What’s New in Kananas: A Simpler, More Automated Membership Season

The start of a new membership season is often one of the busiest times of the year for clubs, associations, and nonprofits: new memberships, activity registrations, payments, documents to collect, groups to organize, and plenty of messages to send.

To help your team save time and provide an even better experience for your members, Kananas is introducing several improvements to the interface, membership forms, automations, activities, online store, and calendar.

Here are the main new features to discover.

A More User-Friendly Kananas Interface

The first improvement is visible as soon as you log in: the Kananas interface has been redesigned to make navigation clearer, more modern, and easier to use every day.

The goal is simple: help you find the information and features you need more quickly, especially during busy registration and renewal periods.

The updated interface also makes Kananas easier to learn for new administrators and volunteers joining your organization.

A More Modern Membership Form

The online membership form has also been redesigned with a more modern and user-friendly experience for members.

Joining or renewing a membership is often one of the first digital interactions someone has with your organization, so the process needs to be simple, clear, and reassuring.

The new form presents the required information more clearly and provides a smoother experience for both new memberships and renewals.

A PDF Proof Automatically Generated After Each Membership Submission

When a membership form is submitted, Kananas can now automatically generate a PDF record and save it directly in the member’s file.

The document includes information such as:

• the information submitted through the membership form;
• the IP address used to submit the form;
• the date and time of submission.

This gives your organization a record of the membership submission directly attached to the member profile, without requiring administrators to manually create or file an additional document.

Automate What Happens After a Product Purchase

Kananas automations now include new actions connected to purchases made by your members.

When someone purchases a product, Kananas can automatically trigger several follow-up actions.

You can now:

• automatically update the contact’s status;
• automatically send an email;
• automatically register the person for an activity.

A Practical Example

Imagine your organization offers a product called “Fall Break Camp.”

Once the purchase is completed, Kananas can automatically:

1. update the contact’s status;
2. register the member for the corresponding activity;
3. immediately send an email with the schedule, location, and practical information.

The administrator no longer needs to perform each of these steps manually.

These new automations make it possible to create real workflows connecting purchases, member records, activities, and communications.

Add a Banner Image to Your Activities

You can now add a banner image to your Kananas activities.

This helps activities stand out more clearly in the member portal and gives your members a more engaging, visual experience.

Instead of displaying only a title and practical information, you can illustrate each activity with an image that matches its purpose:

• a practice photo for a sports activity;
• a visual for a camp or trip;
• a poster for a performance;
• a photo for a workshop or class;
• a dedicated image for a special event.

A more visual member portal can help members identify available activities more easily and give greater visibility to activities that are still open for registration.

A New Dashboard for Online Store Purchases

The Kananas online store now includes a new dashboard dedicated to purchases.

The goal is to make it easier to monitor your organization’s sales activity and quickly find information related to member purchases and orders.

Whether you sell apparel, equipment, memberships, camps, services, or other products, you now have a clearer view of what is happening in your online store.

A New Calendar With Activity Capacity Indicators

The Kananas calendar is also evolving with the addition of visual capacity indicators directly on activities.

You can now see at a glance how full your classes, practices, camps, or events are.

This makes it easier to identify:

• activities that are almost full;
• activities that still have available spots;
• activities that may need additional promotion or communication.

This new view makes the calendar more of an activity management dashboard, rather than simply a schedule.

New Features Designed to Reduce Repetitive Administrative Work

All of these improvements share the same goal: automate more of your organization’s day-to-day management while providing a simpler and more modern member experience.

The membership journey can now become even more connected:

A member submits a membership form → a PDF record is automatically saved → the member purchases a product → their status can be updated → they are automatically registered for an activity → they receive the relevant information by email → and they find the activity in a more visual member portal.

At the same time, administrators benefit from improved dashboards and a more informative calendar to better understand what is happening across the organization.

Discover the New Features in Your Kananas Account

New interface, redesigned membership forms, automations, activity banners, PDF submission records, an improved store dashboard, and activity capacity indicators: all of these updates are designed to make Kananas even easier and more efficient to use.

Log in to your Kananas account to discover the latest improvements and get your organization ready for the new membership season.