 year, improving the lives of over 50,000 children.[citation needed]

Jim and Nancy Dornan, and their son Eric Dornan have also created The Ambassador Fund and the Fernando Foundation, in honor of Fernando Ruelas.[7] The Fernando Foundation supports numerous outreach programs in support of the world's children. The foundation is also heavily involved in promoting and supporting Power Soccer.[8]

[edit] Controversy

Leslie Giblin, author of the book Skill with People sued Network 21 in 2002 for copyright infringement through unauthorized printing and selling of his book in several countries[citation needed]. In a related case against Yager Internet Services, Leslie Giblin's grandson, Brian Zima, stated in a court affidavit that he had inadvertently published an incorrect date of first publication for the book on their website www.skillwithpeople.com, and apologised for any misunderstandings this may have caused.[4] Network TwentyOne and Giblin subsequently settled the case out of court[citation needed].

Network TwentyOne is one of the organizations named in the Blakey Report[5] prepared by G. Robert Blakey. The report states that the Amway business operates in a manner that is parallel to that of major organized crime groups. This was used as an expert witness report in the P&G vs. Amway case number H-97-2384 (S.D. Tex. 1997) and figured also in the Amway vs. P&G case number 1:98cv 726.[6] It is claimed that Amway unsuccessfully tried to prevent the appearance of this report on the internet.[7]

In 1994, in the parliament of New South Wales in Australia, the minister for consumer affairs was asked whether the methods used by Amway and N21 were unethical, whether an investigation needed to be launched, and whether the general public needed to be warned. The minister replied that they had received nothing but a few minor phone enquiries about Network TwentyOne and that "complaints against Amway and Amway distributors are very few and indicate little cause for concern".[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://n21corp.com/CompOverview.asp
  2. ^ http://n21corp.com/TimeLine.asp
  3. ^ Website of Equip Foundation [1]
  4. ^ Brian Zima Affidavit [2]
  5. ^ The Blakey Report
  6. ^ Amway vs. P&G et al., Case No. 1:98cv 726
  7. ^ An article by Evelyn Pringle [3]
  8. ^ Parliament of New South Wales, discussion on Amway and Network 21 [4]

[edit] See also

[edit] Network 21 sites

[edit] Other external links

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