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maven
/ˈmeɪvn̩/
noun 1name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
defined, new, volatile
VERB + MAVEN
excel, find
MAVEN + NOUN
lot, someone, spacecraft
PREP.
from, in, with, within
ADV.
highly
Definitions
noun
1
An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.
Connectors know people—lots of people. Mavens know about things. They know, or find out first, what is going on. Connectors, says [Malcolm] Gladwell, need mavens to tell them what to buzz about.
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.
name
1
Acronym of Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission, a space probe designed to investigate the Martian climate.
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Connectors know people—lots of people. Mavens know about things. They know, or find out first, what is going on. Connectors, says [Malcolm] Gladwell, need mavens to tell them what to buzz about.
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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 pers
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The goal for any media company is to be a maven—and therefore highly adept at using multiple channels of social media communication well.
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NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) spacecraft discovered that Mars has a magnetic tail.
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Mars has an invisible magnetic “tail” that is twisted by interaction with the solar wind, according to new research using data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft.
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Tom is an Excel maven.
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