TFI vs. Religion vs. Amway

Basic strategy for world domination is to be a good public speaker/effective trainer/manipulator so that you can invest others in your idea and create clones of yourselves to multiply your impact. Humans are wired (genetically evolved ) to seek out groups to belong to - safety in numbers.

I am a 2014 Teach For India fellow.I have tried to be objective here, but I am sure my biases against ponzi schemes and religion would have crept in (although I know that direct selling and ponzi are not the same thing)

Parameter	Teach For India	Direct Selling (Amway, Tupperware, Oriflame)
Impact parameter	Reach as many children as possible	Convert as many people (as customers and as representatives in the pyramid) as possible
Appeals to	Person's humanity	Person's greed
Key player	Fellow	Amway Business Owner
Benefits	Children	Amway Business Owner
Leadership development opportunity for key player?	Yes	Yes
Training methodology	Seniors trains junior, specialists train juniors	Seniors train juniors
Supervisor	Program manager	Sponsor (The person who introduced you)
Small scale meeting	Learning Circles at homes	Tupperware tea party at homes
Large scale meeting	City Conference held at hired venues	Larger conferences held at hired venues
Celebration style	Song and dance	long term business owners who now earn a lot, come on the stage and brag.
Training	Institute, Lesson Planning Clinics	Special Training Programme, Books, Audio CDs, Online courses
What enforces cooperation between junior and senior players?	Inherent human tendency	Pyramid structure for sharing profits
What enforces cooperation between peers?	Inherent human tendency	Nothing. Infact there might be hostility
What enforces cooperation between players within and without organization?	Inherent human tendency	Nothing
Hierarchy	Management > Program Team > Fellows > Children	Pyramid structure

Parameter	Teach For India	Religion (Hinduism, Christianity, New age like Sahaj Yoga and art of Living)
Leader	CEO	Self appointed Godman/Godwoman
Impact parameter	Reach as many children as possible	Spread faith and indoctrinate as many people as possible
Belief	Education can save humanity	Human society needs a common set of laws on how to live life
Attitude	Question everything, keep improving, scientific attitude	Blind faith
Appeals to	Person's humanity	Person's fear of death and loneliness only
Key player	Fellow	Follower
Benefits	Children	Guardians of faith - money and power
Leadership development opportunity for key player?	Yes	Ghanta
Conversion methodology	Seniors trains junior, specialists train juniors, presentation at colleges, media	Peer pressure, Family life influences children
Supervisor	Program manager	Appointed local guardian of faith (Sadhu, bishop etc)
Small scale meeting	Learning Circles at homes	Hawan, Vigil, gathering during family events (birth, death, marriage)
Large scale meeting	City Conference held at hired venues	Sunday mass, Forums, Community meditation
Celebration style	Song and dance	Song and dance, sacrifice, flowers, pour milk, burn stuff, gluttony
Training	Institute, Lesson Planning Clinics	Reading of scriptures, chanting of hymns, getting kids to follow parents
What enforces cooperation between junior and senior players?	Inherent human tendency	Fear of harm if trying to defect from group (death, amputation, ostracization)
What enforces cooperation between peers?	Inherent human tendency	Fear of harm if trying to defect from group (death, amputation, ostracization)
What enforces cooperation between players within and without organization?	Inherent human tendency	Fear of harm if trying to defect from group (death, amputation, ostracization)
Hierarchy	CEO and Management > Program Team > Fellows > Children	Religious leader > guardians of faith > people
Cooperation between various organization	Yes through Teach For All	No - they are competitors