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CommunityAnswers.com
communityanswers.com
Questions and answers and advice for online community builders, users, moderators, managers, and owners.
WELL Conferencing Team - Community Building and Hosts Manual
well.com
The WELL's description of conferencing, why it's the best tool for building community, and how to get starting in a conferencing environment. Links include the WELL Host Manual.
Community Networking Movement
scn.org
"Realizing that communication and information are increasingly dependent on networked digital information, community activists all over the world are developing community computer network systems."
The Admin Zone Forums
theadminzone.com
Online resource for administrators of bulletin board communities. All topics dealing with running and setting up a forum community are discussed.
Building Community: Online Resources
bcn.boulder.co.us
Has papers, presentations, stories, indexes, and surveys.
Community is Dead; Long Live Mega-Collaboration
useit.com
Usability expert Jakob Nielsen's take on Online Communities: "The Web is not a community: a huge impersonal city is a better metaphor. User-contributed content can be valuable (if edited), but chat rooms should be avoided because of participation inequality." (August 15, 1997)
About.com: Community Online
webdesign.about.com
Editors' web site picks for fostering an online community and personalizing web sites.
Membership Agreements
ivanhoffman.com
Article by lawyer Ivan Hoffman discussing membership agreements and resolving issues that arise from them. Applicable only to U.S. Law.
Club about Online Communities
groups.yahoo.com
Whenever you provide people with the ability to communicate online then community develops. This club is about the development and management of online communities.
The Virtual Communities (VirCom) Project
informatik.umu.se
Five PhD students out to study virtual communities, their rise and development, evolution, meaning and its effect to traditional organizations. (Some papers are in Swedish.)
Full Circle Associates
fullcirc.com
Provides strategic facilitation, online community development, marketing, and project management services. Includes a listing of online community building and virtual group facilitation/moderation resources.
CornerWays: Community Development, Training, and Moderationn
cornerways.com
Online community development company that provides online community building, consulting and design services worldwide.- Online Hospitality: Moderator Guidelines and Community-Building Tips
well.com
Gail Ann Williams writes about building conversation and community in online environments, adapted from the WELL Host Manuals. 
Xgencia - Best Practice in Online Communities
xgencia.com
UK online community specialists providing planning, RFP and ROI analysis services. Requires Flash.
How To Kill Community Networks
polaris.gseis.ucla.edu
By Doug Schuler. Essay describing three common means for the downfall of community networks.
Cyberspace Innkeeping: Building Online Community
cervisa.com
Essay by former Wells conferencing manager John Coate explaining what happens in an online social environment.
Benton Foundation: Community Building
benton.org
Detailed articles, tools, and resources about community building. Topics range from software recommendations to profiles of successful communities.
Community Networks: Putting People First
iscommunications.co.uk
Editorial by Michael Mulquin. Discusses the role of Community Networks in delivering new information and communications technologies to UK residents. Most content is applicable elsewhere as well. [PDF]- Online Community Building Concepts
well.com
List of fundamental principles to consider when starting a new community site. 
First Monday - A Social Network Caught in the Web
firstmonday.org
The authors present an analysis of Club Nexus, an online community at Stanford University. Through the site they were able to study a reflection of the real world community structure within the student body. (May, 2003)
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