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Senior Lift’s Mission is to empower individuals by improving the quality of life for older adults and persons of any age who are currently seeking employment in today’s job market. Senior Lift’s commitment and passion has been demonstrated for over twelve years by offering a variety of technology courses using updated training resources. Senior Lift’s goals are to empower and inspire people to understand the urgency of using technologies which prepares them to function in a Digital Divide World.
Senior Lift promotes and challenges individuals to learn emerging technologies. Senior Lift views technology training as a necessity to equip people with the skills needed to keep up with the pace of a changing world. Senior Lift believes technology preparedness will yield results that build self-confidence because they have gained a new sense of accomplishment because they are now able to function well in today’s digital society.
Senior Lift utilizes a Cognitive Learning Model that enhances adult learning. We value their life-long experiences and we incorporate it within our training methodology.
Our accelerated learning journey focuses on the entire person including their physical activities, life experiences and their personal creativity. Senior Lift’s goals are focused on getting the participants deeply involved and interested in their own learning.
Feeling comfortable in their learning environment is important for adults to ask questions and share knowledge with trainers and classroom peers. Adults decide for themselves what their learning priorities are and how this knowledge is going to produce immediate and useful solutions to the problems they need to solve.
Adults compare and contrast new knowledge against past learning. Adults are most effective when they are taught in their personal learning style. The art of association is used to help students recall, relate and remember old information associated with new information. These learning styles include a combination of visual, auditory and kinesthetic approaches.
Our challenge for facilitating distant learning is to be able to successfully adopt these learning methods to be reflected within our new digital learning platform.
Jennell L. Williams is an entrepreneur and a facilitator of contracts in the Tri-state area of PA and DE. Jennell L. Williams’ current corporation is a S-Corporation in the State of PA with her business journey starting in 1983. In the last twelve years, Jennell’s business pursuits have focused largely on training older adults on technologies. In 2020, due to the sudden shift or a new normal brought on by COVID 19 – her organization – Senior Lift has designed a virtual training platform that extends training to the underemployed and unemployed. Jennell’s ambition and passion is felt through the evidence of the increasing digital divide since the pandemic. She feels strong that it is urgent that people in the workforce can be able to access meaningful employment that result in earning competitive wages. Today presents an urgent need for people to be prepared to keep up with the pace of technologies that control our society.
Jennell highly credits her recent deceased husband, Arif Zahir who was a great inspiration in her life and assisted her in achieving success in business and ministry. She is the author of the book entitled “Older Adults Should Not Be Left Behind.” Jennell strongly believes it takes community in developing and empowering others. “No Man is an Island, together we stand strong.” She received her B.A from Immaculate University with concentration in Human Resources Management and Psychology and an Associate Degree from Penn State University.
During the 1990’s and up to 2009, Jennell’s corporations, J L Williams Professional Services Inc. and Jennell L. Williams Inc. provided Data Base Management, Bulk Mailing and Human Resources Consulting Services and Conflict Resolution Training for our clients. For 10 years, our Corporation served the Federal Government providing Human Resources Consulting Services for the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennell L. Williams is an entrepreneur and a facilitator of contracts in the Tri-state area of PA and DE. Jennell L. Williams’ current corporation is a S-Corporation in the State of PA with her business journey starting in 1983. In the last twelve years, Jennell’s business pursuits have focused largely on training older adults on technologies. In 2020, due to the sudden shift or a new normal brought on by COVID 19 – her organization – Senior Lift has designed a virtual training platform that extends training to the underemployed and unemployed. Jennell’s ambition and passion is felt through the evidence of the increasing digital divide since the pandemic.
She feels strong that it is urgent that people in the workforce can be able to access meaningful employment that result in earning competitive wages. Today presents an urgent need for people to be prepared to keep up with the pace of technologies that control our society.
Jennell highly credits her recent deceased husband, Arif Zahir who was a great inspiration in her life and assisted her in achieving success in business and ministry. She is the author of the book entitled “Older Adults Should Not Be Left Behind.” Jennell strongly believes it takes community in developing and empowering others. “No Man is an Island, together we stand strong.” She received her B.A from Immaculate University with concentration in Human Resources Management and Psychology and an Associate Degree from Penn State University.
During the 1990’s and up to 2009, Jennell’s corporations, J L Williams Professional Services Inc. and Jennell L. Williams Inc. provided Data Base Management, Bulk Mailing and Human Resources Consulting Services and Conflict Resolution Training for our clients. For 10 years, our Corporation served the Federal Government providing Human Resources Consulting Services for the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Throughout many decades, she has developed several corporations to deliver services to the following industries: (1) Bulk Mail/Data Management, (2) Human Resources, (facilitated training workshops in Conflict Resolution and Housing Solutions for older adults, (3) Life and Health Insurance, (4) Technology Training, (5) Geriatric Consulting, Workshops on Mortgages and Foreclosures, (5) Drug Addiction Counseling and Office Services and Printing.
Her clientele included: Xerox Corporation (Consultant), City of Phila, Managing Director Office(Consultant), Presbyterian Hospital(Bulk Mailing/Data Base Consultant), (Mortgage Foreclosure (Consultant), Dupont Company(Bulk Mailer/Database Management Consultant), Crozer Chester Medical Center(Bulk Mailer/Data Base Management Consultant), Weidner University(Bulk Mail and Database Management Consultant), Delaware County Community College(Bulk Mailer/ Data Base Management Consultant), Citadel (Bulk Mailer/Data Base Management Consulting), School District of Philadelphia(Bulk Mailer Consultant), DHS-City of Philadelphia(H.R Dept. Restructuring Consultant), City of Philadelphia Prison System, H.R. Employee Workshop Consultant), Chester Education Foundation, Technology Consultant, The Urban League of Philadelphia (Mortgage Foreclosure Consultant), U.S. Department of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Human Resource Consultant/staffing).
Education: B.A. Degree (Immaculata Univ. (Human Resources Management, Penn State University, Associate Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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Jennell was a member of the Boards of Directors: The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce and the Chester Business & Professional Association. She credits her deceased husband, Arif Zahir who was a great inspiration in her life who assisted her in achieving success in business and ministry. She is the Author of the book entitled “Older Adults Should Not Be Left Behind.” Jennell strongly believes in developing and empowering others. “No Man is an Island, together we stand strong.”
Alex is a hard-working, dedicated, and loving father and husband. He is passionate about everything he does. Alex, and his wife Valerie, are proud parents of their lovely daughter, Alexis who is their shining star.
Alex started his career in the United States Air Force in 2002. He then began working for various companies in the sales, retail, and technology fields. Some of these companies include, but are not limited to; Alexander OTTO, Verizon, AT&T, and Samsung. Alex has a strong sales background. He’s worked in sales and management for a good part of his life, and has even sold fiber-optic cable packages door-to-door with Verizon and AT&T. Alex is currently working for Samsung Electronics America as a National Retail Sales Manager.
As a National Retail Sales Manager, Alex works side-by-side with employees and managers, to train, and help them better understand how to use the technology they want to sell. He also personally works with customers to help them make better decisions about what they may potentially want to buy. He spends most of his days visiting retail stores and spreading his passion for technology all throughout Delaware and New Castle County. Alex has a strong business and marketing mind. He enjoys developing new business concepts, and creating various marketing strategies to help meet business goals.
After meeting Jennell for the first time, and speaking with each other for a while; Alex was inspired to join forces and help move the Senior Lift vision further. Alex and his wife, Valerie, had already been thinking of ways to help and train others with technology in better ways. Alex and Valerie meeting Jennell, sparked their passion and made it feel so much more realistic, and attainable. Their meeting has been the key to achieving their goals, and now they can help each other reach their lifelong passions together. There’s no better feeling for Alex, then to help others, and he’s devoted to his family and helping others every day.
Valerie Hall
Director of Technology Training
Valerie is a dedicated mother and wife, entrepreneur, and student. She’s a freelance graphic designer and web developer. She also manages her own website, blog, and YouTube channel to share helpful parenting tips with others. She loves teaching, and helping others, and has dreams of spreading her reach even further.
She first attended Wilmington University in 2007 where she studied Graphic Design. Over the years she’s worked with programs like; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CAD, and many more. She currently holds a dual-degree in Computer Network Engineering and Information Security and is still looking to further her career in pursuing her Bachelors degree. Over the years, she’s been learning and developing skills like; Computer Science, Emerging Technologies, Programming/Coding, Operating Systems, and Server/Network Management.
