Contacts Everywhere!

My Contacts are everywhere - some in emails, some in Outlook and others in LinkedIn. Very few are found in all three places. This post describes how to utilize the LinkedIn Outlook Toolbar to update your Outlook Contacts from emails and LinkedIn Contacts. Great for sending “keeping in touch” updates to your network – inside and outside of LinkedIn.

1) Obtain & Install the LinkedIn Outlook toolbar. It can be found at the bottom of Linked In Page:

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2) Once Installed LinkedIn will be a menu option in Outlook. Now you can “Build your Network”



3) Start



4) Define the scope of the search by Checking one of two boxes:

“My Email Messages” in Outlook will find emails that you have either sent and/or received however there is no Outlook Contact.
“My LinkedIn Connections” will find folks in your LinkedIn connections that you do not have an Outlook Contact for

5) Check the folders to include:



6) Check the email accounts to include:



7) Now it will crank away and compile the new contacts (this will take some time if you have a large number of emails)



8) Now you make the decision on the candidates to add:



9) I highly recommend selecting the “Advanced Filter” to limit!



10) This in the LinkIn Contact Screen found in LinkedIn but not your contacts:



11) Finally Contacts to potentially add to your LinkedIn Network:



12) That’s It!

Now my contacts look like this:



The biggest pool are emails. There are a lot of "junky" email addresses I would never want to include into Outlook. The next smaller set are my Outlook contacts --- some I would never want to add to LinkedIn. The smallest set are the LinkedIn Contacts. Now my LinkedIn Contacts are also in Outlook and I have regular (or at least occassional!) email correspondence with them!

Valued members of my professional network,

A quick “spring” status update on my job search. I continue to seek a Senior Information Technology Management position. I am open to interim consulting assignments as I continue my search.

My job search remains very active utilizing multiple strategies and resources. The primary strategy remains the ongoing expansion of my professional network through the introductions you have and continue to provide. I am also working with a large base of recruiters who have all been referrals from my network. I systematically review multiple job boards so no career opportunity is missed and participate in Job Ministries, seminars, and University business programs.

In addition, I have recently achieved Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and completed Six Sigma Green Belt Training. Another recent highlight was attendance at the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference that was held in Chicago this month. There is a huge amount of excitement within Health Information Technology about $19.2 Billion impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009.

These activities have generated several career opportunities that are currently in an active status. The "Transition" process has reinforced the importance of colleagues, friends, and family for the support, encouragement, and assistance you have provided.

I will continue to provide updates and appreciate your ongoing support. If there is a way that I can be of assistance to you, please let me know since an effective professional network needs to be mutually beneficial.

Best Regards,

Danielle



PS - Don’t forget to take the time to smell the lilacs this spring. Visit Lombard’s Lilacia Park!