Last updated: September 30, 2026

Welcome to PIO Calendar. These Terms & Conditions govern your access to and use of PIOCalendar.com, its related services, and communications from PIO Calendar.

PIO Calendar is operated by PDR Strategies. By accessing or using the Website, submitting content, creating an account, purchasing a service, or subscribing to communications, you agree to these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.

1. Purpose of PIO Calendar

PIO Calendar is a professional resource that helps public information officers, communicators, emergency managers, instructors, organizations, and related professionals discover and share training, conferences, webinars, jobs, resources, organizations, books, tools, and professional-development opportunities.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, PIO Calendar does not organize, host, manage, sell tickets for, employ for, sponsor, or operate the events, jobs, products, services, or organizations listed on the Website.

2. Informational Use Only

Information on PIO Calendar is provided for general informational and professional-development purposes.

While we work to keep listings current and useful, we do not guarantee that any information on the Website is accurate, complete, current, available, or appropriate for a particular purpose. Event dates, costs, registration requirements, locations, availability, job details, and other information may change without notice.

You are responsible for confirming information directly with the relevant event organizer, employer, organization, vendor, publisher, or other third party before registering, purchasing, applying, traveling, relying on a listing, or taking any other action.

3. Permitted Use

You may use PIO Calendar for lawful, personal, professional, and informational purposes.

You may not:

• Use the Website for unlawful, fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive purposes.
• Interfere with or attempt to disrupt the Website, its systems, security, or availability.
• Use automated tools, bots, scripts, scrapers, or similar methods to collect, copy, monitor, or republish Website content without written permission.
• Submit spam, malware, false information, infringing content, or content that violates another person’s rights.
• Impersonate another person or organization.
• Use PIO Calendar data to send unsolicited commercial messages.
• Reproduce, distribute, sell, license, or commercially exploit original PIO Calendar content without prior written permission.

We may restrict, suspend, or terminate access to the Website when we reasonably believe misuse has occurred.

4. Listings, Submissions, and Public Content

PIO Calendar may publish information obtained from publicly available sources, event organizers, employers, organizations, publishers, users, and other contributors.

If you submit an event, job, organization, resource, book, profile, image, logo, description, or other content, you represent and warrant that:

• You have the authority and necessary rights to submit the content.
• The information is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
• The content is relevant to PIO Calendar’s professional audience.
• The content does not violate law, infringe intellectual property rights, violate privacy rights, or contain misleading information.

By submitting content, you grant PIO Calendar a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to review, edit, reproduce, display, publish, distribute, promote, and otherwise use that content in connection with operating and promoting PIO Calendar.

PIO Calendar may edit for style, clarity, formatting, categorization, or length. We may decline, remove, correct, update, feature, or reclassify any submission at our discretion and are not obligated to publish any submission.

5. Jobs, Profiles, and Professional Information

Job listings, employer information, professional profiles, speaker information, and similar content are provided for informational and networking purposes.

PIO Calendar is not an employer, recruiter, staffing agency, credentialing body, background-check provider, or party to any employment, contracting, speaking, or professional relationship. We do not verify every listing, employer, applicant, credential, or representation.

Employers and users are responsible for their own screening, verification, hiring, contracting, and professional decisions.

6. Third-Party Links and Services

The Website may link to third-party websites, registration systems, employers, retailers, service providers, advertisers, or other resources.

PIO Calendar does not control and is not responsible for third-party websites, content, availability, privacy practices, transactions, products, services, or conduct. A link does not constitute endorsement unless PIO Calendar expressly states otherwise.

Your use of third-party websites and services is subject to their own terms, conditions, and privacy policies.

7. Advertising, Featured Listings, and Affiliate Links

PIO Calendar may offer paid advertising, sponsored content, featured listings, promotional email placements, affiliate links, or other paid promotional opportunities.

Payment for a featured listing, advertisement, or placement does not guarantee any specific number of views, clicks, registrations, applications, sales, rankings, media coverage, or other results.

Featured, sponsored, affiliate, and advertising relationships may be identified on the Website or in related communications. PIO Calendar may earn compensation when users purchase through qualifying affiliate links or engage with paid placements.

Paid placement does not constitute editorial endorsement, and PIO Calendar reserves the right to refuse or remove advertising or promotional content that does not align with the Website’s purpose, audience, standards, or legal obligations.

8. Intellectual Property

All original PIO Calendar content, including Website design, branding, logos, graphics, original writing, compilations, databases, and functionality, is owned by or licensed to PIO Calendar and is protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

Event names, logos, images, descriptions, trademarks, books, articles, and other third-party content remain the property of their respective owners.

If you believe content on PIO Calendar infringes your copyright or other rights, contact us at [contact email] with sufficient information for us to review the concern.

9. Email Communications

PIO Calendar offers optional email communications, including the Weekly Digest, Monthly Roundup, The PIO Brief, and occasional important PIO Calendar updates.

By subscribing, you agree to receive the communications you select and occasional significant PIO Calendar announcements. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link included in an email or by contacting us.

Email practices and personal-information handling are further described in our Privacy Policy.

10. Disclaimer of Warranties

PIO Calendar is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, PIO Calendar and PDR Strategies disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninfringement, and security.

We do not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free from harmful components.

11. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, PIO Calendar and PDR Strategies will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to:

• Your use of or inability to use the Website.
• Reliance on information, listings, links, or content available through the Website.
• Participation in an event, purchase, application, employment decision, professional engagement, or third-party transaction.
• Errors, omissions, cancellations, schedule changes, service interruptions, or third-party conduct.

If liability is found despite this limitation, the total liability of PIO Calendar and PDR Strategies for any claim will not exceed the amount you paid directly to PIO Calendar for the specific service giving rise to the claim during the 12 months before the claim arose.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless PIO Calendar, PDR Strategies, and their officers, employees, contractors, and service providers from claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from your use of the Website, your submissions, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of another person’s rights.

13. Changes to the Website or Terms

PIO Calendar may change, suspend, discontinue, or update any part of the Website or its services at any time.

We may update these Terms & Conditions as the Website evolves or legal requirements change. We will update the “Last updated” date when changes are posted. Your continued use of the Website after changes take effect means you accept the revised Terms.

14. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms & Conditions are governed by the laws of the State of New Hampshire, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Any dispute arising from or related to these Terms or your use of PIO Calendar shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in New Hampshire, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

15. Contact Information

For questions about these Terms & Conditions, contact:

PIO Calendar / PDR Strategies
Email: hello@piocalendar.com
Mailing address: PO Box 1501, Concord, NH 03302-1501