Moving Forward by Looking Sideways: Creative Thinking in Museum Digital Strategy is a panel and working session that encourages museum professionals to seek out new methodologies for museum engagement by looking not to one another in the field but beyond, to a growing number of online initiatives whose goals and ideals may speak to the museum mission more closely than meets the eye. By considering expertise that isn't directly rooted in museum culture, we remain open to the creative possibilities that emerge from non-institutional work environments. Moving Forward by Looking Sideways: Creative Thinking in Museum Digital Strategy seeks to expand our collective pool of knowledge and resources—and to broaden our thinking therein. Panelists: Sarah Hromack, Head of Digital Media, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (Co-Chair) Erica Gangsei, Manager of Interpretive Media, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (Co-Chair) Greg Albers, Hol Art Books, Tuscon, AZ Oliver Wise and Eleanor Hanson, The Present Group/Arts Micro Patronage, Oakland, CA Eilish Cullen, freelance curator, writer, artist and arts administrator, Portland, OR Presented Saturday, Nov 10, 2012 at the Museum Computer Network Conference in Seattle, WA. mcn.edu