Jim Dornan addressing the global management team

Being the kind of guy that gets the inside scoop on all things cool in Network TwentyOne, I was recently given the heads up about a very special meeting of the  global management team at Network TwentyOne’s global headquarters just outside of Atlanta, GA – USA. Managers from 25 countries representing 36 markets descended on Network TwentyOne’s headquarters for 5 days of updates, training, fellowship as well as the sharing of best practices from all over the world.

Saturday evening kicked things off with a causal reception where old friends reconnected. With the average employment term of over 12 years, most of the global management team has met many time before and for the new managers, new friendships were made.

Sunday was a day of relaxation and sport out on a popular lake north of Atlanta and then into meetings Monday through Wednesday. Topics covered included finance, marketing and promotion, global BSM development and compliance, events management best practices and new ideas, new technologies including digital CEP delivery and Channel-21, customer service, copyright rules and best practices, targeting ideas for Gen-Y and last but not least, social media practices (a personal fav. I got to sit in on).

In addition to the above, the global management team was treated to a great talk by David and Jules Dornan on Network TwentyOne from a Diamond’s perspective. But perhaps best of all was the special time shared with Jim Dornan as he gave updates on his health (which is great), discussed the history of Network TwentyOne and laid out an exciting vision for the future of Network TwentyOne as he an Nancy see it growing through current leadership, new leadership and as exciting, second generation leaders like David and Jules.

Needless to say a righteous time was had by all… the management team left with a greater sense of mission, purpose and a passion to support Network TwentyOne affiliated IBOs around the world. What else would you expect from a company dedicated to personal and professional development?

One of my favorite markets anywhere … one might say it’s a real “cracker”! Network TwentyOne is large and in charge in the UK and creatively supporting Network TwentyOne affiliated UK IBOs in new and exciting ways!

Founders Crown Ambassador Aleksey Mautanov was our guest speaker at this Autumn Regional Conference. His message to the ABO’s was simple, and very encouraging. ‘The business works if you work the business.

The event kicked off on Saturday evening with an inspirational video message to the UK from Jim Dornan. The event was buzzing from the start! The UK ABO’s left on Sunday focused and optimistic for the coming months as they reset goals and re-affirmed their commitment to Go & Grow.

Bernice Hansen
1911-2012

An Amway icon and one of Network TwentyOne’s great leaders, Bernice Hansen passed away on September 27th at the age of 101. Having been an IBO with Amway from the beginning and built to the level of Crown with her husband Fred, Bernice was loved for her wisdom, generosity and enthusiasm and respected by all for her accomplishments. Having worked with Bernice over the last decade or so, I was always struck by her kindness and confidence. Truly a remarkable woman.

Because of the enormous family of IBOs who knew and loved Bernice, the family has decided to stream Bernice’s funeral service live for all of you to take part in. The service will begin Wednesday, October 3 at 1:00 PM Eastern time. To view the service, simply click here  at the appropriate time and the service will stream at the top of the page.

Below are a few articles on Bernice with quotes from many senior Amway managers as well as Rich DeVos. Additionally I dug up a few of my favorite pics.

• Michigan Live article - Amway co-founder Rich DeVos remembers one of his original distributors

• IBOAI article – Beloved Amway pioneer, Bernice Hansen, leaves behind a legacy of encouragement and inspiration

• Achieve article, April 11, 2011 – An Amway Pioneer – Bernice Hansen

Those of you who know Bernice are welcomed to share your thoughts about her by commenting.
Simply click here to leave your comments (all comments will be moderated before posting).

Bernice Hansen – A Celebration of Life

First there was the Yalta Conference in 1945… then came Go Diamond Ukraine in Yalta in 2012. You be the judge which one was more exciting, enjoyable and informative! Fireworks shot off to the music of Olivia Newton John – Whoooaaa, how did I miss that!

“What could be more beautiful than the time spent on the seaside? … Only the time spent on the seaside in one of the most amazing cities of Ukraine with the best leaders of Network TwentyOne … Cecilia Karas, Elena Floroiu, Marek and Isabela Bujwicky, Igor and Valeria Haratin, Taras and Irina Demkura, Vera Arkhipova & Alexey Mautanov, Robert Angkassa and last but not least… Hans and Eva Nusshold!

And it’s all connected with one of the most important events of the year 2012 – Go Diamond in Yalta!
We are very grateful to our Guests Speakers Crown Robert Angkassa (Indonesia) and Crown Ambassador Hans & Eva Nusshold (Austria) for great contribution to the success and the positive outcome of the event. Your experience and wisdom are truly a core value of these meetings!

A rich program, time for relaxation and evening promenade on the seafront of Yalta, Emerald and Diamond meetings, time for counseling and great recognitions, special video message from Jim Dornan…we had it all!

The pride of the program were new achievers: new Silvers and above, Emeralds & Founders Emeralds, New Diamond Vladimir and Marianna Demihiny, New Diamond Shtogrin Igor and Natalia, New Founder Diamond Glushko Ivan and Svetlana, New Founder Diamond Vigul Vita, Founder EDC Pavlyuk Yaroslav and Valentina!

Festive fireworks accompanied by the song of Olivia Newton «Dare to dream! Dare to fly! Dare to be the heir, the chosen one to touch the sky» was very special and memorable one! Later on all new qualifiers could meet together, celebrate and take pictures at the special Reception.

Thank you all for the sincere performances, great attitude and wonderful memories!”

Anyone think the new Baltic Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are slightly fired up to have their first Weekend Seminar and join the global family or Network TwentyOne affiliated Amway business owners? Impressive, inspirational and just cool… would have loved to hit that late night dancing Saturday night as I’ve been known to “bust a move” from time to time…

“WOW…It was The First WES in Baltic Republics and we almost put the house on fire!!!

Fantastic speakers from all over the Europe: Yulia and Evgeny Zoteev, Mats Holmberg, Else Bang, Susanna Hintikainen, Vyacheslav Petkevich and the most important guests: Hans and Eva Nusshold and last but not least, Leszek Krecielewski – Amway’s Eastern European Sales Director.

Exciting recognition that included the highest recognition in Baltic Republics, the first Diamonds from Estonia… Toivo and Anne Rande.

Amazing atmosphere and design. Network TwentyOne’s technicians showed high level of professionalism, designing venue the way that all audience could feel amazing. Additionally, there was a concert with a local star on Saturday evening, that made people dance long after midnight.

And finally a truly inspirational messages from Jim Dornan to local leaders what gave them new motivation. To quote from Jim’s video:

 “… and this is just the beginning of a long future, I believe, of successes and celebrations as you share with the people of the Baltics how great this business can be in their life, and how determined you are to lead by example, with your story and your courage and the principles that you have learned form your exposure, perhaps on CDs or from your upline or by attending seminars ….

… It is time now to have a great harvest locally and for you to turn around and reach out to other parts of Europe where the Amway opportunity remains available to you as well.”

WORLD! BE READY, BALTIC LEADERS HERE THEY COME!!!”

Very exciting iReport from the Network TwentyOne Hungarian Events team … sounds like there were a lot of moving parts to this one with so many languages and videos flying all over the place from one country to another. Hats off (which we are all wearing in the Autumn as nature starts to go to sleep ) for the great job gang!

In autumn nature starts to go to sleep until new life begins in spring but this is not valid to the nature of Network TwentyOne! It was proven in lot of countries among others in Debrecen, Hungary. We showed the world that no matter what season we have, Network TwentyOne is alive and wakes up whoever is attending a Network TwentyOne function. At the Central European Regional Conference the venue was totally packed with attendees from Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania and Hungary. There were four Weekend Seminars at the same time, Baltic WES, German WES, Italian WES and our event. On Friday each country had sent a message to the other countries, on Saturday and Sunday morning it was shown for the audience (n21guy comments: click here to see that post and video). These messages showed that Network TwentyOne is an international system and how successfully it works in Europe, too. We had 5 recognitions on Saturday evening: 1 Emerald, Valentina Aftenii from Romania, 1 Founders Emerald, Costel & Desy Ciobanu from Romania, 1 Diamond, Tibor & Piroska Torma from Hungary and 1 Founder Diamond, Elena & Dragos Floroiu from Romania, and 1 Founder Executive Diamond, Irénke Némethné from Hungary. The Diamond. On Sunday we had a special recognition; new Founder Double Diamonds, Alois & Sissy Petra Szuchar from Austria had recognition in Germany that was made visible in Hungary on video messages. A wonderful moment was when Hans and Eva Nusshold appeared on the screens and sent special messages to the high pin recognized leaders. We had a fantastic Crown Ambassador Guest speaker from Australia, Peter Cox. With his dynamic personality, he gave unforgettable moments to the audience. He was very enthusiastic and blew up the venue. On Sunday Peter Cox closed the Seminar with an uplifting speech, and that added wings to the ABOs and proved that Network TwentyOne never sleeps!

What a great idea… gather up 1,000 or so Russian Platinums and above, travel to a resort town on the Turkish coast and spend a week learning, celebrating and enjoying the rewards of a strong and profitable Amway business with successful Network TwentyOne leaders from around the world. Oh, and the fireworks were very cool…

“It was 2008 year when Russian Platinum ABOs and above went to Turkey to have a beautiful Go Diamond seminar. After that great experience they decided to repeat their journey and on 7th October 2012 Russian Platinum ABOs invaded Kemer, Turkey and conquered this beautiful place as Network 21 family!

There were unbelievable 7 days of rest and learning at the same time! The Hotel “Limra Limak Resort” was a paradise for everybody!

We had a very intensive seminar program full of amazing stories, experience sharing and teaching. Hans Nusshold attracted all audiences with his mature and humble posture at the stage, all attendees listened his stories and teachings in a big attention. Katalina Lovas and Peter Mercz is a beautiful and friendly couple, they demonstrated a unique personal example, shared their experience, teach tolerance, determination and utter commitment to Network 21 training and Amway business.

Everybody was amazed by delightful Sean’s speeches! He told his touching success story, shared experience, rode the bike on stage trying to ride over “barries and obstacles” on his way even when one of them was Network 21 Russian country manager! He got to know how brave Russian women are!

Dream night passed as a single breath. We had a record number of recognitions here, beginning from new Platinum ABO and ending with one of the highest pins as Founder Executive Diamonds! Reception for New Qualifications made it possible for all new achievers to make pictures with their uplines and guest speaker. And the cherry on top was the amazing firework accompanied by soundtrack from Pirates of the Caribbean, pointing out once again that Russian Leaders are truly most courageous and adventurous people!

Our warmest congratulations and wishes for further success and growth!

We are grateful to all Leaders, guests of the seminars for their work. We are looking forward to meet you all at Go Diamond seminar next time!”

Ka-boom… the numbers are in – Amway rocked another year! I’d like to think that much of their success in 2012 was due to my diligent efforts … and of course the hard work of tens of thousands of Network TwentyOne affiliated Amway Business Owners around the World. Way to go people … you are part of something very successful and growing!

Click on this link to check out the Amway 2012 Year in Review Video

Below are some of the amazing Facts & Figures listed in Amway’s video:

• $11.3 Billion in Sales
• Sales Increased 12 of the Last 13 Years
• All Top 10 Markets Grew
• $3.5 Billion in Bonuses & Incentives
• 55,264 New Pins
• 18,982 Platinums and Above
• 53,200 Incentive Trip Qualifiers
• 2.5 Million Volunteer Hours & More Thank $166 Million Donated
• Nutrilite is the World”s #1 Selling Vitamin & Dietary Supplements Brand
• Artistry is Among the World”s Top 5 Largest Selling Premium Skin Care Brand
• eSpring is the World”s Largest-Selling Brand of Kitchen Water Treatment Systems
• Atmosphere is the World’s Largest-Selling Brand of Residential Air Treatment Systems
• More Than 21,000 Employees Globally
• More than 1,000 Patents Granted and 800 Patents Pending
• More Than 900 Scientists and Technicians
• 65 R&D Labs
• In 2011 Amway Paid Out More Bonuses & Cash Incentives to Its Distributors and Business Owners Worldwide Than Any Other Direct Sales Company
• In 2011 More People Renewed Their Amway Business Than Any Other Direct Selling Company in the World.

Note: please source all relevant trademarks and fact sources listed above directly from Amway’s video.

Congratulations to Andrea a Ivan Kartáčovci. Portraits of a consistent and positive work ethic combined with persistence… as Mitch Sala would say, “It’s predictable”. 

“The Amway business was introduced to us as a young family, soon after high school.
With two little children, a small rented apartment and joint income of about $100 per month. We knew that our life certainly could not stay this way. We longed to work together, but we wanted a business and not just work, so that we could organize our time to working hours that suited our needs. We wanted to have the option to provide for our (now three) children so that they could pursue their talents and not just their needs.

The Emerald level for us means not only personal success. This shows that the Amway business works regardless of the economic situation of the country and no matter how long the company Amway has been in the market. Today we know that employed in our original professions as a teacher and traffic engineer, we would not have such a family life as through Amway business.”

If you have a new Emerald or above recognition in your group and want a shout out from none other than me, n21guy to my thousands of Network TwentyOne affiliated Amway IBO/ABO followers in over 35 countries, click on the iReport at the top of this page and fill out the form. Include the Amagram address of your local Amway spotlight and I’ll give a shout out just like this one. How’s that for full service?

Here is the local Slovak version of the article in the Amway Achieve magazine 

IBOs in South Africa Deliver a Wheelchair

Many of you will remember when Amway recognized the work of Jim and Nancy Dornan and Network TwentyOne affiliated Amway IBOs/ABOs last April with their write up about Power Soccer and the Fernando Foundation. Well Amway has once again taken notice of the amazing work and generosity of Network TwentyOne affiliated IBOs/ABOs from around the world with a new write up on Network Of Caring. For those of you who may not have heard,  Network Of Caring is the charitable organization created by Jim and Nancy Dornan in partnership with Network TwentyOne leadership around the world. Through NOC, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised for some truly worthy charities including, building and supporting a school and home for in India, wheelchair distribution to the poorest of the poor in South Africa, Haiti and the Ukraine as well as being a key sponsor for the Special Olympic Asia Pacific Games later this year in Australia.

For more information and to learn how to be a part of what Network Of Caring is doing around the world visit Network Of Caring North America and/or Network of Caring Australia.

“We don’t assume that we are solely responsible for our achievements. It’s only because God has seen fit to use us this way. And because of that, we’ve had the opportunity to make a difference. We now have a large and generous family of partners who share our vision.” – Nancy Dornan

Check out the latest from cub reporter J.G.  Network TwentyOne North America Events -

“We had a full and fun month of May! We began the month in Irvine, California with our West Coast Summer Conference during May 3-5. Crowns Skip and Susan Ross were our guest speakers and they helped us unpack our theme for the weekend, BELIEVE. Diamond Mike Wilson kicked off the conference with a message to get us thinking about the way we view our business. Network TwentyOne’s own R.D. Saunders took the stage next and offered great explanation on the personality types we often talk about. (Good thing, because if someone called me a Phleg melon one more time…). We had great teaching from Dave and Jules Dornan, wonderful recognition led by Diamonds Dane and Nancy Morton, and of course, much inspiring teaching from our Skip and Susan Ross. My favorite part of the weekend may just have been Skip Ross reading Dr. Seuss’ Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Best reading ever!

A few weeks later, we headed to the East Coast to Atlanta, Georgia for another amazing weekend. Our guest speaker was the energetic Diamond Mats Holmberg. If there was an award for the most animated, stage-jumping, fun-loving speaker, he would get it! Mats led our East Coast through the theme of Believe and brought great insight from his journey in the business. On recognition night we celebrated many new pin levels and heard an inspiring, practical message from Double Diamond János Demeter.

Whew, what a great round of Summer Conferences! Can’t wait for our North America Leadership Conference in September! Will you be there?!”

I always look forward to the “adjective assault” delivered in each Russian iReport. “Ravishing details” … I just love those guys! Add to that, social media Q&As, discos and Blue Jeans meetings leads me to think I need to making my way over to Russia sometime this year.

“These 7 Russian spring Seminars spread throughout the country must have been the most outstanding in history. Vividly atmospheric, ultimately uplifting, powerfully motivating – this is what makes it worth the long winter wait. New meeting formats and speeches captivated everybody. A wholly unique meeting for younger generations – Blue Jeans – served as a fashionable inspiration for everyone at a start of their business. An outstanding talk-show format helped detail incredible personal journeys of those speakers who agreed to an absolutely new way of speaking – a live interview from the stage. Not only did this novelty   amaze the attendees, they got an opportunity to ask any question they wanted via social media. What a fine way to contact Network TwentyOne legends.

Stunning speeches, careful selection of topics, glorious speakers – these are ravishing details of Russian WESes. The cherry on top would be a disco which was the specialty of the Dream Night.

A totally refreshing sequence of events could not help charging everyone with a wide range of emotion ever possible on the earth.”

Ok guys, I stumbled on this amazing video today that pretty clearly shows my close friend Kurt Warner is planning on taking his career in a new direction. Pretty amazing stuff and glad we could bring it to you here exclusively on n21guy.com.

For you all of you outside of the USA, click here for some additional information about Kurt Warner, the man, the myth, the legend.

Heads up peeps, the Dornan family has decided to broadcast Jim’s funeral so all of his friends and family around the world can share in this special time of mourning and celebration.

The broadcast will begin at 11:00 AM EST on August 16, 2016 and continue throughout the service which is approximately 2 hours long. To watch the live stream, visit www.jimdornansjourney.com/remembering-jim this Friday at 11:00 am EST.

For those of you who may have been in a coma the last six months, 2 things…

1.) Welcome back, we missed you!

2.) DRIVE2013 was Network TwentyOne’s Emerald and above leadership event held in Los Angeles, California where over 1,000 leaders from over 27 countries came together to learn from the best and most successful Amway business leaders in the history of the universe.

The event started with a memorial service for Network TwentyOne Founder and Chairman, Jim Dornan who passed away just days before the event. The service was broadcast live from the event and is still viewable here. Those that were there were so thankful to be a part of honoring Jim together as a global family and it was such a tribute to all that Jim worked for over these many years.

Moving into the event, leaders were fed a steady diet of humor, business insight and skills to balance their life by leaders such as Bob Andrews, David and Jules Dornan, Hans and Eva Nusshold and Mitch and Deidre Sala. Additionally, there were several panel style interview sessions ranging from some of Network TwentyOne’s pioneer leadership to second generation leaders sharing their unique perspective having grown up immersed in this business.

Special guests included Amway President Doug DeVos as well as Amway’s Executive Vice President Jim Payne and last but certainly not least, Dr John C Maxwell.

Needless to say, it was a righteous event and you should have been there. The good news is you have until August 2015 to qualify as an Emerald or above for Network TwentyOne’s next big event called …. you guessed it, DRIVE2015!

I love Scandinavia… heck I even drove a Volvo for a few years! What’s better than a big only Volvo that looks like a loaf of bread barreling down the road? A Network TwentyOne Scandinavian Regional Seminar! Check out this brief heads up from the field.

“Wow what an amazing weekend seminar we have had in Norrköping, Sweden 4-6 October.

The event kicked off on Friday afternoon when our fantastic guest speaker Tony Henderson welcomed our ABOs at the main entrance. After that he charmed, motivated, captivated, spellbound, and inspired our ABOs throughout the weekend and for that we are truly honored and thankful for.

For the first time in Scandinavia we had a speaker panel on stage. The panel consisted of both men and women representing all our Scandinavian countries with different backgrounds and pins. This mix together with Tony as moderator made it an instant success.

On Sunday afternoon for the last hour, we were sending a surprise live transmission from Debrecen, Hungary with David Dornan and I think that the roof almost lifted when we saw him on our big screens.

Our ABOs left on Sunday focused and motivated for the coming year with clear goals to go from WES to Go Diamond 2014 to Drive 2015.”

Feeling like it is tough to get some momentum? Maybe you feel like you are not properly equipped, too old or maybe you think your market has been open too long and that there are just no more opportunities? Dr. n21guy knows just what to prescribe for your “perspective-itis”. Check out new Gold Producers Art and Ginnie Lang (90 and 92) who are building their Amway business in North America (a 50+ year old market).

Ailment: Perspective-itis

Treatment: The below video

Dosage: Watch and share this video as needed to combat the effects of a bad attitude and/or a negative perspective.

Is it just me or does the term “Super Amway Bonus Achiever” sound like something you would like to get a hold of as well? Great things are happening in the Baltics. Just goes to show you what happens when hard working people embrace a 1st class opportunity and tap into world class support.

“What a wonderful sight to be a part of Amway’s highest Achievements !

• Ineta and Maris Svipsti- First Network TwentyOne affiliated Emeralds in Latvia,
• Toivo and Anne Rande-First Network TwentyOne affiliated Baltic Founders Diamonds from Estonia,
• And last, but not the least Super Amway Bonus Achiever, the highest Bonus in History of Amway Europe- Marek and Izabela Bujwicki

But achievement was only one of many factors what made this event unforgettable.

Great Guest Speakers :Mike Wilson just won everyone hearts!
Janos Demeter opened Y generation eyes, teaching them business basics in very COOL way!

Great Local Speakers from Poland, Estonia, Finland and Russia.
Guest From Amway: Director of European Facilities- Leszek Krecielewski and Director of Amway Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania- Anna Pietrzak.

Beautiful stage! Beautiful audience! Beautiful memories! ..and only very sad thing: WES had to finish on Sunday.

We like to see you all again in Riga, already on 14-16 of February 2014!”

Ok, So it has been awhile sine we have heard from our friends down in Southern Africa. Of course they have been busy building amazing businesses… shocking huh? Certainly one of the most focused, motivated and professional group of Amway leaders anywhere in the world supported and inspired by upline leadership from Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.

“The Network TwentyOne Southern Africa National WES is always a high point in the year on our Calendar, and the October 2013 event surpassed all expectations. With record attendance from all 12 regions, the WES was made even more memorable by the appearance of speakers Peter Cox, Founders Crown Ambassador from Australia, and David and Jules Dornan, Founders Diamonds from the USA. ABO’s anticipation of the event was not in vain – the invaluable teachings of the Dornans, and Peter Cox’s dynamic delivery of his “The Dream is Everything” ethos, inspired even the most flagging of spirits, and the energy was a tangible essence.The recognition of two new Emeralds was yet another highlight to the weekend.

An exciting addition to the Friday evening was the official launch of the Amway XS energy drink, with a launch party par excellence. With dancing to the sounds of the region’s best DJ’s, and of course boundless energy courtesy of XS, guests celebrated and danced the night away. By all indications, XS will prove to be a leader in the energy drink market in the Southern African region.

All too soon the three-day event was over, but was definitely a memorable and valuable experience, and one which we intend to repeat and build on in the time to come.”

I just got back from a quick trip to India and all I had to declare at US Customs was this righteous iReport from the awesome Network TwentyOne India staff which I had packed away in my carry on bag. Well done guys!

“As this October 2013 convention theme was Achieve, our leaders really achieved great heights at this convention.

Conventions across 8 cities starting from Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Lucknow, Raipur, Indore, Pune and Patna along with amazing line up of speakers from overseas as well as our local leadership.

There was an overwhelming crowd to hear the Crown Ambassador Skip and Susan Ross in Delhi. The audience was spellbound as well as enjoyed listening to his powerfully motivating speech.

Likewise leaders from Mumbai thoroughly enjoyed listening to the speakers Diamond Direct from South Africa Justin & Lauren Stern and of course the speaker Diamond Direct from Malaysia Nahu & Suchitra had an great impact on the leaders in Bangalore apart from this there were very interesting speaking sessions with our dynamic local leaders as well as Amway speakers across India.

We also had R.D. Saunders Chief Significance Officer of Network of Caring addressing our leaders. What an amazing speaker he was, it was very interesting to hear about the initiative taken by Network of Caring worldwide and the announcement of starting Network of Caring India.

Last but not the least was the wonderful recognition segment around these 8 convention. The recognition as like a dream come true following from Pacesetter to all up to New Executive Diamond. We had several recognitions for this October convention namely Platinums, Executive Platinums, Founder Emeralds and it was very exciting to celebrate the Founder Diamonds, Atul & Anjali Sondhi and New Executive Diamonds, Amit & Arti Sondhi.”

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” Zig Ziglar