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Terms of Use

Last updated: November 5, 2026

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of AnneBasham.com and the related content, newsletters, downloadable resources, courses, speaking offerings, consulting offerings, products, and services made available through or linked from the website (collectively, the “Services”).

AnneBasham.com (the “Site”) and the Services are owned and operated by Ascend Consulting DC LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

1. Acceptance of These Terms – Legal Contract

The Terms are a legally binding contract between you and the Company. By accessing or using the Services, subscribing to a newsletter, downloading a resource, submitting information, creating an account, registering for a course, or making a purchase, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Services.

If you use the Services on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms. In that case, “you” includes both you and the organization.

In addition to these Terms, please also review our Privacy Policy, which discusses how we collect and retain your personal information and is incorporated into these Terms. This means that if you do not agree with any part of our Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site or participate in the Services

2. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. Any revisions will become effective when posted unless otherwise stated. We will update the “Last updated” date when we revise these Terms.

Your continued use of the Services after revised Terms become effective constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to a revision, you must stop using the Services.

3. Eligibility

The Services are intended only for individuals who are at least 18 years old. By accessing or using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms.

The Services are not intended for children under 18, and the Company does not knowingly collect personal data from children under 18.

4. Services and Third-Party Platforms

4.1 Website and Offerings

The Services may include articles, newsletters, downloadable resources, educational content, courses, webinars, recordings, coaching, consulting information, speaking engagement information, book promotions, community or discussion features, and other related offerings.

We may add, modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature or offering at any time, subject to any separate terms applicable to a completed purchase.

AnneBasham.com operates under Ascend Consulting DC LLC and may reference, link to, or promote offerings associated with AscendConsultingDC.com or other related business operations conducted by the Company.

4.2 Website Infrastructure and Providers

Certain Services may be provided through third-party platforms and providers, including Beehiiv, Thinkific, Stripe, PayPal, GitHub Pages, Web3Forms, Plausible Analytics, and other providers selected by the Company from time to time. Your use of such third-party services may be subject to separate terms and policies of those providers.

4.3 Analytics and Tracking

The Services may utilize analytics, website-performance, security, and similar technologies as described in our Privacy Policy.

5. Accounts and Account Security

Certain Services, including courses hosted through Thinkific or future interactive offerings, may require you to create an account.

You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information; maintain the confidentiality of your login credentials; restrict unauthorized access to your account; and promptly notify us or the applicable platform provider of suspected unauthorized activity. You are responsible for activity conducted through your account to the extent permitted by law.

We may reject, suspend, or terminate an account that contains inaccurate information, is used without authorization, or violates these Terms or any applicable course-specific terms.

6. Newsletters and Marketing Communications

6.1 Newsletters

Newsletter, publication, and email communications associated with AnneBasham.com are currently managed through third-party email service providers. If you subscribe to a newsletter, request downloadable materials, register for an educational offering, or otherwise provide your contact information through the Services, you may receive newsletters, updates, educational content, speaking engagement information, course information, consulting-related information, book promotions, and other communications related to the Services.

Because AnneBasham.com and AscendConsultingDC.com both operate under Ascend Consulting DC, LLC, communications may include information regarding offerings, events, products, services, or content associated with Anne Basham.com and Ascend ConsultingDC.com.

Email service providers may track engagement metrics, such as message opens and link clicks, to evaluate and improve communications

6.2 Lead Magnets

Certain downloadable resources may require you to provide contact information, including your name and email address. By requesting a downloadable resource, you agree that your contact information may be used to provide the requested resource and may also be used for newsletters, updates, educational content, and related communications associated with the Services, subject to your ability to unsubscribe at any time.

The same disclosure may apply to future downloadable resources, guides, workbooks, templates, checklists, reports, or similar materials when indicated on the applicable sign-up page.

6.3 Unsubscribing

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in an email or contacting us at info@ascendconsultingdc.com. Unsubscribing from marketing communications may not prevent us from sending nonpromotional messages concerning a transaction, course enrollment, account, or customer-service request.

7. Courses and Educational Offerings

Courses are currently hosted through Thinkific. Course registration may require you to provide your name, email address, and billing information. Your name and email address may also be used for newsletters, updates, educational content, and related communications associated with the Services, subject to your right to unsubscribe.

Courses and other educational offerings may include discussion boards, webinars, live sessions, recordings, coaching, community features, assignments, or other interactive components. Additional enrollment agreements, community standards, releases, disclaimers, or course-specific terms may be presented at registration or purchase. If those terms conflict with these Terms regarding a particular offering, the more specific terms will govern that offering.

You may not record a live session, webinar, coaching session, or another participant without prior authorization from the Company and all other persons whose authorization is required.

The Company may record webinars, workshops, coaching sessions, training sessions, classes, presentations, or other educational offerings and may make recordings available to participants, future participants, or purchasers of the applicable offering, subject to applicable law and any additional disclosures or consents provided in connection with the offering.

8. Intellectual Property

8.1 Ownership

The Services and their content, including text, graphics, designs, branding, newsletters, photographs, videos, audio, course materials, presentations, worksheets, downloads, the “Power Ask Formula” workbook, and compilations, are owned by or licensed to the Company and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

The Company’s frameworks, methodologies, concepts, presentation materials, educational approaches, and proprietary content are protected intellectual property regardless of whether they are formally registered for copyright, trademark, or other protection

Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of any intellectual property to you.

8.2 Trademarks

The Company and Site name and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without our prior written permission from an authorized representative of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.

8.3 Limited License

Subject to these Terms, the Company grants you a limited, personal, revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, and nonsublicensable license to access and use the Services and lawfully obtained materials for your own personal or internal business education.

8.4 Restrictions

Unless we give prior written permission, you may not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, sell, sublicense, modify, translate, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, or commercially exploit the Services or their content.

You may not share purchased or restricted materials with unauthorized persons, remove proprietary notices, use content to create a competing product or service, or make systematic or automated copies of website or course content. Any permitted download remains subject to these Terms and any offering-specific license.

8.5 Educational Materials and Downloadable Resources

Educational materials, newsletters, books, articles, presentations, frameworks, methodologies, worksheets, templates, guides, checklists, recordings, downloadable resources, and similar materials made available through the Services are licensed, not sold, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Except as expressly permitted by the Company in writing, such materials may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, displayed, transmitted, sold, licensed, sublicensed, shared with third parties, incorporated into another product or service, used to train artificial-intelligence systems, or otherwise exploited for commercial purposes.

Any rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company.

8.6 Reservation of Rights

Except for the limited licenses expressly granted in these Terms, the Company reserves all right, title, and interest in and to the Services and all associated intellectual property.

9. User Submissions

9.1 Submitted Information

“User Submissions” means material you send, post, upload, or otherwise provide through the Services, including contact-form messages, inquiries, comments, discussion-board posts, questions, testimonials, files, and course or community contributions.

You retain ownership of your User Submissions. You grant the Company a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, transmit, and display your User Submissions only as reasonably necessary to operate, administer, improve, and provide the Services.

We will not publicly use your name, likeness, testimonial, or submission for advertising without any consent required by applicable law.

If the Services include discussion boards, forums, group coaching, community features, comment functionality, or similar interactive features, information that you voluntarily submit may be visible to other participants. You should not submit information that you consider confidential, proprietary, or private in any area intended for interaction with other users.

If you provide feedback, suggestions, ideas, observations, recommendations, or proposed improvements concerning the Services, you grant the Company a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free right to use and incorporate such feedback without restriction or compensation to you.

9.2 Your Responsibilities

You represent that you have the rights necessary to submit your User Submissions and permit their use as described in these Terms. You must not submit confidential information belonging to another person, sensitive information that is unnecessary for the requested service, or material that violates another person’s rights.

Do not submit payment-card information through contact forms, discussion boards, comments, or ordinary email.

10. Acceptable Use

You may use the Services only for lawful purposes. You may not interfere with the operation or security of the Services; attempt to gain unauthorized access to an account, system, or data; introduce malicious code; impersonate another person; submit unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, obscene, or infringing material; harvest personal information; send spam; scrape or extract content through automated means without permission; evade access controls; or use the Services in a way that infringes intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, or other rights.

11. Artificial Intelligence and Customer Information

The Company seeks to handle customer information responsibly and does not intentionally submit confidential customer information to public artificial-intelligence systems except as disclosed in our Privacy Policy, authorized by the customer, or reasonably necessary in connection with the provision of Services. You should not use the Services to submit personal, confidential, proprietary, or third-party information that is unnecessary for us to respond to your request.

12. Informational and Educational Purposes

The Services are provided for general informational and educational purposes. The Services do not constitute legal, financial, tax, medical, mental-health, employment, career-development, business, human-resources, or other regulated professional advice.

Your use of the Services does not create an attorney-client, accountant-client, fiduciary, employment, agency, partnership, joint-venture, or professional-client relationship. You should consult an appropriately qualified professional regarding decisions specific to your circumstances.

13. No Guarantee of Results

Examples, testimonials, case studies, strategies, and educational materials illustrate possible experiences or approaches and do not promise or guarantee any particular result. Results vary based on individual circumstances, effort, experience, market conditions, and other factors beyond the Company’s control.

You remain responsible for your decisions, actions, implementation, and results.

You acknowledge that you are not relying upon any statement, representation, promise, testimonial, case study, example, estimate, forecast, or projection regarding potential outcomes except as expressly stated in a written agreement signed by the Company. The Services are educational and informational in nature, and you remain solely responsible for evaluating and implementing any information or strategies provided through the Services.

The Company does not guarantee any particular outcome, career advancement, business opportunity, financial result, speaking opportunity, publication opportunity, audience growth, or other outcome arising from use of the Services.

14. Purchases, Cancellations, and Refunds

Prices, payment schedules, cancellation rights, and refund terms for paid offerings will be disclosed at checkout or in the applicable course, enrollment, consulting, or product-specific terms.

Unless otherwise required by law, your eligibility for a cancellation or refund will be determined by the terms presented when you purchase the offering. You should review those terms before completing a purchase.

Refund, cancellation, rescheduling, and transfer policies may vary by offering. Any offering-specific refund, cancellation, or rescheduling terms presented at checkout, registration, enrollment, or purchase shall be incorporated into these Terms and govern the applicable offering. If no separate refund policy is provided for a particular offering, refunds will be granted only as required by applicable law

15. Payments and Taxes

Payments may be processed through Stripe, PayPal, or another identified payment processor. The Company does not directly collect or store payment-card numbers; payment information is collected and processed by the applicable third-party processor under that provider’s terms and privacy policy.

You authorize the applicable payment processor to charge the payment method you provide for the amounts disclosed at checkout. You are responsible for applicable taxes, duties, currency-conversion charges, bank fees, or similar charges unless the checkout page expressly states otherwise.

Prices and payment availability may vary by location, currency, offering, or payment provider. The Company may accept payments from outside the United States where operationally and legally available.

16. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content

The Services may link to or display content from third-party websites and platforms, including Beehiiv, Thinkific, Stripe, PayPal, Amazon, YouTube, social-media platforms, and other providers.

Third-party websites and content are not controlled by the Company. We do not endorse and are not responsible for their availability, accuracy, content, security, products, services, terms, or privacy practices. Your dealings with a third party are solely between you and that third party.

16.1 Affiliate Links and Recommendations

The Services may contain affiliate links, referral links, or similar promotional links to third-party products, services, books, software, tools, courses, platforms, or other offerings. If you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase or take another qualifying action, the Company may receive a commission, referral fee, advertising fee, or other compensation at no additional cost to you.

We may participate in affiliate marketing, referral, influencer, creator, publisher, or similar programs, including the Amazon Associates Program and other comparable programs that may be available from time to time.

Any opinions, recommendations, reviews, observations, or endorsements expressed through the Services are based on our own views and experiences unless expressly stated otherwise. However, you acknowledge that the existence of an affiliate relationship may result in compensation to the Company when you purchase through certain links.

Affiliate links may appear on the Site, in newsletters, emails, educational materials, courses, social media content, presentations, webinars, downloadable resources, or other communications associated with the Services. We encourage you to conduct your own evaluation before purchasing any third-party product or service.

17. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference and governs the Company’s collection, use, retention, and disclosure of personal data.

The Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Services and communications with the Company, including newsletter subscriptions, contact forms, speaking inquiries, downloadable resources, course registrations, and purchases.

If these Terms conflict with the Privacy Policy regarding a privacy matter, the Privacy Policy controls.

Individuals outside the United States may access the Services, and information they provide may be transferred to and processed in the United States.

18. Copyright Complaints

If you believe material available through the Services infringes your copyright, send a written notice to info@ascendconsultingdc.com containing the following information:

Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed.

Identification and location of the allegedly infringing material.

Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.

A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or applicable law.

A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act for the copyright owner.

Your physical or electronic signature.

We may remove or restrict access to disputed material while reviewing a complaint and may notify the person who provided the material. Knowingly submitting a materially false infringement notice may have legal consequences.

19. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Services are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory. The Company disclaims implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, noninfringement, accuracy, and uninterrupted or error-free operation.

We do not warrant that the Services will always be available, secure, complete, accurate, current, or free of harmful components.

20. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and service providers shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, opportunities, goodwill, data, or business interruption, arising out of or relating to the Services or these Terms.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company's aggregate liability arising from or related to the Services or these Terms shall not exceed the greater of (i) the amount paid directly to the Company for the specific offering giving rise to the claim during the six (6) months preceding the event giving rise to liability, or (ii) one hundred U.S. dollars (US $100).

These limitations do not exclude or limit liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

21. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising from your violation of these Terms, violation of applicable law, misuse of the Services, or any allegation that your User Submissions infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate the rights of any third party.

This obligation does not apply to the extent a claim results from the Company’s own conduct for which indemnification cannot lawfully be required.

22. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services if you violate these Terms, fail to make a required payment, misuse the Services, threaten the security or operation of the Services, infringe another person’s rights, or engage in conduct that may expose the Company or others to harm or liability.

You may stop using the Services at any time. Termination does not eliminate payment obligations accrued before termination. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will remain effective, including provisions concerning ownership, licenses, disclaimers, liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution.

23. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Subject to the arbitration provisions below, any legal action arising from or related to these Terms or the Services must be brought in a state or federal court having jurisdiction in Fairfax County, Virginia. Each party consents to personal jurisdiction and venue in those courts.

Nothing in these Terms deprives a consumer of mandatory protections provided by the law of the consumer’s country or state of residence when those protections cannot be waived by contract.

24. Arbitration and Class-Action Waiver

Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms will be resolved through binding individual arbitration rather than in court, except that either party may pursue an eligible claim in small-claims court or seek temporary injunctive relief concerning unauthorized use or infringement of intellectual property. The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") in accordance with the AAA’s Commercial Arbitration Rules and the Supplementary Procedures for Commercial Related Disputes (the "AAA Rules"), as modified by these Terms. The arbitration will take place in Fairfax County, Virginia.

You and the Company agree that claims may be brought only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, coordinated, mass, or representative proceeding. Neither an arbitrator nor a court may combine more than one person’s claims unless both parties agree in writing.

Any cause of action or claim you may have arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued, otherwise, such cause of action or claim is permanently barred.

25. General Terms

The Company shall not be liable for any delay, interruption, or failure to perform resulting from events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, epidemics, pandemics, governmental actions, labor disputes, power failures, internet or telecommunications interruptions, cyberattacks, failures of third-party service providers, or other similar events.

These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and any applicable offering-specific terms constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company concerning the Services.

If a provision is found unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted, and the remaining provisions will remain effective. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign your rights or obligations under these Terms without our written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, reorganization, financing, sale of assets, or similar transaction.

All headings used in the Terms are intended for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of the Terms. Words of any gender used in the Terms shall be held to include any other gender, and words in the singular shall be held to include the plural when the sense requires.

No person other than you and the Company has a right to enforce these Terms, except where applicable law expressly provides otherwise.

26. Contact Information

Questions about these Terms may be directed to:

Ascend Consulting DC, LLC 4000 Legato Rd., Ste. 1100 PMB 6025 Fairfax, Virginia 22033 Email: info@ascendconsultingdc.com