"And what better time than now?" While nonprofits historically have tended to promote themselves by name, in recent years they have undertaken efforts that emphasize specific initiatives instead.
The denominations affected have not grown as many evangelical churches have, and many of those evangelical churches have lately undertaken efforts to train lay people to serve as pastors, rather than relying on traditional seminary graduates.
On the campaign trail, Mr. Obama has often expressed befuddlement at the notion that he is unpatriotic or un-American, but he has undertaken efforts to emphasize his and his wife's heartland heritage to rebut those perceptions.
For the next four months, he was locked in a cell in Florence, Ariz., and might have been deported had David Hyslop, a struggling 47-year-old entrepreneur, not undertaken efforts to have his case dismissed.
Having avoided removal and undertaken efforts to escape governmental scrutiny, they had seen many of their rights as native peoples abridged; their efforts eventually led to federal recognition of their status as tribes.
The promise of open source lies in the massively collaborative efforts that may be undertaken, efforts that are effective only through the increased speed and scale of communication via the web.
