founded 1989 founder jim & nancy dornan headquarters atlanta georgia united states area served worldwide website n21corp.com network twentyone is a training and support method for distributors working with the amway business . 1 2 3 it was founded in 1990 by jim and nancy dornan distributors with amway originally to support their amway network in the united states and australia . 4 through network twentyone business owners have the opportunity to create and promote motivational seminars audios and literature aimed at encouraging and providing business skills to assist them in building a successful amway business . this material is known as business support material or bsm . the promotion of bsm is administered under the rules applied by amway . network twentyone operates in more than 35 countries and is considered one of the largest amway related support organisations in the world . 1 5 6 in 2007 the uk government department of trade and industry petitioned to ban network 21 and amway with the complaint of distributors more focused on selling their motivational books tapes and seminars to salespeople than peddling amway merchandise . 5 7 the petitions were later dismissed after major reforms to fix company faults were made . 8 9 10 verification needed in 1997 the organisation was the focus of a controversial polish documentary witajcie w yciu welcome to life . 3 11 contents 1 history 2 business operations 2.1 network of caring 3 controversy 4 see also 5 references history edit jim & nancy dornan began an amway business in 1971 . 1 12 after their son eric was born with severe birth defects they rapidly built one of the largest amway businesses in north america . 12 in the late 1980s and early 90s amway began to expand and the dornan s decided there was an opportunity to develop a support system to work with amway internationally . . 12 13 in 1990 they founded network 21 with a goal to build a business system that ignores borders and languages . 1 initially based in the us and australia network 21 expanded rapidly in eastern europe 3 14 china indonesia turkey 4 philippines 15 and later india . 2 business operations edit network 21 publishes and distributes books and audio visual training based programs and coordinates seminars for clients in 35 countries . 5 13 members refer to themselves as network builders 16 and are taught personal development 13 and methods to expand their business network including goal setting 17 prospecting 16 and how to invite . 18 network 21 reportedly has a greater product focus than some other amway training organisations . 19 apart from jim & nancy dornan leadership includes robert angkasa paul & linda agus and s.r. kristiawan indonesia 1 20 21 hans & eva nusshold europe 22 and mitch & deidre sala australia . 23 network of caring edit network of caring was founded in 1994 as the philanthropic arm of network twentyone 12 24 25 originally to help aids orphans in uganda . 12 through enlisting the help of other amway ibos associated with the organisation more than a million dollars a year is sent to that country . 12 in partnership with world vision network of caring and affiliated ibos have donated millions to the feeding housing and education of children throughout the world . 24 world vision has recognized network of caring and network twentyone s members as their largest corporate network of child sponsors . 24 25 together with free wheelchair mission network of caring has provided wheelchairs to the disabled in south africa and ukraine 26 27 28 controversy edit in may 2007 the uk government s department of trade and industry dti petitioned to ban network twentyone and amway after a year long investigation alleging practices revolving around distributors being more focused on selling their motivational books tapes and seminars to salespeople than peddling amway merchandise . the complaint also focused on recruitment tactics that inflate income estimates for new salespeople . 5 the petitions were dismissed after certain defects of the old business model were changed such as amway allowing misrepresentations of its business by independent sellers in years past and failing to act decisively against the misrepresentations . 8 29 in 1997 network 21 s training material was depicted in the polish film welcome to life . 30 31 the director and producer were later acquitted on the charge of disseminating false information . . 32 the film banned for 12 years was one of the highly anticipated movies of 2009 s warsaw film festival and was described in the press by one of the promoters as a scary movie about brainwashing 32 that depicts hard sell pep rallies and distributors stating meetings were operated similar to the communist party 33 and methods of recruitment that confusingly resembled those of a sect . 34 a best seller on the local video black market . 35 the film was later banned and its producers fined for using network 21 s copyrighted material . 30 as of 2009 the film was still banned due to an ongoing case brought by private individuals ridiculed in the film . 36 see also edit amway quixtar multi level marketing references edit a b c d e robinson james w. 1997 . empire of freedom the amway story and what it means to you . prima publishing . pp. 6 7 . isbn 0 7615 1088 5 . a b saxena rajan 2005 . marketing management . mcgraw hill . p. 751 . isbn 978 0 07 059953 6 . a b c henryk dederko producer 1997 . witajcie w zyciu welcome to life documentary . poland contra studio . a b robinson james w. 1997 . empire of freedom the amway story and what it means to you . prima publishing . p. 148 . isbn 0 7615 1088 5 . a b c d lupo lee july 1 2007 . uk threatens to ban amway . the muskegon chronicle . grand rapids . v sloveniji imamo dva smaragda pa e nic diamantov network 21 alias amway najvecja svetovna mre a in slovenia we have two emeralds diamond is still waiting network 21 aka amway the world s largest network of agents gorenjski glas issue 52 1997 p. 21 brown david 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