After launching the Course Marketplace in June, the Go1 team have been working to add more and more courses to our library so that you can access the courses that you want, quicker and easier. We opened the marketplace with 25,000 courses covering a wide range of subjects from professional development, to compliance and soft skills.

As if that wasn't enough for you to learn, we have added a stack of new courses to the library once again and now have a total of over 100,000 courses for you to choose from!

The courses that we have in our marketplace aren't just any courses either. All of the content that we provide comes from some of the best learning content providers from across the world, and covers a huge range of topics and industries.

Head of Strategic Partnerships for Go1, Melvyn Lubega says "Go1’s marketplace offers over 100,000 titles from the over 300 authors. It covers topics from compliance through to professional and personal development, and boasts content in over 20 languages."

“We are very excited to be teaming up with leading training organizations globally. Through these partnerships, Go1 will be able to offer an even greater selection of leading e-learning resources to its customers.”

In addition to these partnerships, we are also an aggregator of training content with access to courses from the biggest online learning providers such as those shown below, plus many more! You can use our reviews and ratings to compare courses from a range of providers to make sure you are always finding the best course on the topic you wish to learn.

Start learning today with the Go1 Course Marketplace

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Go1 now has more than 100,000 courses available online!

GO1's Head of Strategic Partnerships, Melvyn Lubega, recently took some time to have a chat with the people at DestinyMan about how the company has expanded so rapidly across the world, as well as discussing some of the challenges that are associated with having a global team.

“When we first launched the company, I headed up sales,” says Lubega. “This meant building and growing the team, while developing our sales process to be both predictable and scalable. As we grew, this meant managing people across an increasing number of geographies and time zones, which means a lot of late nights and early mornings.”

Melvyn also talks about how his time at the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation set him up for success and led him to gaining acceptance to the prestigious University of Oxford, which in turn led to joining the GO1 team.

“Through the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme, I discovered that the difference between someone who is an entrepreneur and someone who is not is how they view the world,” he says.

Melvyn also has some great tips for aspiring businesspeople, which you can read along with the full article over at DestinyMan.com

Melvyn Lubega talks running a global company with Destiny Man

Part 2 of a Master Class with Joy Buolamwini

Having the ability to focus and push forward is critical to success, but it’s just as important to remember to listen to those around you who are challenging your ideas, or questioning your approach, as this may be the push that you need to take your concepts to the next level!

Creating an organization is about bringing people together to work on achieving a goal, and opening yourself up to listening to those around you. This allows your team to pursue opportunities together and create a more rounded experience for everyone involved.

In this part of our Master Class, Joy discusses how being dared to listen led to her success in creating a positive eco system that allowed her community to thrive.

You can enroll in Joy’s ‘Why Not Dare?’ course by clicking here 

Dare to listen and find out how others can help you succeed!

You can also check out the other parts of this Master Class here:

Introducing The 'Why Not Dare?' Master Class 

‘Dare to Ask’: Part 1 of a Master Class with Joy Buolamwini

‘Dare to Listen’: Part 2 of a Master Class with Joy Buolamwini

As technology has advanced over the past decade, recording your own videos has become easier than ever! We all have a device that can record high definition video sitting in our pockets, yet most of us don't know how to use these devices to their full potential. Video is now the go to communication tool across the world, and with a few tricks and some basic equipment, you can learn how to shoot professional quality video.

Screen recordings are fantastic, but when you can put the face of your instructor into the video, engagement levels are going to rise. Speaking in front of a camera can be tough to begin with, but like anything; the more you do it, the better you get, and it's a great skill to have.

With the use of a green screen you can transform your home office into a production studio, creating a more engaging and informative environment to present your content, and record videos or interviews that can be included in your course modules. Once you have mastered the basics that we cover in this tutorial, you can then move on to more advanced editing techniques that will allow you to increase your audience engagement.

In this post we are going to tech you how to record your own green screen video and audio, as well as walking you through how to edit everything together.

To set up your own studio similar to the one featured in the video above, you will need the following items that can easily be ordered online through Amazon:

A Green Screen back drop; These can be ordered online or purchased from a photography/video store. If you are looking for a cheaper alternative, you can head to your local craft store and make your own green screen. When doing this just ensure that the material have a matte finish so it's not reflective at all, and will provide an even color when lit up with your lighting equipment.

Two LED light panels; These are used to light your screen as well as lighting your presenter. As per the above video, to light the green screen you should have one light set up down low pointing at the space behind the presenter, if you have enough lights, one on each side is even better! Your second LED panel should be set up next to your recording device as high as your stand will go, and on the opposite side to your back light (if you are only using one)

For this recording we used one Condenser Microphone, or room mic, as well as a Lapel Microphone. Lapel mics are very cheap (Under $20) and are a great investment, because what you're saying is the most important part so people need to hear it!

Any Apple computer with iMovie (this should be standard on all Macs)

Any iPhone, Android or mobile device with video recording functionality

A tripod with adaptor to hold your device

If you have any questions about how to set up your green screen or other equipment, feel free to contact me on Twitter and I'd be happy to hep you get up and running!

How to use your mobile phone to record video with a green screen

So you've signed up to Go1 and set up your portal through the onboarding wizard but now you want to make some changes to your portal settings. No problem! You can quickly and easily make changes to all of your settings and display options through our 'settings' tools. 

To access the settings information simply click on your name in the top right corner of your screen and then click on the settings option within the dropdown menu.

You are now taken to the Portal Settings page where the General Settings are displayed. There are three sections to your Portal settings, General, Advanced and Billing.

Let's take a closer look at what you can find within each section.

Portal admins can update or edit the name of their portal

Portal admins can specify the welcome message that will appear on the learner dashboard for all of their users

Portal admins can specify their own terms and conditions and privacy policy if required

Portal admins can update or edit the primary and secondary colors for their portal

Portal admins can select which blocks  should appear on the learner dashboard for all of their users

Portal admins can specify whether the "Create new account" form is accessible to anonymous users, meaning if a user can register for a new account themselves, as well as specifying whether the Go1 Marketplace is going to be available to all users on their portal

Portal admins can specify whether all users can add credit card details for self purchases outside of the content provided to them through their portal

Portal admins can add a credit card to be used to pay for the portal subscription

Portal admins can view the agreement with Go1 for the current portal

If you have any questions about your portal settings or would like some help in getting set up, our Customer Success team is on hand to help you out 24 hours a day!

At Go1 we are proud supporters of the local community and not-for-profit businesses, and by using Go1 to learn you will also be supporting the community. With the launch of our new website we will be giving back to those organizations that are working hard to make the world a better place by donating all funds from our user fees for our starter plan directly to charity.

Every month in our customer newsletter we will be announcing how the previous months’ funds have been distributed. If you are a not-for-profit and would like to be considered for our charity donations, please contact us and tell us more about your organization.

In addition to donating the starter plan user fees, Go1 also offer free portals for not-for-profit and charity organizations. We love helping people who are doing great things in the community, and want to provide you with your own custom portal for no charge so that you can help more people! Community projects (including open source projects) also can qualify for a free Go1 portal. To find out more and apply for your free portal click here.

We are currently donating to the following charities:

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

You can read more information about our charity donations, as well as finding out about each of the charities that we are currently donating to on our website.

Part 1 of a Master Class with Joy Buolamwini

Have you ever had an idea, something you wanted to know, someone you wanted to meet, or some place you wanted go but didn’t know where to start?

At some point, we all reach the limits of our knowledge, resources, and connections. To move towards our goals we must dare to ask for what we aspire towards.

In this part of the ‘Why Not Dare?’ Master class, Joy takes a closer look into how you take a concept from an idea jotted down on a notepad, all the way through to a finished product by using the 3-S approach.

Find out more about how Joy’s determination and drive took her organizations from ideas, through to world changing innovations!

You can enroll in Joy's 'Why Not Dare?' course by clicking here 

To find out more about Joy, check out her Master Class Introduction

Dare to ask how you will change the world!

The way the we learn is constantly evolving, but as new tools that allow us to incorporate virtual and augmented reality into our learning become more accessible, we are entering a new age of learning. The Microsoft Hololens has just been released to developers and is a huge step forward in the augmented reality, but how will this impact our learning? We're going to take a look and find out.

After unboxing, the Hololens is very quick and easy to get set up. The adjustable straps make fitting the headset very quick and easy, and it is quite comfortable to wear. The only downsides are that the unit is still quite heavy and can be tough to wear for extended periods of time. There is a great tutorial to run through all of the basic commands to get everything set up and working according to your eyes and body size which takes around 15 minutes, and once you've completed that you're ready to start playing!

Although I was skeptical at first, the Hololens is very impressive. The range of view can be tough to adjust to however, once you get into using the device, you will quickly become used to the headset. When getting started, working in 15-20min blocks is the best way to allow your eyes to adjust to focussing on new objects appearing in your range of view. Working beyond this can put a strain on your eyes as they work to adjust to new objects appearing in your field of view, but after a few days you'll be a pro and happily wear the headset for extended periods of time.

Once you're all set up and using your Hololens, it quickly becomes easy to see why virtual reality, and augmented reality are going to be the way of the future. Imagine being able to train your employees on dangerous situations or simulating emergencies without ever putting anyone in danger. This is the future of training.

The immediate training impact will be seen in industries where there are many dangerous moving parts in the workplace that can be highly dangerous, but the classroom will also see huge improvements. Being able to place screens or interactive objects around a room will allow instructors to achieve a highly immersive learning experience without even being present in the room. Each student can have their own teacher to interact with their filed of view and guide them through exercises, allowing them to be completely absorbed in the learning experience.

This is an amazing breakthrough for the regular student, but it's even more of a breakthrough for students with special learning needs such as those with hearing impairments. All learners can now get the attention that they need, in the form that will help them the most.

The way that we communicate with each other is set to change forever too. Gone will be the days of video calls, as you can be standing in a room interacting with a person who is on the opposite side of the world with the use of a Hololens. Skype integration and collaboration is the beginning, but as you can see from some of the other demos below, that's just the tip of the iceberg.

At this stage, the Hololens has only been released as a developer version. As an entry point to the augmented reality market, this is mind blowing. A lot of the things that are still a touch clunky at this stage will very easily be resolved, and the first consumer versions of this product, which is yet to have a release date, is likely to be an affordable and eye-opening look into the future of human interaction that anyone can afford.

To watch some more of the Microsoft demos or the Hololens, check out these videos:

Why the Microsoft Hololens will change the way we learn

With the introduction of the Go1 Course Marketplace, you can now access over 100,000 new courses with the click of a button! Our marketplace is constantly growing, and you can now create and sell your own content for a profit so your training can pay for itself.

Selling courses with Go1 is easy. All you have to do to get started is sign up to the platform, and start creating your course. We have a number of tools to help creating your courses as simple as possible including Inline Editing, as well as an extensive User Manual to help guide you through the process.

There are two ways that you can sell courses through Go1 as shown below:

Anyone can create courses and sell them through using the Go1 platform for zero charge on sales if the courses are not listed in the Course Marketplace. This option means that you will be advertising your courses or selling through your own website (See How to Embed a Course in your website). There are no hidden fees and you will receive ALL revenue generated from selling your content. The only fee applicable to sales in this case is the credit card merchant fee (which is to Stripe and not Go1).

Users can create courses using the Go1 Platform and sell their content through the Course Marketplace. This allows other users to find your content through our search tools, and your courses will be advertised within the Go1 platform. There is a 30% fee when selling courses through the Go1 Course Marketplace.

You may also choose to incorporate both options which allows you to sell course through your own website as well as the course marketplace to get maximum exposure and reach a wider audience than using one option alone. Course Marketplace fees will only be applied to courses enrolled in through the marketplace.

If you have any questions around how to start selling your courses, or how to get started on the Go1 Platform, our Support Team is here to help guide you through the process. They are on hand to answer your questions 24 hours a day so don’t be scared to ask away!

Let your training start paying for itself and start selling courses today!

Sell courses through the Go1 Course Marketplace and let your training pay for itself!

You may often hear people say that attitude is more important than skills or experience, but is this really true? Does attitude really matter when applying for a job position or when you are trying to close a deal with your client? Which really gives a great impression to the client…? Is it attitude or skills?

As a freelancer who sends too many applications to win great opportunities online, I can attest that many employees consider attitude as to be just as important as a potential employee's’ skills and experience.

Why am I confident to say that? Despite of the skills and experience I put in my portfolio, many clients judge me by the cover letter I send upon application and how I was able to answer every question they asked. As clients read my cover letter and listening to my answers in interviews, they are reading my mind and getting ideas of who I really am.

The following questions are what most clients ask applicants and sometimes require them to include in their cover letter:

Why you consider yourself as a good fit for the position?

What can you contribute to make this project successful?

And can you finish this task on or before the due date?

When you look closer, most of these questions are basically depend on an employee’s attitude. If someone passes these first few questions, that would be the time that the employer will look into their portfolio and know more about the applicant’s skills and experience.

Why is it important to have a great attitude above skills and experience?

A person with a good attitude has range of thoughts regarding their employment. They are constantly looking for better approaches to problem solving, and ways to enhance a workplace that will benefit everyone within a company.
Individuals with good attitudes get a kick out of watching the after effects of their performance. They will demonstrate a high level of pride in what they accomplished, or how they figured out how to improve the environment around them.

A great example of a company with great culture is Zappos.

Tony Hiesh, Zappos CEO firmly stands that he wouldn’t hire stellar candidates if they didn’t align with the company’s culture, and he would fire those who don’t fit in. This Inc. video can tell you more about Tony Hiesh vision about company culture. Zappos is very well known in giving great customer experience. Company culture is well observed by the employees and it makes a chain reaction, great attitude among employees’ ended up working in a nice, peaceful environment and great relationship with their customers. No wonder why Zappos became one of the most successful businesses in the USA as it is being led by a man with a great attitude.

Many companies don’t mind spending money to provide quality training for their employees, in fact they believe that having skilled workers is a great investment, but in the end, culture fit employees are their assets.

Great attitude plays a huge part in securing new client. If you are involved in the sales process, a positive attitude could be your greatest asset in leaving a very great first impression with your new potential clients. Great products and services are what will get people interesting in your business, but it’s a positive attitude can determine whether customers will buy your product or not.

Having a positive attitude can allow you to form a bond with your audience which can prove to be especially critical in the business world. The last thing that people want to do is deal with a negative service provider, or someone that they don’t get along with. Entering any conversations with a positive attitude shows that you are able to handle their business in a professional manner, as well as being approachable and easy to deal with on a regular basis which could be the difference between winning or losing a new contract.

First impressions last, and set the tone for how you will act throughout your relationship. Making a good and positive impression could be the difference between expanding your business or missing out on that next big deal, so invest everything you can on that very first meeting to make the best impression possible, so that customers will remember you.

A good attitude is not only about closing deals; it might also lead to you landing your next big career opportunity. Like we’ve said, first impressions last, and when hiring new employees, this can play a major factor and your behavior in an interview will set the tone for how you will be performing over the coming months or years. Being open to learning new skills or working to develop your company can be very attractive to a potential employer and can really give your career a big push forward.
You attitude can open many doors in your life for both your career and your personal life, so next time you are meeting with someone, think of how coming in with a positive frame of mind will affect your experience and how much more you can get out of your interactions.

Why your attitude is just as important as your skills

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