By Definition: A maven  is a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others. As a skilled, intelligent, and experienced woman.... What talents, skills, or knowledge do you possess? What would you be willing to share or learn? What makes you a maven? In the past communities relied on mavens to keep things going. Skills were bartered and shared and passed on from generation to generation. Each generation sopping up the experiences of the past like so many sponge …