"Bigger than the lectern..." That's great, Nick! I want to link back to your post from my blog, but I'm afraid we're all getting too incestuous with our lectern posts! ;-) I'm not much of a wanderer around the stage, but like you, I like to act out things and use my hands a lot, and I like to be able to walk into the audience or close to it to speak to individuals. I use a table as well. You can't hide behind it and it serves multiple uses.