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I think what keeps me interested in spoken word stuff is the background's impact on the words. I think there should absolutely be something in the background, whether it's natural ambience, planned sounds, or whatever.
But instead of having the sounds only reflect the words, try to get it so that the sounds also affect the words. It can be planned, obviously, since it will be pre-written, but have some kind of interplay between the ambience and the words. It will wake people up if they start to zone out. It can be light overdubbed voices, loud abrasive sounds that suddenly quiet--just something that might alter the mood of what you're saying and force a mood on your words. You'll need to be acting to an extent, and acting is part reaction.
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