One of the most valuable skills you need to be productive is the ability to solve problems and manage projects – clearly, calmly and effectively. New projects take more than just an idea to get off the ground – they need strategy, planning and execution to be successful. Manage and Review Projects is this week's course highlight, created by Interaction Training. 

Successful completion of projects and tasks directly depends on a productive and successful team whose members are committed to contributing, communicating and co-operating. This course focuses on setting goals that can be reviewed and measured so that project milestones and completion are clearly identifiable and achieved. Learn how to review project outcomes and processes against the project scope and plan, as well as how important it is to involve team members in the project review cycle and document lessons learnt. 

This course includes approximately 40 minutes of learning covering the following topics: 

Interaction is at the forefront of the self-paced learning industry, consistently breaking new ground in the adoption of the latest technologies that have the capability of accelerating the effectiveness of corporate learning. Interaction has partnered with Go1 to offer their range of courses in business, compliance and professional development topics.

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Improve your ability to solve problems and manage projects 

Course of the week: manage and review projects

This partnership will see Go1's customer base now able to access Thomson Reuters leading risk and compliance training. 

Thomson Reuters are a leading source of intelligent information for the world’s businesses and professionals. 

With their Compliance Learning solution, employees receive practical, interactive, customizable and cost-effective training courses, which help change behaviour and build a culture of integrity and compliance. The market-ready courses are engaging and accessible via multiple platforms, allowing you to access key training from anywhere at any time. 

Take the next step and enroll in Thomson Reuters Compliance training on Go1 today!

Thomson Reuters tracks more than 1000 regulators and exchanges globally, to provide a library of compliance training courses via Go1 that reflect the latest laws and regulations. Available in Go1 Premium are 6 areas of compliance training with content applicable in regions including Globally, APAC and Australia. 

Prevention of Corrupt Practices (includes anti-bribery and business ethics)

Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorism Financing  (anti-money laundering)

Employee Conduct & Business Ethics  (codes of conduct and workplace discrimination)

Market Conduct & Fraud (consumer law, global sanctions)

Privacy, Confidentiality and Information Security (Data Privacy and Protection, GDP, Cyber Security)

TR Compliance GO1.pdf

Go1 is very excited to be working closely with Thomson Reuters and building a great relationship. Contact Go1 if you have any questions, or want to access the Thomson Reuters content via a Go1 Premium subscription. 

Thomson Reuters Compliance Learning is now available in association with Go1. 

Welcome to our second episode of The eLearning Assist Podcast for 2019!

In this episode, Go1’s VP of Marketing Scott Cooper talks to Jacque Lachmund about the importance of domestic and family violence (DFV) training in the workplace. 

Jacque is the CEO of Australia's CEOChallenge (ACEOC) - an organisation that provides domestic and family violence training for companies all across Australia. ACEOC is a recognised, award-winning charity that supports the business sector to help break the silence surrounding domestic violence. Their aim is to make sure workplaces are aware and responsive to domestic violence, and have in place a strategy to raise awareness and support their staff who may be living with violence, abuse and control at home. 

At Go1 we truly believe that workplaces can play a critical role in responding to DFV, which contributes to ACEOC’s vision of a world without violence. Last year, we partnered with ACEOC to deliver a Workplace Domestic and Family Violence Training Package to ensure that organisations are getting a succinct message, and a succinct way on how to respond to colleagues and to others. 

As Jacque says, "We're called Australia's CEOChallenge, because we challenge CEOs to address this issue and be a responsible organisation. It starts from the top." Together, we can make our workplaces safe environments where conversations about DFV can take place, without creating further stigma, shame and fear. 

Throughout the podcast, Jacque shares her tips around how to provide effective training on sensitive topics. She also touches on some general rules about what support services organisations can offer internally, as well as how as a collective, both in community and business, we can all work together to tackle this issue. 

So without further ado, let's dive in and get some valuable insight from Jacque on this important topic. Listen to the podcast here:

In this episode, GO1’s VP of Marketing Scott Cooper talks to Jacque Lachman, CEO of Australia's CEO Challenge, about the importance of Domestic & Family Violence training, and give some tips of how to provide better training around sensitive topics.

The eLearning Assist Podcast: How to provide training on sensitive topics by GO1

You can also hear more about the company’s experience with Go1 in our upcoming case study, which will feature Jacque and Scott talking more about Australia's CEOChallenge’s experience in using Go1 and how it has impacted their employee learning experience. So stay tuned for that!

Jacque Lachmund, Australia's CEOChallenge and Scott Cooper, VP of Marketing at Go1 

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The eLearning Assist Podcast: Tips from Australia's CEOChallenge around providing effective training for sensitive topics

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Welcome back. Previously we discussed some of the basic certifications you will need to jump start your journey into the IT Security field and open many opportunities for you. But what if you want to take it to the next level. Perhaps you are aspiring for a Director of Security or CISO role. What certifications lay the foundation to purse that direction?

There are actually many other specialty areas in security available for us to discuss (like those created by industry leaders like Cisco, GIAC, SANS, ISACA, (ISC)2 and many others). But for the interest of brevity, I’d like to highlight some of the more popular ones. The first two I’d like to introduce are from ISACA and are favorable certifications for those who wish to move into management positions. Those two are: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). 

There are more than 140,000 professionals certified globally with CISA and it is one of the top paying IT certifications of 2018 as reported by Global Knowledge. As companies are faced with increasingly more security challenges including new global threats (e.g. ransomware), new government regulations (e.g. GDPR), and new technologies to secure; they are under enormous pressure to hire the right talent to manage it. With the CISA certification, you will be recognized as someone that can take a comprehensive view of information systems and their relationship to a success business-wide security initiative. In addition to passing the exam, this certification requires the submission of a formal application which requires certain levels of education and work experience. Check out their web site for more information.

The CISM certification is different and comes at security from a company policy standpoint. It covers four key areas: information security governance, Information risk management, information security program development and management, and information security incident management. Passing this certification demonstrates that you understand security and how it relates to the overall business goals. It shows that you not only understand security, but also how to build and manage an information security program within the company. 

But perhaps you’re looking to achieve an even higher position, one that leads all of the company’s security needs, such as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Director of IT Security. Moving into these roles require digging much deeper into all the individual niches in the security field. The first one to consider is CompTIA’s Advanced Security Practitioner (or CASP). CASP is a relatively new certification from CompTIA and is meant to test the student on a broad range of security skills. In fact, it meets the ISO 17024 standard and is compliant with regulations in the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).

Once you pass the CASP certification, you’ll likely be feeling pretty good about your skills, a Luke Skywalker of Security experts if you will. But what if you want to go for Yoda status? One of the top respected certifications is undoubtedly the (ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Practitioner (or CISSP), which is not your average certification and will require significant work to achieve. It is meant to demonstrate a clear and deep knowledge of all things security and is fast becoming a requirement for many of the very top positions in IT security. 

Although CASP and CISSP are great options for some of the top IT positions and cover a broad range of security topics, they are very different in what the exam covers. The CASP exam tests whether you know HOW to implement many of common security concepts, so their questions will be mostly unambiguous. For example, “what command line tool is used to create a 128-bit hash?” The CISSP exam, on the other hand, tests whether you know what the best practices are when dealing with complex security situations. Here, the options available to choose from may, in fact, all be technically correct. For example, take the following question, “Which of the following is the PRIMARY advantage of data classification for an organization?” Here, all the options could be valid examples of legitimate advantages, but the correct answer is the one that has the most advantages. 

Be sure to check out many of the training titles we have in security, and good luck my young Jedi.

Vice President of Technology | LearnNowOnline | Eden Prairie, MN

Martin Schaeferle is the Vice President of Technology for LearnNowOnline. Martin joined the company in 1994 and started teaching IT professionals nationwide to develop applications using Visual Studio and Microsoft SQL Server. He has been a featured speaker at various conferences including Microsoft Tech-Ed, DevConnections and the Microsoft NCD Channel Summit. Today, he is responsible for all product and software development as well as managing the company’s IT infrastructure. Martin enjoys staying on the cutting edge of technology and guiding the company to produce the best learning content with the best user experience in the industry. In his spare time, Martin enjoys golf, fishing, and being with his wife and three adult children. 

Navigating your IT security certifications, part 2

Here at Go1, we work to partner with high-quality content providers across various topics so that we can cover all our customers’ training needs. That is why we’re excited about our partnership with Intellezy, who are popular for their engaging, instructor-led videos that help you learn what you need, when you need it. 

It's no secret - the new economy demands that we continuously renew and retool our skills. Whether you're just entering the workforce, moving ahead in your chosen field, or changing careers, Intellezy microlearning strengthens your competence AND confidence. Intellezy can provide an eLearning solution like no other. With 5,000+ videos, they offer a robust library of Microsoft Office, Office 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud microlearning. Their unique 3 - 5 minute short segment videos, with onscreen instructors, provide solutions to common workday challenges. 

There are many reasons to start using Intellezy for your training needs but one that clearly stands out is their expertly presented content, which focuses on producing high-quality professional content for professionals like you. If you're ready to expand your skillset through the best training providers available, you will find all of Intellezy's content in Go1 Premium today!

A running theme of this month's productivity courses has been the fact you can't buy time! Everyone is given the same twenty-four hours every day. How you use them is up to you. This week's course is provided by Vado, and called "Brain Bites - Time Management". You will learn specific tips and tricks for better time management, from some of the world’s top experts in time management, including Stephen Covey, Dave Crenshaw, Peter Drucker, and Tim Ferriss.

Brain Bites micro-learning courses are information-rich and convey important topics with an engaging mix of video and animation. With 5 minute video lessons and 30-minute-or-less courses, Brain Bites are the perfect tool to educate today’s busy workforce.

Brain Bites courses are designed to be fast paced, information-rich courses which use a combination of video and animation to convey important business topics quickly and effectively, in five-minute micro-learning lessons. Written by highly experienced subject matter experts and presented in a two-person video-based style, Brain Bites courses are the perfect way to educate today’s busy workforce. 

Describe the Time Audit, including use of the Time Audit  to analyse your productivity 

Discuss the benefit of focusing on your Circle of Influence

List the three keys of a useful To-Do List

Discuss using the 80/20 rule to connect your priorities to your energy level and to manage your To-Do List and interruptions

Identify Time Wasters and discuss how Batching can improve productivity

Vado is a US based company that's changing the face of learning with micro-learning courses, followed by step-by-step instructions on how to apply the course on the job where 70% of development happens. Vado has partnered with Go1 to offer their uniquely designed courses in topic areas of communication, human resources and professional development training.

Take back your day – learn how to reduce distractions and focus on priorities to get more done

Course of the week: Brain Bites - Time Management

Recently, Go1's Dan Fish, Director of Strategy & Partnerships, attended the Microsoft Future Now conference at Carriage Works in Sydney. 

Here, Dan shares a couple of quick highlights from the event.

Excerpt from Dan Fish's article in Medium

"Speaking at the conference was a fantastic selection of Microsoft heavy weights and guests. Kicking off proceedings was Microsoft Australia Managing Director Steven Worrall. He spoke passionately about “people first, technology second” and paid a heartfelt tribute to two Microsoft Partner representatives who lost their lives in the terrible Christchurch terrorist attack. 

Following Steven was Brad Smith, Global President for Microsoft, who passed on great insight and thinking from within the business over the last 2 decades. Closing proceedings was an experienced panel of speakers providing real insight around how to win the battle for talent in today’s ever evolving society. The panel was chaired by Narelle Hooper (Editor of Company Director) and included Chuck Edward (Corporate VP, Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Microsoft) and Sara Caplan (PwC Australia’s National Skills Lead and CEO of PwC’s Skills for Australia).

Now onto a couple of the highlights from the Future Now conference itself..."

Genevieve on stage discussing the future is here. A photo taken in a Japan subway on 2003 pre smart phones

Genevieve Bell — Anthropologist, Professor Engineering & Computer Science at The Australian National University and former Intel exec.

Genevieve delivered an incredibly engaging talk called ‘The future is now: the intersection of culture and technology’. The discussion broke down into some key areas which is discussed in further detail in the full article.

Mikaela Jade delivering the Welcome to Country, Future Now Sydney 28 March 2019

Mikaela Jade — Founder & CEO of Indigital.

Mikaela delivered the Welcome to Country but also spoke about her amazing business, Indigital. I would urge you to check it out. One of the best utilisations of Augmented Reality (AR) I’ve seen.

Head over to Medium to read the full article!

Dan Fish is the Director of Strategy & Partnerships here at Go1, an incredibly talented and driven team focused on disrupting the world of education. If you’d like to get in touch, feel free to connect with Dan on LinkedIn or say hello here.

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Highlights from the Microsoft Future Now conference - Go1

Go1's Dan Fish shares his highlights from the Microsoft Future Now conference

Have you and your team accomplished something special? Enter the LearnX Live Awards 2019!

The LearnX Live Awards is an international awards program that recognises multiple fields within talent management across the corporate, education and public-service sectors. Each year the Awards uncover incredible projects and solutions that deliver best practice and business value.

The Awards have been in operation since 2008 – think your team could be a winner in 2019? 

The Awards are open to individuals, teams and enterprises from the corporate, education and public-service sectors worldwide, that have implemented or released a project/solution relating to the development and management of enterprise talent, since January 2017. 

Vendors may enter with, or on behalf of a client, with prior endorsement from the client.

Go1 is a proud sponsor of this year’s Content Curation award – we encourage you to enter and show your team and partners how much you value their talent and work.

Nominations open for the 2019 FuturistiX Live! Awards

Here at Go1, we work to partner with high-quality content providers across various topics so that we can cover all our customers’ training needs. That is why we’re excited to introduce two content partners who are helping us provide training across the professional development, safety, and compliance training spaces.

Sarder Learning offers over 200 courses and more than 450 byte-sized lessons on the world’s best business practices, all available in Go1 Premium. Their content leverages the expertise from Fortune 1000 corporate leaders, Ivy League professors, and best-selling book authors, including:

Peter Senge - author of The Fifth Discipline and MIT professor
 

Henry Paulson - former US Secretary of the Treasury and former CEO of Goldman Sachs
 

Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn - Chief Knowledge Officer at CISCO
 

Tiger Tyagarajan - President and CEO at Genpact
 

ERI Safety Videos is a US-based work health and safety content provider with over 580 courses in Go1 Premium. 

With over 30 years of experience creating employee training products, ERI Safety Videos produces courses that engage and motivate workers while delivering key safety lessons in an efficient manner. Their slogan, “Preventing Injuries Through Employee Training,” reaffirms their commitment to creating safety training products that speak to real workers about the safety issues they need to know about to prevent workplace injuries. They believe that employee safety training products need to accomplish more than just OSHA compliance; they must also be powerful and motivational. 

ERI releases new programs four times a year, ensuring that their training is always fresh and applicable.

At Go1, we work to partner with high-quality content providers so we can cover all our customers’ training needs. That is why we’re excited to introduce two content partners.

Go1 partners with leading professional development, safety, and compliance training

We're delighted to have partnered with Walkgrove- a company who are passionate about providing award-winning bespoke eLearning solutions for companies and individuals! 

Walkgrove is a training consultancy, formed in 1994, which specialises in the development of mainly bespoke training solutions using all modern media, including e-learning, mobile and VR. It has many clients in the public, private and not for profit sectors, and have worked with the likes of M + W Group, Maximus, Cory Environmental, Australia Post and Napp Pharmaceuticals. 

Walkgrove works hard to ensure that their training options deliver real value and impact businesses tangibly and positively. With a diverse range of training options, their courses are great for anyone who would benefit from building self-confidence and self-belief in their abilities before moving into more complex areas of managing people and events. This is particularly beneficial for junior and aspiring managers and team leaders and supervisors!  

Walkgrove is a valuable addition to Go1 and we hope that you enjoy all of what they have to offer. You can now access their training as part of Go1 Premium for no additional costs today.

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