maven
see also: MAVEN, Maven
Pronunciation Noun

maven (plural mavens)

  1. (chiefly, US) An expert in a given field.
    • 2002, Joseph H. Boyett, Jimmie T. Boyett, The Guru Guide to Marketing, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9uFGKaHroH0C&pg=PA207&dq=%22maven%22|%22mavens%22+-intitle:%22maven%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=idGtT7u5MOnSmAWbkvmwCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22maven%22|%22mavens%22%20-intitle%3A%22maven%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 207],
      Connectors know people—lots of people. Mavens know about things. They know, or find out first, what is going on. Connectors, says Gladwell, need mavens to tell them what to buzz about.
    • 2006 January 23, Virginia Robbins, Opinion: Eight Steps to Leadership, Computerworld, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cxrowvZioWEC&pg=PA19&dq=%22maven%22|%22mavens%22+-intitle:%22maven%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=idGtT7u5MOnSmAWbkvmwCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22maven%22|%22mavens%22%20-intitle%3A%22maven%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 19],
      Besides an executive sponsor, you need to find a technology maven, someone within the company who understands the new technology. A maven, as defined in Malcolm Gladwell′s The Tipping Point, is a person who has both information and the social skills to pass it along. The challenge in a situation such as this one is that the maven might be outside of IT.
    • 2010, Rachel Davis Mersey, Can Journalism Be Saved?: Rediscovering America's Appetite for News, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Qx_mZacoIcUC&pg=PA118&dq=%22maven%22|%22mavens%22+-intitle:%22maven%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S9ytT92kKKjcmAW59oW2CQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22maven%22|%22mavens%22%20-intitle%3A%22maven%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 118],
      The goal for any media company is to be a maven—and therefore highly adept at using multiple channels of social media communication well.
Translations
MAVEN
Proper noun
  1. (NASA, space) Initialism of Mars Atmosphere and#English|and Volatile Evolution Mission a space probe designed to investigate the Martian climate

Maven
Proper noun
  1. A build automation tool used primarily for Java projects.



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