Including acronyms in a presentation is the best way to ensure death to your presentation and complete boredom from the audience. That’s a bold statement, but it’s the truth nonetheless. For individuals outside an industry, acronyms might mean something different or have no meaning at all, making the audience clueless to what you are discussing. I was recently coaching a local construction company on a presentation they had been working on for two years. They brought me in for an objective opinion just days before the scheduled presentation. Naturally, I didn’t have time to change much. The presentation team assured me that they were speaking to others inside the field and the acronyms would be understood. I only took that with a grain of salt and questioned each and every one for my understanding (and to double-check them that the audience would understand). We went through this presentation section by

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