Shel Holtz, in a shel of my former self, writes how “PRBlogs gets some non-students” in his Sunday entry. Thanks, Shel. He writes:

PRBlogs.org has real potential to become a full-fledged community. Ultimately, however, it will take more PR people signing on to make it happen. I have no doubt there are many who work in the profession who read this and other PR blogs but have not yet taken the plunge themselves. Since French is making it free and easy to get started, I’d urge you to grab up your own blog today. The more of us out there, the better.

In the vein of non-students (or, in some cases, just not my students) here is the latest on our newest members.

Chris Thilk writes a bit more about his move of to the PRBblogs.org site. Chris mentions the move in his blog. I’m very happy that Chris has joined us. He will add a great new view to the discussions. I’ve sent the students to read his posts and encourage you to do the same.

Eulaly (Paris, France) writes about her school, ISCOM so students here can compare and share experiences. She also writes of her internship at PR Planet with Guillaume du Gardier – PR Thoughts and Marcomblog.

DoctorPress (Madrid, Spain), is blogging now, too. The Doctor’s blog theme has been upgraded with a Babelfish Spanish-to-English translation tool on the main page and one on each individual post. This will enable us all to read the good Doctor’s blog entries. As we gather more members at PRblogs.org, I will endeavor to create any language translation tool I can provide. Right now, the languages available to us are: Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Remember, if you change your theme (Login -> Admin Section -> Click Presentation -> Click Theme Image), please let me know if you want anything added to the sidebar or a plugin. I will get on it ASAP.

My students are busy blogging away, too. Here are the links to all of their posts. Check ‘em out. I am very happy with their work. Good people – All!

We also had a great salute from Lee Hopkins (Lee’s ‘Better Communication Results’ blog) via the For Immediate Release (FIR) podcast – Shel Holtz & Neville Hobson’s well-known audio program. Lee relates his feelings about New PR and Allan Jenkins‘ open note to IABC, PRSA and AAF. You should listen. Starts at about 49:00 minutes in the podcast. Lee’s Australian accent – alone – is worth the experience. He’s quite fun in his audio contributions to FIR. Thank you, Lee.

Finally, another mention of Trevor Cook’s “Worth Reading” nod to our blogs at Sydney, Australia, based Jackson Wells Morris – Pinnacle Worldwide – Trevor’s home base. And, another mention from Richard French at Tekrati. This time via the Tekrati Analyst Cafe. Thanks again to Trevor and Richard.

That’s our recap of events so far. Thank you all for your help in spreading the word about free PRblogs.org.