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Maven - What does it mean?

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maven

English

(wikipedia maven)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, US) An expert in a given field.
    • Pam is a coffee maven ; she knows so much about coffee.
  • * 2002 , Joseph H. Boyett, Jimmie T. Boyett, The Guru Guide to Marketing , 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'', '' , 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 , 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.

    Derived terms

    * media maven

    Not English

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