Tools for building Communities

Full application environments
There are a lot of tools for building elements of a Social media site such as blogs wikis etc, but we are looking at the integrated environments or ones that offer then all together.

• KickApps white label tools
• Ning : A simple networking tool
• Neeetz : A Ning like simple networking tool
• Pluck : A Social Media Platform
• SocialGO : A Ning like simple networking tool
• Buddy Press : A Ning like simple networking tool
• Second Life : A virtual networking tool

Content tools
Engaging content that helps people is a must for your community. Here are some tools that will help your community thrive.

• Google Docs : perfect for embedding documents and presentations
• Slideshare : great for those Powerpoint presentations.
• Our Media : Free music for presentations, podcasts or site.

Community consolidation tools
One of the future challenges for community members will be managing their accounts across multiple social networks help

• Yahoo Pipes - The standard for managing feeds
• Friendfeed - For managing feeds from multiple sites.
• Minggl - Managing accounts from multiple sites.

Learning/Communicating tools
Learning and communicating are a must here are some tools to help

• Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008

Community open frameworks
The basis of your community might be reference of content. In this case you need a content management environment

• eZ Publish Framework
• Alfresco Framework
• Plone Framework

• Do you know of any more? Please add a comment and I will add them to the page.