Social Intranet: Communities for community managers

Social Intranet: Communities for community managers: Information about virtual communities of practice, social software user groups, and other organizations that are created for internal community managers. Some vendors, such as Microsoft and Jive create online communities for their clients. Jive make them open for public, Microsoft locks them and only customers can access Yammer Customer Network. There are also a few consulting companies that build communities. You have to be a paid member to get access to their online forums.