Executive Officer Report

From the Chair

Spring 2022

I will open this report by thanking the staff and the Directors of ANTA for their world class efforts to deliver our professional association operations to the new normal. We have our members’ needs at top of mind and are working toward building all services to a higher standard through members’ feedback and our industry partners’ support. Our transition from pandemic conditions to business as usual progresses steadily and we are ever mindful your safe clinical environments take us all forward. Through our better understanding of how quickly the health of the broader community is recovering, we continue to take precautions to minimise risk. We are supporting therapists now with getting their clinics up to speed and to that end we will have a new platform on offer: “Find an ANTA Practitioner” courtesy of Media Heroes that will provide an avenue to wider circulation of every member’s clinical and business details for health-service seekers. Once embedded into our system this innovation will assist to locate the therapist of choice, free of charge, through the ANTA website. Our marketing partners at Media Heroes constantly assess our needs to get our therapists back to optimum performance as quickly as possible. The new platform is currently being populated with the most recent essential data available to them. The ANTA National Council Directors have been listening to their Branch Members through face-toface connections at the ANTA Continuing Professional Education Seminars. We are trialing a new timetable for our seminar offering and adding new speakers and topics at these events around Australia. To view past seminars, log into your ANTA Member Centre, search for ‘Seminars/Webinars’, and the past years seminar presentations will be revealed. ANTA recently delivered the Sydney CPE Seminar for 2022. It has been more than two years since we were able to offer a public seminar in Sydney and we enjoyed meeting old friends and new members with a first-class lineup of presenters. These video-recorded presentations are now available on the ANTA website for those who were unable to attend in person. We continue to achieve membership levels clearly above pre-Covid level, and we look forward to delivering higher standards of service to you in return for your support and loyalty through the difficult times you endured. Please contact your ANTA Branch Chairs to inform them of your current situation and seek support where you need it most. Please remember we have all been therapists in the field and most, if not all, Directors have experience in education and training. We stand ready to provide support and guidance wherever needed. We have increased administration services and our committed staff remain ready to assist you with the essentials for your success. ANTA member resources and support services are at their highest level, and we are keenly aware our strength comes from the quality and integrity of our members. I look forward to meeting up with you again at the next seminar in Melbourne during November to support and gather your feedback about what you need from your professional association. ANTA staff and Directors remain in constant communication with the private health funds to secure the services members need to cement professional relationships with their clients. I look forward to releasing the news our new operating Member Management Platform is available for all to use. It will add power, speed and utility to your online contact with ANTA. Yours in Health.

Regards Jim Olds

ANTA Fellow ANTA Executive Officer & Company Secretary

BHSc MST, BHSc Comp Med, GC Higher Ed, MSC, Dip Nut, Dip RM, Dip TCMRM