It’s time to
renew
your business – December 31 is the deadline. While
you’re at it, check your renewal settings to make
sure you’re supporting your trade association, the
IBOAI.
And
don’t forget the benefits of insuring through the
IBOBA.
• New IBOAI Board Members and Officers Elected
Posted: 10/26/2009
Congratulations to the new
Directors
of the
IBOAI Board:
Alberto Aguilera, Brad Duncan, Kanti Gala, Leif
Johnson, and Doug Weir. Their terms will run from
January 1, 2010, until December 31, 2012.
• Play, Send, or Link to the IBOAI Channel on YouTube
Posted: 10/18/2009
Now playing on a browser near you: The
IBOAI Channel on
YouTube!
• Become a Fan of the IBOAI Page on Facebook
Posted: 10/16/2009
The
IBOAI is now on
Facebook. Become a Fan of the
IBOAI Page, and stay in touch
with your primary
advocacy organization and the Board that works
together with
Amway Global to make this business better for
every IBO.
• IBOs from World Wide Dreambuilders Visit the IBOAI
Posted: 7/31/2009
IBOAI Members: The next time you’re in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, we’d love to meet you! A group of
IBOs from the
World Wide Dreambuilders (WWDB) organization
visited the IBOAI last week.
• IBOAI and Amway Global Bring Diamonds Up-to-Date
Posted: 6/24/2009
Following up on the success of last fall’s Diamond
Meeting in Dallas,
Amway Global held a second Diamond Meeting in
Grand Rapids
recently at the
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel.
Leaders
from across North America
were
introduced to
improvements and changes in the business
with the
help of several
IBOAI
Board Members.
• IBOAI Board Wraps Up Productive June Meeting
Posted: 6/16/2009
The
IBOAI Board
just
wrapped
up a very productive June Board Meeting. Here are some of
the highlights of the efforts this session, the
accomplishments of your Board working together with
Amway Global
management.
• IBOAI Board Members Featured in Newest Achieve Magazine
Posted: 6/02/2009
Have you seen the
new Achieve
magazine? It sports a great new look, bold new
design, and more energetic presence – and members of
your
IBOAI Board appear prominently in it.
• IBOAI Helps U.S. Dream Academy Raise $600,000 to Support Children
Posted:
5/29/2009
The
IBOAI is proud to support the
U.S. Dream Academy, which raised more than $600,000 at its 8th annual “Power of a Dream Gala” on May 21. IBOs with the support of
Amway Global and the
IBOAI contributed $77,000!
• Dick Davis, a Great Friend and Advocate, Passes Away
Posted: 3/26/2009
The IBOAI, Amway Global and all IBOs recently lost a great friend
and advocate,
Dick Davis. After
a courageous battle with cancer, Dick passed away on March 11, 2009.
• A Big Week for the IBOAI
Posted: 3/20/2009
March has been an exciting month for the
IBOAI. We officially celebrated our 50th Anniversary, held our March Board Meeting, and introduced up-and-coming second and third generation family members to the excitement and responsibilities of Association leadership.
• IBOAI Sets Its Priority List for New Year
Posted: 1/27/2009
How do you begin the New Year? With a get-together and a plan for progress in the year ahead. That’s exactly how the
IBOAI started 2009, with its January Board Meeting.
• Chairman’s Message
Posted: 1/03/2009
The
IBOAI’s theme, battle cry, and marching orders for 2009 are …
Moving Ahead Together.
• IBOAI Video Presented at Achievers Now Available Here
Posted: 12/22/2008
Just what is the
IBOAI? What does the
IBOAI Board do? What do they do for you? See for yourself in the
fast-paced new video first presented at 2008 Achievers.
• IBOAI Wishes You a Season of Hope and Happiness
Posted: 12/17/2008
The
Board of Directors
and
Staff
of the
IBOAI
thank you for the opportunity to serve you again this year. We are
grateful for your friendship and wish you a season of great hope and
happiness as we move together into a prosperous and peaceful new
year.
• October Board Meeting Features Week of Accomplishment
Posted: 10/22/2008
After a week of 15-hour days, the
IBOAI Board committees made their recommendations to
Amway Global for consideration and everyone has gone
home with a renewed sense of excitement.
• The Road Less Traveled Is Our Video Most Requested
Posted: 10/02/2008
From the first moment the video played at the
National Spotlight Tour, “The Road Less Traveled” (sometimes referred to as “I am an IBO”) has been well received – and
frequently requested. Now we’re pleased to make it available for your replay and use.
• Qualified Platinums Prepare to Vote and Be Heard
Posted: 9/08/2008
IBOAI Board election time is here. Ballots were mailed to
Qualified Platinums and above September 8 to vote for three new Directors. Be sure to vote and be heard.
• IBOAI and
Amway Global / Quixtar Bring Change to New IBO Registration Process
Posted:
7/14/2008
The result of multiple Board Meetings and work completed by the IBOAI Board and
Amway Global / Quixtar in June, registration just got a little easier!
• June Board Meeting Features “True Partnership and True Transparency”
Posted:
6/28/2008
There was a high sense of accomplishment as IBOAI Board members, staff and
Amway Global / Quixtar Corporate executives began the closing session of their June IBOAI Board Meeting. The feeling was that things had never gone smoother!
• IBOAI Supports the Children of the U.S. Dream Academy
Posted:
6/06/2008
The cause: Children threatened with the cycle of incarceration. The organization acting on their behalf: The U.S. Dream Academy, now celebrating its 10th successful year. The worthy affair: The 7th Annual Power of a Dream Gala fundraising event seeking to raise a million dollars, which IBOAI has proudly supported.
• IBOAI Board of Directors Calls MonaVie Initiative a Publicity Stunt
Posted:
4/03/2008
The Board of Directors of the Independent Business Owners Association International, the primary advocacy organization representing hundreds of thousands of independent business owners (IBOs) powered by Amway Global / Quixtar, today issued this statement in response to an initiative announced by MonaVie, a direct selling organization that competes with Amway Global / Quixtar.
• IBOAI Shares Amway Global / Quixtar Guidelines on “Perfect Water” Claims
Posted:
3/27/2008
Considering all the excitement over new Perfect Empowered Drinking Water, it’s important that everyone be on the same page.
• A Message from Bill Hawkins, the Chairman of the IBOAI Board of Directors
Posted:
1/16/2008
The IBOAI was certainly busy last year. 2007 Chairman Jim Janz did an outstanding job negotiating through a myriad of issues and deserves all of our respect. While I don’t feel I can replace Jim, my goal is to maintain the integrity that he brought in 2007.
• IBOAI Supports the Dream of the
U.S.
Dream
Academy
Posted:
12/26/2007
IBOAI is a proud supporter of the U.S. Dream Academy,
now celebrating the 10 year anniversary of its founding
by its CEO and president Rev. Wintley Phipps.
• Renew Your Business – Don’t Leave the Year Without It!
Posted:
12/20/2007
As the calendar year winds down, so does your
opportunity to renew.
Deadline for
renewing your Independent Business powered by Amway
Global / Quixtar is
December 31, 2007. Don’t leave the year
without it!
• New Board
Members and Officers Elected
Posted:
10/19/2007
Congratulations
to the new Directors of the IBOAI Board: Howie Danzik,
Jim Dornan, Jody Dutt, Shivaram Kumar, Steve Woods, and Dan Yuen.
• IBOs Stay Connected with IBOAI Through IBOAIblog
Posted:
9/19/2007
A month after launch,
IBOAIblog has been a successful link with IBOs,
especially those looking for answers to vexing questions
about the Amway Global / Quixtar Transformation and TEAM litigation.
• Helyne Victor, matriarch of three generations of IBOs,
dies at 87
Posted:
8/15/2007
The IBOAI recently shared the passing of Helyne Victor,
matriarch of three generations of IBOs. Helyne, one of
the founders of the American Way Association and, thus,
the Independent Business Owners Association
International, had died at age 87.
• A Message of Support for the Students and Faculty of
Virginia Tech and Their Families
Posted:
4/24/2007
As students and faculty
return to classes at Virginia Tech this week, we send
our thoughts and prayers in support of your brave
efforts to return your lives to some normalcy.
• A Message from the Chairman of the IBOAI Board of
Directors
Posted: 4/12/2007
Your new IBOAI Board is
hard at work this year. It’s a group effort of 22
dedicated IBO leaders who share a common goal to make
the business better for everyone.
• It Makes Perfect Sense – Kids Want to Be Entrepreneurs
or Business Owners Posted:
3/27/2007
It makes
perfect sense to the IBO powered by Amway Global / Quixtar:
What do you think
most children want to be when they grow up? A movie
star? Music idol? Astronaut? Video game designer?
President of the United States? Not on your
Life!
• Monopoly: Marking an Anniversary
IBOs Can Learn a Lot From Posted: 2/21/2007
A lot of useful things
have been introduced in the month of February. The
bottle cap. The toothpick. Nylon. But one of the most
lucrative – and the one IBOs can learn a lot from – was
the Monopoly game, which was first sold in stores on
February 6, 1935.
• IBOAI Members Propel
Amway Global / Quixtar to
Success
Posted: 2/08/2007
For the fourth
consecutive year, Amway Global / Quixtar Inc. has surpassed the
billion-dollar mark in annual sales, hitting the $1.118
billion mark in 2006. They owe it, Amway Global / Quixtar says, “to the
remarkable efforts of dedicated Independent Business
Owners (IBOs).
• It’s Cold and Flu Season – Are You
Ready? Posted:
1/17/2007
Ready for cold and flu
season? You can be! First, be cautious. Then, be armed!
• Happy
Holidays from the Board and Staff of the
Independent Business Owners
Association International (IBOAI)
Posted: 12/18/2006
Merry Christmas! Happy
Hanukkah! Happy Kwanzaa! Whatever holiday or holidays
you celebrate, may you find peace and joy this wonderful
season, and may your fondest dreams come true — now and
throughout the year.
• Remember
to Renew
Your Independent Business Powered
by Amway Global / Quixtar!
Posted: 12/12/2006
There’s so much going on
this time of year, it’s easy to forget one very
important thing – renewing your independent business
powered by Amway Global / Quixtar. Yet nothing could be more key to
your success for the year ahead. If you don’t renew by
the December 31st deadline, you’ll have no
independent business!
• Internet Critics -- What They
Don't Want You to Know
Posted: 6/14/2006
Today we launch an
evolving document called “Internet Critics – What They
Don’t Want You to Know” – read it, and judge for
yourself about their credibility and character.
• Amway Global / Quixtar Takes on Internet Critic
Posted:
5/12/2006
Internet critic Scott Larsen has now also
apologized to Amway Global / Quixtar for multiple errors on his website, which
he retracted.
• Amway Global / Quixtar Inc. Spices Up Some Home
Care Essentials Posted: 3/08/2006
Home Care has always been
one of the essentials of a successful Independent
Business powered by Amway Global / Quixtar. That’s because it involves
products people use nearly every day of the week. One
way Amway Global / Quixtar Inc. extends the popularity of such a valued
product line is by spicing up exciting new editions like
the Green Tea & Coriander Home Trend Collection.
• IBO Leaders Take on Internet Critic
Posted:
2/20/2006
Internet critic Scott
Larsen has apologized to Jody Victor for reporting false
and inaccurate information about Jody, his family and
his business, information that has now been withdrawn
from Larsen’s Web site.
• Scott Larsen's Public Apology to Jody Victor
Posted:
2/20/2006
• An Eye-opener on Health
Posted: 1/31/2006
The Centers for Disease
Control recently announced that a whopping 64% of
Americans are overweight. Learn more about this
important trend and how you can use it to pump up your
independent business powered by Quixtar.com.
• Jody Victor's Most Recent Letter
to Scott Larsen
Posted:
1/10/2006
• Letter to Scott
Larsen
Posted:
1/10/2006
• Amway Global / Quixtar, IBO Leaders Team Up to
Take on Disabilities
Posted: 12/27/2005
Teams work when they are
created for the right reasons and when they are created
in the right way.
• IBO Leader Takes on Internet Critic
Posted:
12/14/2005
IBOs everywhere,
and Amway Global / Quixtar, have had their businesses harmed by the
false and misleading information posted on the Internet.
• IBOAI Lauds
Amway Global / Quixtar’s Support of U.S.
Dream Academy says Jody Victor
Posted:
12/13/2005
Jody Victor of the
Independent Business Owners Association International
(IBOAI or IBOA International) announced the trade
association’s enthusiastic support for Quixtar’s
sponsorship of the U.S. Dream Academy.
• IBOAI Wishes You a Season of Hope
and Happiness Posted: 12/01/2005
Thanksgiving has come and
gone, but the season for giving thanks hasn’t.
• Your Money and Your Taxes
Posted: 11/17/2005
"Be prepared!” says the Boy Scout motto. It’s also an
important motto for business people, especially at tax
time.
• Expect the Year of the Online Holiday
Shopper Posted: 10/11/2005
This is the year for
online holiday shopping. Gasoline prices have jumped,
and who wants to spend part of their holiday budget on
the gas to get to the mall? Natural gas prices are
expected to soar, so who can afford to shop at more
expensive local stores?
• IBOs Join Quixtar.com for
Energizing NAO Webcast Posted: 9/28/2005
Something exciting
happened September 21. A huge number of people came
together all at the same moment, making extensive new
use of the technology we’ve all embraced in our
businesses to launch a new product line.
• New ARTISTRY® Fall Trend
Collection Is Already Stirring Excitement
Posted:7/25/2005
Quixtar.com will soon
launch the new ARTISTRY Very Polished Trend Colour
Collection for fall, but it’s already stirring
excitement.
• Summer Is Here, Time for
Peter Island Sun Care Products
Posted: 7/07/2005
Families all across North
America are headed out for summer vacations and weekend
getaways. Time to remind them that Peter Island Sun Care
Products are an important ally in fighting overexposure
to the sun’s harmful rays.
• What Do You Think? Let US Know.
Posted: 7/07/2005
“We
want to know what you think.” How often do you hear that
from traditional marketing companies? Not often! But you
do hear it from Amway Global / Quixtar Inc.
• U.S. Dream Academy Gala Raises $1.8
Million Posted:
6/15/2005
Today, we’re happy to
report that the gala for the U.S. Dream Academy, held
May 24, raised $1.8 million, including $1 million
donated by Oprah Winfrey.
• U.S. Dream Academy – A Cause Close
to Our Hearts
Posted: 5/11/2005
The motto says so much: A child with a
dream… is a child with a future.
• Free eNewsletters Help Keep You
Informed Posted:
6/09/2005
How do you keep track of
all that’s new for your independent business powered by
Amway Global / Quixtar?
• As Summer Approaches Stock up on
Snacks
Posted: 5/04/2005
Right now, and through June 3, 2005,
Quixtar.com offers 15% savings on a long list of
family-favorite snack foods. It makes great sense to
stock up now, during this limited-time offer.
• Disarm Germs with Disinfectants
this
Spring
Posted: 4/13/2005
You can’t see them, probably can’t even smell them, but
they’re there: Germs, living it up in your home after
holding up inside all winter.
• Can Occupation Foretell Success?
Posted:
2/28/2005
A “magic potion…” the “silver bullet…”
your “ace up the sleeve.” Wouldn’t it be great if you
could tell from someone’s profession if he or she would
make a successful Independent Business Owner (IBO)?
• IBOAI Endorses Artistry,
Amway Global / Quixtar’s Prestige Brand
Of Skin Care and Cosmetics
Posted: 2/17/2005
Based on a study by
Euromonitor Consultancy, the world’s leading provider of
business intelligence and market analysis,
Artistry is
one of the world’s top five largest-selling prestige
brands of facial skin care and colour cosmetics.
• At What Price the Holidays?
Posted: 12/16/2004
How do you
make more out of the busy holiday season?
• Today's Economy and Your Business
Posted: 12/16/2004
No matter
who you listen to this election season, the economy has
put people on a rollercoaster ride.
• IBOAI and IBO Community Mourn the
Loss of Jay Van Andel, Business Visionary and
Philanthropist
Posted: 12/16/2004
Independent Business
Owners around the world mourn the passing of Jay Van Andel, co-founder of a multi-level marketing giant that
would become today’s Alticor and Amway Global / Quixtar.