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7 Dec, 20 tweets, 9 min read
My friends, the come has come. This holiday season I'm giving away a golden ticket that grants free entry into ALL my training courses and tons of other amazing prizes.

All the details are here: chrissanders.org/2021/12/golden…
If you find my golden ticket, you win:
- A free seat in every @NetworkDefense training course
- A free seat in one course to give to a friend
- A signed copy of all my books
(more...)
- 2 free seats in @DragosInc “Assessing, Hunting, and Monitoring Industrial Control Systems” course (in person or online, for you and a friend)
- A free seat in a @TrustedSec online course
- A super secret and totally awesome prize from me

That's nearly $20,000 in prizes.
Where can you find the golden ticket? It's found in an act of charitable giving; by helping others who are down on their luck or lacking opportunity.
To enter to win my golden ticket, make a donation of at least $20 to:

@RuralTechFund here: ruraltechfund.org/donate/

OR

Your local food bank.

Every $20 you donate is another chance to find the golden ticket.
Forward your donation receipt(s) to goldenticket@ruraltechfund.org.

They must be dated between Dec 6th and Dec 24th.

You can enter as many times as you want, and the competition is open internationally.

The golden ticket will be revealed to the winner on Christmas day.
Now for even better news. This year we've partnered with other organizations that want to do good in the world. They are making additional contributions that unlock at different funding goals.
$5000: Unlocks $5000 on behalf of Alan and Maria Orlikoski

$10000: Unlocks $10000 from @DNSFilter

$20000: Unlocks $10000 from @TrustedSec

$30000: Unlocks $10000 from @Splunk SURGe

$40000: Unlocks $10000 on behalf of @markmorow & @microsoft
$50000: Unlocks $10000 from @blackthornellc AND unlocks the SECOND GOLDEN TICKET to be given away

$65000: Unlocks $15000 from an anonymous donor in memory of Sue & Ben Reeves

$75000: Unlocks the *BBQ Tier*.

$100000: Unlocks the THIRD GOLDEN TICKET to be given away.
What is the BBQ tier? I will personally cook BBQ for every Golden Ticket winner. That can be a pork butt or brisket (your choice). I’ll deliver it myself if you’re within a couple hundred miles of Atlanta, GA. If not, I’ll vacuum seal it and ship it (US winners only).
Thanks to my amazing partners for making all these reward matches possible. It's amazing what we can do when we all work together. I think we're going to do a lot of good in the world this year.
And finally, I'll also be drawing entrants throughout the next couple of weeks to win free signed books and individual course seats. You have lots of opportunities to win.
Here are all the details on a single page and a shareable graphic with all the prizes and contest details: chrissanders.org/2021/12/golden….
Good luck, my friends :)
Good morning! After our first day, we're just shy of our next goal -- 10K. A few hundred more dollars and we unlock a $5k bonus from our friends at @DNSFilter.

chrissanders.org/2021/12/golden…
🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

And with that, we've hit our 10K fundraising reward tier. That gives us a $5000 bonus donation from @DNSFilter.
Our next goal is to hit $20k raised, which will unlock a $10k bonus from @TrustedSec. They are also providing a free seat in their online training courses to the golden ticket winner! trustedsec.com/services/onlin…
Remember, you can make a donation to @RuralTechFund OR any food bank of your choosing (or both). Just forward us the receipt. Contest prizes and entry instructions here: chrissanders.org/2021/12/golden….
Worth noting -- if your workplace participates in a charitable donation service, you can donate through there too and forward the receipt. If there's a match, you'll get credit for that too. These are services like Benevity, Fidelity Charitable, AOGF, and others.
At last check, we've raised around $16K. Another $4K and we'll reach our next milestone which means a $10K bonus from @TrustedSec!

chrissanders.org/2021/12/golden…

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An interesting study on the effects of prediction error on how people update their beliefs on topics.

Overview article: psypost.org/2021/11/psycho…

Research article: scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/…

Relevance here to combatting misinformation.
The gist of the findings is that folks are more likely to change their mind on a topic when asked to make a prediction about some facts relevant to the topic and subsequently finding out their prediction was false.
Further, the magnitude of the prediction error is notable:

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As one of my last doctoral coursework presentations, I spent time talking to my colleagues about the ethical dilemmas surrounding offensive security tool release. The outsider input was fascinating. Here's a thread to share some of that... 1/
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Although I had met Alan, I didn't know him well. However, his signature hangs on my wall as part of the SANS Difference Makers award he had a hand in awarding me in 2018. 1/
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I'm doing some planning work now for the courses we'll work on and release in 2022 at @NetworkDefense

Want to work with me to develop a course of your own to host on our platform? Now's the time to send in a proposal.

networkdefense.co/develop-a-cour…
It doesn't matter if you don't have a lot of teaching experience as long as you are well-spoken. I'll work with you and teach you principles of curriculum design and adult learning to help turn your expertise into effective learning content.
Here are some comments from a few of our course authors who I've worked with during this process so far. ImageImage
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