Provides information about the company’s direction, priorities, objectives, and strategies for the future. The videos also highlight past performance, achievements, and operations. The series has been divided into five subseries: Directors meetings; Executives; Financial/Performance reports; Interviews; and Operations. The materials date from 1972 to 1997.

Directors meetings subseries

Primarily contains video presentations that were shown at director’s meetings in 1986, 1992, and 1998. These videos highlight new technologies, products, employee service, and company developments. There are also three charts of the MCI network (1972).

Executive subseries

Training tapes on time management (1981) and finance systems (1990).There is also a mock or practice interview of McGowan about divestiture and MCI plans filmed in 1983.

Financial/Performance reports subseries

Contains videotapes of quarterly and annual reports. These videos cover financial performance, activities, achievements, priorities, and strategies for the future. The reports are given by the company president or executives. The tapes dates are 1982, 1983, and from 1988 to 1997.

Interviews subseries

Consists of two interviews. One of McGowan discussing the NASDAQ (1984), and the second of Vint Cerf talking about the internet (1998).

Operations subseries

Videotapes focus on the activities, developments, and directions for the future of MCI regional divisions, as well as the company as a whole. There are videos of a tour of the Chicago Terminal, information about MCI International, an explanation of the reorganization of MCI’s Midwest division, and a discussion of the results of an employee survey. There are presentations on MCI’s network growth, billing and services, marketing strategies, and the acquisition of RCA Globcom.