Uploaded November 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
It's sometimes easier to associate Eric Liu with the big institutions and brands he once worked with: speechwriter to President Bill Clinton, or Executive at Real Networks. But that kind of shorthand is less useful when we consider his true innovation: growing and deploying human networks to promote civic engagement. The Guiding Lights Network. The True Patriot Network. Citizens University. He built them. And these networks are invaluable now as a powerful currency to promote social change.
It's sometimes easier to associate Eric Liu with the big institutions and brands he once worked with: speechwriter to President Bill Clinton, or Executive at Real Networks. But that kind of shorthand is less useful when we consider his true innovation: growing and deploying human networks to promote civic engagement. The Guiding Lights Network. The True Patriot Network. Citizens University. He built them. And these networks are invaluable now as a powerful currency to promote social change.
