ANTA Executive Welcome Autumn 2022
From the Chair It suffices to acknowledge the last two years have been particularly challenging for everyone in many ways, ANTA is no different. The quality of the people we work with makes the difference. The National Administration Office at ANTA are outstanding in the way they assist Members with their inquiries, the quality of the advice they give out is consistent with our values and professional standing. This has contributed to the steady growth in new Members we have attracted to ANTA and maintained our position in the top order of professional Associations in Australia. The challenges for ANTA Staff have been to stay informed about the latest changes from State to State and disseminate accurate and relevant information to ANTA Members when it matters. All Staff at the National Administration Office have executed their engagement with Members with balance and understanding along with their significant contributions to our Members’ administration. Your ANTA National Council has been active as always behind the scenes, feeding information forward from around Australia to keep us abreast of events nationally. We are indeed fortunate to have a group of dedicated, knowledgeable, committed Directors and Branch Chairs to steer our direction consistent with your needs. I am grateful to be supported by this vibrant group of practitioners willing to give their time and expertise to further your cause and ANTA’s standing within the Australian community. The challenges for all of us as an Association are related to what we do next. It has become clear to operate an Association at the highest level requires quality systems to support the quality Staff. ANTA has entered a cycle of renewal to upgrade its Member Management System to match the Client Relationship Management platform we have developed over the last two
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years. Coming up to complement these vital systems is our planned “Find a Practitioner” service to Members, directly related to ANTA Members and their modalities of practice. This service is being developed to provide an integral system open to the public that will provide modality and contact details to people looking for the high quality and effective services ANTA practitioners are known for. Whatever you practice, from anywhere in Australia, you will be found by potential clients through the ANTA website at no extra cost to you. Our industry partner Media Heroes are adding the finishing touches to this feature of your membership so stay tuned for the release date. Renewing and updating our website has also been a complementary process and a pleasure to offer our Members an improved and highly functional website, which you will have been using now for some time. This new website with its public facing pages will ease the effort required to locate and browse whatever articles or information you are looking for. The introduction to our new operating platform is next, this will accelerate and select your topic with speeds we once dreamed of. Another of our industry partners, 1ICT has joined in our aim to provide the best services to our Members to benefit and build their businesses as we come out of three or four challenging years. We have been monitoring events that challenge our Members since 2018 and are aware how sections of Members are affected by natural and other events. For example, floods, fires and government reviews to remove Health Fund rebates from Members’ services. Of course, COVID-19 topped all of these as the pandemic developed across the country and the world.
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