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Network TwentyOne
Company typePrivate
IndustryEducation
Founded1989
FounderJim & Nancy Dornan
HeadquartersAtlanta,Georgia,United States
Area servedWorldwide
Websiten21corp.com

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 Amway a multi-level marketing company. . Network TwentyOne operates in more than 36 countries, with 26 regional offices. It was founded in 1989 by Americans Jim and Nancy Dornan, IBOs with Amway.

Business Methodology

Network 21 provides training programs to help IBOs grow their Amway/Quixtar businesses. The system consists of books and CDs, and organizing seminars where successful business persons, specialists and motivational speakers speak, both from within and from outside Network 21. Network 21 teaches a method of business building which it calls the "TEAM21 strategy"..

Controversy

In 1994, in the parliament of New South Wales in Australia, the minister for consumer affairs was questioned regarding the methods used by Amway and N21, to which the minister replied by saying that the complaints and evidence received were too few to indicate any cause for concern.

In May 2007, Amway stated on its media blog that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in its complaints against Network 21, made serious allegations about the way Network 21 represents the Amway business opportunity in the UK. The DTI also alleged that Amway did not do enough to police the misrepresentations made by Network 21 and other organizations. Amway announced a ban on sale of Business Support Materials (books, tapes, CDs, meetings, websites) by IBO organizations, including Network 21, in UK, and announced a thorough review of its business practices globally. Amway refused to stand by assertions in a response letter from Jim Dornan to IBOs, calling it an "unproductive spin" created by Network 21. Dornan's letter suggested that Network 21 is not a party to the DTI complaint. Jim Dornan subsequently issued a second letter, stating that Network 21 (UK) is named in a separate complaint by the DTI and hence the issue should be taken seriously and addressed. .

References

  1. Network 21 :: Company Overview
  2. Network 21 :: Corporate Time Line
  3. Parliament of New South Wales, discussion on Amway and Network 21
  4. OK, let’s talk UK, on Amway Media Blog
  5. Misrepresenting, on Amway Media Blog
  6. Un-spun, on Amway Media Blog

See also

Network 21 sites

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