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Terms & Conditions for Online Workshops

Updated November 1, 2026

Please read these Terms of Service ("Terms", "Terms of Service") carefully before using the PBLWorks Online Workshops event registration web sites (the "Service") operated by PBLWorks – Buck Institute for Education ("us", "we", or "our").

Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who wish to access or use the Service.

By accessing or using the Service you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the terms then you do not have permission to access the Service.

Terms of Payment; Cancellation and Refunds; Substitutions
Payment options if the Registrant's billing address is in the United States:

  • Credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express are accepted for immediate registration online.
  • Purchase orders: registration orders totaling $800 or more may be placed via Purchase Order and will be invoiced by PBLWorks. If your registration order is less than $800, you must pay by credit card.
  • Purchase orders must be received within 30 days of the registration date, and invoices are due and payable no later than 30 days after the invoice date. For registrations submitted within 30 days of the Workshop start date, the purchase order must be received, and the invoice paid, before the Workshop start date. To set up PBLWorks as a vendor in your system, please download a copy of our W-9 form (pdf)
  • Unpaid registrations are subject to cancellation. Cancellation of a registration for non-payment does not relieve the Registrant of the obligation to pay any registration fees that are non-refundable under the cancellation and refund policy below.

Payment options if the Registrant's billing address is outside of the United States:

  • Credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express are accepted for immediate registration online.

Cancellation and refund policy:

  • Cancellations submitted at least 8 weeks before the Workshop start date will receive a 100% refund of registration fees less a $100 administrative fee per Registrant.
  • No refunds will be issued for cancellations submitted fewer than 8 weeks before the Workshop start date.
  • Cancellation does not relieve the Registrant of the obligation to pay any portion of the registration fees that is non-refundable under this policy, including for registrations made by purchase order that have not yet been paid.
  • A cancellation is “submitted” on the date and time PBLWorks receives the written request at [email protected]. Unless otherwise stated, all dates and deadlines in these Terms end at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on the stated date.
  • Refunds will be issued in the same form as the original payment when possible.
  • To cancel a registration or request a refund, please email our Events team at [email protected]. 
    PBLWorks does not award payment credit towards future services or events, except as PBLWorks may offer in its sole discretion.

Substitution Policy:

  • Registrants unable to attend the Workshop may send someone in their place (name swap). Registrant substitution requests must be made online through the registration portal no later than two weeks prior to the Workshop start date.
  • Workshop substitution requests (date swap) should be made in writing via email to [email protected]. Workshop substitution requests must be received no later than one week prior to the Workshop start date and the replacement Workshop must take place within the same calendar year. A registration that is not used for a Workshop taking place within that period expires without refund.

  • If a substitution changes the applicable registration fees, the Registrant will be charged or refunded the difference, subject to the cancellation and refund policy above.

    Substitute Registrants must meet any prerequisite requirements stated in the applicable Workshop description and should be aware of any pre-work that was assigned by the Workshop facilitator. Substitute Registrants are bound by these Terms. Refunds will not be granted to Registrants who do not complete the pre-work and are thus unable to participate fully in a Workshop.

Additional Terms and Conditions

1. Intellectual Property

  1. PBLWorks has developed a proprietary method to teach project based learning (“PBL”) using specific protocols, methods, modules, audiovisual and online materials, instructional methodology, framework, and series of PBL steps, together with all presentations, handouts, digital resources, and other materials provided in or in connection with the Workshop by or on behalf of PBLWorks (“Intellectual Property”). This Intellectual Property and any related proprietary methodology are embodied in various PBLWorks-owned copyrighted works, trademarks, and other proprietary materials. As between PBLWorks and the Registrant, PBLWorks and its licensors own all right, title, and interest in and to the Intellectual Property.
  2. To the extent that PBLWorks makes any modifications, alterations, add-ons, versions, updates, or other changes to the Intellectual Property, such modifications, alterations, add-ons, versions, updates, or other changes shall constitute derivative works, which shall be considered part of the Intellectual Property defined herein. Any adaptation or modification of the Intellectual Property made by the Registrant may only be used within the scope of the Permitted Use described in Section 1(c). 
  3. Subject to these Terms, PBLWorks grants the Registrant a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to use the Intellectual Property solely for the Registrant’s own professional learning and for instruction of students in the Registrant’s own classroom or school (the “Permitted Use”).
  4. Except for the Permitted Use, the Registrant agrees not to, and not to permit any third party to: (i) distribute, circulate, copy, cause to be copied, or otherwise replicate the Intellectual Property; (ii) record, film, photograph, screenshot, or make audio or video recordings or transcripts of any Workshop session, including by using any AI note-taking, transcription, or meeting-recording tool, without PBLWorks’ prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld); (iii) use the Intellectual Property to provide professional development, training, coaching, or consulting services to others, whether or not for a fee, or for any other commercial purpose; (iv) post, upload, or share the Intellectual Property on any website, social media, or file-sharing platform; (v) input the Intellectual Property into any artificial intelligence or machine learning tool or system for the purpose of training, fine-tuning, or developing that tool or system, or use the Intellectual Property to create competing materials; or (vi) remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices.
  5. PBLWorks’ names, logos, and trademarks, including PBLWorks and Gold Standard PBL, are the property of PBLWorks. Nothing in these Terms grants the Registrant any right to use them, except to accurately describe the Registrant’s participation in the Workshop.
  6. The Registrant acknowledges that a breach of Section 1  may cause PBLWorks irreparable harm for which monetary damages would be inadequate, and that PBLWorks shall be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief, in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity, without the necessity of posting a bond.

2. Consent to Use of Name, Image, Likeness and Voice

Registration and attendance at, or participation in, Workshops and related activities constitutes an agreement by the Registrant to allow PBLWorks, its affiliates and partners, and third-party organizations acting on PBLWorks’ behalf to capture, use, reproduce, edit and distribute (both now and in the future) the Registrant’s name, image, likeness or voice in photographs, video, screen captures, electronic reproductions, and/or audio recordings of such events and activities, in any media now known or later developed, for educational, promotional, marketing, and other purposes related to PBLWorks’ mission and programs.  PBLWorks may record Workshop sessions and Registrant waives any right to inspect or approve such materials and any right to compensation for their use, and releases PBLWorks and its agents from any claims arising from such use.  A Registrant who does not wish to appear in recordings or screen captures may keep their camera off, use initials as their display name, or notify the PBLWorks Events Team at [email protected] before the Workshop and PBLWorks will make reasonable efforts to accommodate the request.

3. Participant Conduct

PBLWorks is committed to providing a safe, respectful, and inclusive learning environment for all participants. The Registrant agrees to comply with the instructions of PBLWorks and the Workshop facilitator regarding conduct during the Workshop and with the terms of use of any platform used to deliver the Workshop. PBLWorks reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove from a Workshop any person whose conduct PBLWorks determines is disruptive, unsafe, or inconsistent with these Terms, without refund.

4. Privacy

PBLWorks collects and uses personal information provided in connection with registration and the Workshop in accordance with its Privacy Policy, available at https://www.pblworks.org/terms. Registration is processed through Cvent, and Workshops are delivered through third-party videoconferencing and collaboration platforms; the privacy terms of those third-party platforms may also apply.

5. Changes to or Cancellation of a Workshop

  1. PBLWorks reserves the right to change a Workshop’s schedule, facilitators, content, or delivery platform. Such changes do not entitle the Registrant to a refund except as provided in the cancellation and refund policy above.
  2. If PBLWorks cancels a Workshop, PBLWorks will refund the registration fees paid or, at the Registrant’s option, transfer the registration to another available Workshop. If PBLWorks reschedules a Workshop, the Registrant’s registration will transfer to the rescheduled dates, or the Registrant may request a refund within 30 days after PBLWorks gives notice of the change. The remedies in this section are the Registrant’s sole and exclusive remedies for any change to, rescheduling of, or cancellation of a Workshop. PBLWorks is not responsible for any other costs or expenses incurred by the Registrant.
  3. PBLWorks will not be liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, severe weather, epidemics or pandemics, acts of government, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, or failure of utilities, internet service, communications networks, or third-party platforms.

6. Technology Requirements

The Registrant is responsible for providing a compatible device, reliable internet access, and any software required to participate in the Workshop, as described in the Workshop materials. PBLWorks is not responsible for the Registrant’s inability to participate due to the Registrant’s equipment, software, or internet connection, and no refund will be issued in such cases.

7. Disclaimer; Limitation of Liability

THE WORKSHOPS AND THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND PBLWORKS MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE WORKSHOP WILL MEET THE REGISTRANT’S REQUIREMENTS OR PRODUCE ANY PARTICULAR RESULT. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, PBLWORKS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE WORKSHOP. PBLWORKS’ TOTAL LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED THE REGISTRATION FEES PAID BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE REGISTRANT FOR THE WORKSHOP. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS LIMITS ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING LIABILITY FOR FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

8. Purchase Orders; Order of Precedence

Purchase orders are accepted solely for administrative and invoicing convenience. Any terms and conditions contained in or referenced by a purchase order, vendor registration form, or other document issued by or on behalf of the Registrant that are additional to or inconsistent with these Terms are rejected and have no force or effect, unless expressly agreed in a writing signed by an authorized representative of PBLWorks.

9. Governing Law; Venue; No Waiver; Severability; Entire Agreement; Survival

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any action arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Workshop shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Marin County, California, and each party hereby consents to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts.


PBLWorks’ failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be  enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms, together with the PBLWorks Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between PBLWorks and the Registrant regarding the Registrant’s registration for and participation in the Workshop.All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive the Workshop or any cancellation of a registration shall survive.
 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these terms, please contact us at [email protected].